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Source: New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc)
The 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa.
The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.
The selection panel, Deborah Challinor, David Eggleton and Lana Lopesi, received 61 applications and reported “the quality of the applications this year to be very high. The applicants and their submissions overall demonstrated enthusiasm, talent, skill, and dedication to the art/craft of writing, all of which is extremely encouraging testament to the current vigour of Aotearoa New Zealand’s creative sector.”
The wide range of topics presented in the applications included: local history, geology, family history, sport, death, biography, the impact of colonisation, climate change, Maori history, colonial history, lifestyle, taxidermy, family dysfunction, flora and fauna, Pasifika in Aotearoa New Zealand, and genomics. The task of selecting a mere four grantees .. was decidedly difficult.”
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