It is currently the nomination period for the coveted Sir Julius Vogel Awards and many of our members...
New Zealand International Arts Festival
We are proud to announce that SpecFicNZ’s own Jane Higgins, winner of the Text Prize for young adult...
SpecFicNZ 2012 Schedule
The 2012 SpecFicNZ committee had been working hard to bring you a myriad of valuable writing events, contests...
One Week Left, So Enter Now!
There is exactly one week left to submit your entries to the “Tales for the Archives” contest SpecFicNZ...
Victoria’s Two Books up for Gemmell Awards
We are thrilled to announce that member Mary Victoria’s books Samiha’s Song and Oracle’s Fire are both up...
Lowe’s Heir of Night up for a Gemmell Award
We are delighted to announce that member Helen Lowe’s The Heir of Night has been nominated for the UK -based Gemmell...
New Year, New Auckland Area Meet-Up
SpecFicNZ is happy to announce that under the new coordination of members Lisa Agnew and Mary Jones the...
SJV Qualifying Work
SpecFicNZ would like to compile a list of Sir Julius Vogel Award Qualifying Work by our members. In...
C&C Call for Submissions
The New Zealand based e-zine Comets and Criminals has re-opened for submissions for issue #3. C&C has recently...
One Hundred Members Strong!
Yesterday, SpecFicNZ hit the benchmark of becoming One Hundred Members Strong! We hope you will join us in...
Venue Change for UnCONventional
UnCONventional has a new venue. The convention will be held at The Surrey Hotel which is located at...
Extreme Planets Call for Submissions
New science fiction anthology in the works from Chaosium Inc. is seeking submissions of short stories 4,000 to...
Paranormal Novel Writing Guide
Friendly. Useful. Current. And with a long chapter on character development by SpecFicNZ’s own founder and President, Ripley...
“Dragons Away!” Nominated for Best SF/F Book!
Dragons Away! by SpecFicNZ members KD Berry has been nominated on the Preditors and Editors reading poll for...
SpecFicNZ Kindle Give-Away
Happy New Year and Good News! We are thrilled to announce that SpecFicNZ will be giving away a...