Stonethread Publishing is seeking fantasy and sociological science fiction short stories to create an anthology in Ray Bradbury’s honor....
Tales of the Archives Winner Live!
This last January, SpecFicNZ ran a fiction contest with Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris for their Tales from...
Read the First Two Chapters of Ghost Hand
Great news! Ripley Patton has just made the first two chapters of her YA paranormal novel Ghost Hand available for...
Articles on “Rewriting and Revisions” Sought for SpecFicNZ Voice
Do you have experience rewriting and revising a novel or short story, and preparing it for submission? Do...
Novels Manuscript Contest Opening Soon!
We hope you are whipping those novel manuscripts into shape for the SpecFicNZ upcoming Novel Manuscript Contest opening...
New Christchurch Writers’ Guild
Are you a writer local to Christchurch and looking for some support, writerly companionship and networking? Then be...
Fire Season Available Now!
“Fire Season” by Samuel Mae, our Wily/SpecFicNZ short story second place winner, is now live and available to...
Winner of Morningstar
A HUGE congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Helen Lowe who won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for her debut...
Interview with Juliet Marillier
Be sure to check out this great interview with SpecFicNZ member Juliet Marillier as part of the Australian...
Hunter and Fox
We are happy to announce the release of Pip Ballantine’s new novel, Hunter and Fox. It is now...
SpecFicNZ Blog Trending: Book Covers
Curious about book cover design and what elements make a great cover? Be sure to read Cassie Hart’s...
Call for Submissions: Unidentified Funny Objects
UFO Publishing is soliciting short story submissions for “Unidentified Funny Objects” — An Anthology of Humorous Science Fiction...
And the Winners Are…
SpecFicNZ, in conjunction with Angel McCoy and the Wily Writers website, are thrilled to announce the winners of our...
Redstone Short Story Contest
Redstone Science Fiction is having a “Show us a Better Way” Short Story Contest opening for submissions June...
Call for Short Story Submissions
Submissions are now open for a second volume of New Zealand speculative fiction, provisionally titled “Regeneration”. This is...