NO ENTRY FEE The James White Award is an annual short story competition open to non-professional writers with...
Short Story Winner!
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Lee Murray who placed third equal in the inaugural NZSA Asian Short Story Awards...
Exciting New Competition in January 2012!
The SpecFicNZ Core has been working with member Pip Ballantine to cook up a hot little summer short...
Manuscript Critique Draw for Charity
Lesley Marshall of Editline is raffling off a free manuscript critique in memory of her son. Funds to go to...
Light Reading Short and Flash Contest
Diamond Light Source is the UK national synchrotron facility – a 562m particle accelerator nestled in the Oxfordshire...
Cyberpunk Winner!
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Elizabeth Gatens for taking home the win in the Shades of Sentience Cyberpunk Short...
Phoenix Rising on Goodreads
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Pip Ballantine and co-author Tee Morris whose steampunk novel Phoenix Rising is in the...
Make My Movie
SpecFicNZ member Jenni Dowsett frequently has something interesting going on in the field of speculative video media. She...
Best Blogger
The poll has now closed, and J.C. Hart has been voted Best Blogger of NZ Spec Fic Blogging...
The Great Race Sponsored by The Weta Cave
When: Saturday 13th August, 9:00am – 4:00pm Where: The Weta Cave, Wellington Admission: Free Make your way to...
Online Animation Competition
Storytellers and artists UNITE! Let’s see what we can do with this…. The content on this page is...
Short Story Contest Winner
Dan Rabarts took first place in the SpecFicNZ/Wily Writers short story contest. His science fiction short, entitled “Crucible,”...
Wily/SpecFicNZ Contest Winner!
It is our great pleasure to announce the publication of the first of two winners in the SpecFicNZ...
Congrats to Warwick Gibson
A big congratulations to member Warwick Gibson who won the Context Short Story Contest. His story “One Good...
SpecFicNZ Short Story Contest Results
Well, the results are in early, we assume because your stories made such wonderful reading that the judge...