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​YOUNG NZ WRITERS YOUTH LAUREATE AWARD
 
Young NZ Writers in conjunction with Phantom Feather Press announce the national Young NZ Writers Youth Laureate Award, a free-to-enter programme intended to develop and publish a New Zealand student novelist. The prize is for the youth author of an unpublished fiction manuscript to be mentored by a New Zealand author/editor to have a novella-length manuscript developed for publication by Phantom Feather Press under an imprint for youth writers. The winning student will receive NZ$200 prize money, an ongoing in depth one-on-one mentorship with a published author/editor to bring the work to publishable standard, and a contract for publication (ebook and print), including five free print author copies. The winner will also receive a bespoke cover for their work illustrated acclaimed Australian artist and author David Schembri with overall design and layout by writer-designer Alicia Ponder. The winner will be announced on 1st February 2019 and a prize-giving and book launch to be held at GeyserCon science fiction and fantasy conference in Rotorua on Queen’s Birthday Weekend in June 2019.
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Submissions Closed
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