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Summer Review Competition
Our next competition is all about crafting a review. Choose a work of speculative fiction – preferably with...
How did we do in 2014?
As 2014 draws to a close, we wanted to check in with all the members of SpecFicNZ about...
NZ Book Council to begin reviewing YA books
News for all you self-publishers of YA fiction: here’s something to add to your list of review outlets...
The Mussel Eater
“The Mussel Eater” by Octavia Cade, in The Book Smugglers, November 2014. The Pania is sitting in a...
Submission Opportunity: Eastern Iowa Review
This is a new literary journal seeking fiction and non-fiction (and art if anyone is so inclined). I...
Congratulations to our lucky winner!
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Jo Tomlinson, who has won The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss! Many thanks...
Volunteer to help the WorldCon bid before 5 December
New Zealand is putting together a bid to host the World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) here in Aotearoa...
Congratulations to our Spooky Stories winners!
This Halloween, we asked for your spookiest stories, and you delivered. Judged by author Alan Baxter, the calibre...
Win a copy of The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Thanks to our friends at The Realm (Hachette NZ), we have a copy of Patrick Rothfuss‘ The Slow Regard of...
Networking: a guide for self-publishers
And now in our series of guides for self-publishers: networking! From your friendly SpecFicNZ publicist. Networking can be...
Congratulations to yet another winner!
This week we seem to be having ALL the winners, huzzah! Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Jonathan (Billy) Todd,...
Congratulations to our First Sentence Draw winners!
Earlier this month we asked you to post the first sentence of your work in progress. We picked...
Congratulations to our winner!
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Kura Carpenter, who has won a copy of Frozen!
Share your recommendations for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards
Now that nominations are open for the 2014 Sir Julius Vogel Awards, we thought it would be great...