Literary Organisations

A trial project based in the University of Auckland to set up an electronic gateway to poetry resources in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region.

Based at Victoria University, with a focus on contemporary imaginative writing, the Institute incorporates the university's renowned creative writing programme and its annual Writer in Residence programme.

Literary prize and award listings.

An association of writers working together to improve conditions for New Zealand writers - raising their profile and encouraging fair treatment by others.

New Zealand's only playwrights' agency & script advisory service.

Manage New Zealand's book awards, recognising excellence in writing and publishing.

Building a community of interest in contemporary Australian and New Zealand Literary and Performing Arts.

An association of New Zealand based literary agents established to maintain professional standards and to generally represent the interests of its members.

An Association, set up in 2001, has drawn up a set of guidelines and professional standards for this relatively new area of expertise in the New Zealand marketplace.

An organisation with a wide range of activities and programmes designed to promote books and reading by bringing readers, writers, publishers, editors and schools together.

Amateur Press Association.

Science fiction and fantasy writers' group.

A professional non profit association for writers in the fields of film, television, radio, theatre, video and multi-media.

Their aim is to provide you with high quality, informative listings that make it easy to locate the right writer for your specific needs.

A society promoting public interest in the Alexander Turnbull Library and supporting its activities. Since its founding in 1918, the library has become an internationally recognised resource for research into the history and society of New Zealand and its South Pacific neighbours.

A non-profit organisation dedicated to: promoting excellence in writing and the genre, and to helping writers achieve publication by organising contests, workshops, conferences and critique groups.

Helping writers find markets for their work and encourage them in any way.

SLANZA aims to strengthen and promote the role of school libraries, to enable all school communities to become information literate.

Advice on speech making, library of speeches, and automated speech writer.

A non-profit organisation established in June 1993 with the aim of providing extension work for children with talent or enthusiasm for writing.

Promoting public awareness of the importance of reading and literature for all children and ensuring children in NZ have access to high quality literature.

A forum for technical writers in New Zealand, promoting technical writing as a profession.

Aiming to foster the writing of plays through Playwriting Seminars, Workshops, Competitions, Play Assessments and newsletters and to foster links between playwright members.