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Tasman Creative Communities Scheme
Rātā Foundation
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EQUAL PRIZES FOR ENGLISH AND MĀORI SECTIONS
$1,000 first place
$500 second place
$300 third place
Entries are now closed

Click here for details on the Award Ceremony

Entry fee 
  • $20.00 per entry for 26 years and over and
  • $10.00 per entry for 18-25 years.
  • Written assessment is available for an additional $20 per entry.
Conditions
  • ​Open to writers residing in Aotearoa New Zealand aged eighteen years and over.
  • Limit 1500 words.
  • Submissions may be written in English or te reo Māori.
  • Submissions in short story form to fit in the Adult or Young Adult categories.
  • Full Terms and Conditions are detailed on the entry form.

To Submit Your Entry
Download an entry form from the choices below, with details on how to submit via email.
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​English language section
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FINALIST JUDGES

Stacey Morrison
Elizabeth Knox
Winner of the 2020 Women in Film and Television (WIFT) NZ Te Reo Māori Champion Award, Stacey (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) will judge the 10 shortlisted stories submitted in the Māori language section.

Television presenter and author in English and Māori, Stacey  is passionate about the use of both languages to enrich our unique New Zealand culture.
​Promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Elizabeth will judge the 10 shortlisted stories in the English language section.

Elizabeth has published many successful books, including The Vinter's Luck and The Absolute Book. Her award-winning young adult fiction includes the Dreamhunter series.

SHORTLIST JUDGES
​Paul Maunder
Jade Kake
​Sylvan Thomson

Recently made a member of the NZ Order of Merit, Paul has a PhD from the University of Canterbury and has worked as writer, director and actor in experimental theatre, bi-cultural theatre, and community-based theatre, in the mainstream film industry, and as a community activist in Wellington, the Pacific and the West Coast. He was instrumental in establishing the Blackball Readers & Writers Festival. 
Of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea, Te Arawa) and Dutch descent, Jade is an architectural designer, writer and housing advocate. Her literary interests include decolonisation, contemporary theology and Māori futurism.

Ko Jade Kake tōna ingoa. He uri ia o Ngāpuhi rātou ko Te Whakatōhea ko Te Arawa. Ki te taha o tōna pāpā, nō Hōrana rātou. He kaihoahoa, he kaituhituhi, he kaihāpai ia. Ko āna aronga nui i te mahi tuhinga, ko te whakahokinga mai o te whenua, te whakaū anō o te rangatiratanga o ngā hapū katoa, ngā wairuatanga hou, me te tirohanga anamata a te Māori.
Sylvan has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University and an MFA from the University of Michigan where he has taught creative writing. His fiction and essays have been published in New Zealand and the USA.  Awarded the Todd New Writer's Bursary in 2020, Sylvan is currently working on his first novel.  
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Click the buttons below to download the A4 size poster if you would like to share competition details with your writing groups or work colleagues.
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English language poster
Te Reo Māori poster

Click here to read about the resounding success of
The Inaugural Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 
reprinted from an article published in NZ Author, Issue 330 Spring 2022
Read winning entries in the 2022 Te Tauihu Awards. Click Here.

  • Welcome!
  • About Us
    • Our Mission Statement
    • Funding for NZSA Workshops
    • Writing Groups
    • Support Local
  • News/Events
    • Newsletters
    • Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2024 >
      • Terms and Conditions TTSS 2024
      • 2024 Te Tauihu Awards Winners
    • 2023 Te Tauihu Awards Winning Entries
    • Te Tauihu Awards 2022 winners >
      • Inaugural Te Tauihu Short Story Awards
  • MEMBER PROFILES
  • 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
  • LOCAL SERVICES FOR WRITERS
    • Beta Readers
    • Book Design
    • Editing, Proofreading
    • E-publishing
    • Illustration/ Photography
    • Manuscript Assessment
    • Promotion, Publicity, Distribution
    • Self-publishing & Printing
    • Website Design
  • Page & Blackmore Competition Archive
  • JOIN The NZ Society of Authors
  • CONTACT