Awards & grants

Entries for the 2020 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award are now closed. This $25,000 award is one of the investments made through the CLNZ Cultural Fund and is open to writers of any genre of non-fiction, including writers of education material. The award enables the successful applicant to devote time to a specific writing project.

Entries have now closed for the 2020 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants 2020. These grants support New Zealand writers by providing assistance to writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.

Applications are now closed for this Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants, with $120,000 available. This special fund was made available to support short-term projects that have arisen or been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand writing and publishing sector during COVID-19. The annual Contestable Fund process supports a very wide range of projects, and this Special Round will do the same.

The CLNZ Cultural Fund contributes to the PANZ Industry Training Fund. This training fund supports three programmes and provides development opportunities for each stage of a career in publishing.

As the Cultural Fund Awards and Grants come to a close for 2019, let's celebrate the achievements of the successful recipients.