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21 July 2017
NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2017
Award of $3,000 available to writers over the age of 35yrs
The Lilian Ida Smith Award is
offered by the NZ Society of Authors PEN Inc (NZSA) thanks to a
bequest from Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher of Whanganui who
had a keen interest in the arts.
Lilian left part of her legacy to the NZSA to 'assist people aged
35yrs and over to embark upon or further a literary career'.
- The $3,000 award is to assist writers of
non-fiction, fiction, poetry, comic / graphic novels and
drama for adults and children. Applicants need to be aged 35
years and over, working towards completion of a specific
project, and members of the NZSA.
- Applicants are expected to be either in the early
stages of their writing career, or to be someone for whom
opportunities to fulfill their potential have been limited.
Past recipients of the Lilian Ida Smith
Award have used the award to purchase a laptop and to pay for
childcare in order to schedule time for themselves to write in.
Deadline for applications is 30
October 2017
Membership of the NZ Society of Authors PEN Inc (NZSA) is open to
all budding and established writers. NZSA advocates for and
represents writers and is affiliated with International PEN. It
provides a mentorship programme, a manuscript assessment
programme, manuscript services, contract advice, grants and other
opportunities, information about writing and publishing via a
fortnightly e-news and a quarterly magazine and other membership
benefits.
For
the application form and to read the terms & conditions for
the Lilian Ida Smith Award
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