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WINNERS ANNOUNCED 

Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2022

Congratulations to all authors who entered the awards. The message from our judges:

Please keep writing. There is certainly a lot of talent out there. 

English Language Awarded Entries

First Place
The Last Place I’ll Look by James MacTaggart (
Ngāi Tahu)

Second Place
A Toast to the First Girl I Never Kissed by Mary Mosteller

Third Place 

Pakohe by 
Angela Cuddihy

Shortlisted

The Last Visit - Ko te haerenga whakamutunga by Paul Maunder
Pou Tuna by Robert Gilbert​ 
The Spaces In Between by Tim Saunders
​Yellow in the Dark by Anissa Pearson
The End by Tracy Solea
The Barber by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Samoa, Pākehā)
The Island by Emma Harris


Te Reo Māori Awarded Entries

First Place
He iti te kōpara kai tākirikiri ana ki runga i te kahikatea by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin (Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri, Pāhauwera, Ruapani, Tūhoe, Tāmanuhiri, Rangitāne)

Equal Second Place
Rapirapi te pāpaka by Waiariki Parata-Taiapa (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Hine)
Haere Poka Noa by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin


Equal Third Place
Ka Mātātupu by Hēmi Tūtiri (Te Arawa)
Waiho Kia Whana Atu Ana by Ngawiki-Aroha Rewita (Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te
Whakatōea)

Shortlisted
Ko Te Rongopai e ai ki a Māmā by Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga)
Mate Māoritanga by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin


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    • E-publishing
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    • Manuscript Assessment
    • Promotion, Publicity, Distribution
    • Self-publishing & Printing
    • Website Design
  • RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS
    • Publications
    • Writing Groups
  • Page & Blackmore Competition Archive
  • WRITERS' TRAIL
    • Nelson/Tasman >
      • Cliff Fell/Mapua Waterfront
      • Helen McKinlay
      • Karen Stade
      • Margaret Mahy/Crinkum-Crankum Tree
      • Maurice Gee/Maitai River
      • Maurice Gee/Botanical Reserve
    • Marlborough >
      • Eileen Duggan/Tuamarina
      • Katherine Mansfield/Koromiko
      • Katherine Mansfield/Anakiwa
      • Ernest Berry/Blenheim
      • Renwick Museum & Watson Memorial Library
      • Taylor River Writers' Walk
    • West Coast >
      • Bill Pearson/Greymouth
      • Jenny Pattrick/Denniston
  • JOIN The NZ Society of Authors
  • CONTACT
    • Horizons 5 Order