2021 WRIGHT-MURRAY RESIDENCY FOR SPECULATIVE WRITERS A.J. Ponder, author of the much-loved children’s title Wizard’s Guide to Wellington, is...
GeyserCon Fiction & Art Contest is Live!
WELCOME TO GEYSERWORLDS… All you wanted to do was go to GeyserCon: the 40th New Zealand National Science...
LexiCon Announces Short Story & Drabble Competitions
LexiCon, the 38th New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, are pleased to announce details of two competitions...
Winners – Clawsome Dragon Limericks Contest
Clawsome Dragon Limericks Winners Phantom Feather Press received a hoard of dragon limericks from all around the world....
SpecFicNZ Flash Fiction / Poetry competition
SpecFicNZ Flash Fiction / Poetry competition Closes midnight 24th October 2016 Entry is free to members of...
Steam Press Writing Contest
Steam Press Short SF Story Competition Steam Press, renowned for titles such as Mansfield with Monsters, The Prince...
Au Contraire III Short Story Award Results
Given the short submission window, Dan and I were delighted with the response to this speculative writing competition,...
Congratulations to our Ebook Cover Competition Winner!
We’re pleased to announce Mary Brock Jones as the winner of our Ebook Cover competition. Mary will be...
Reconnaissance – Short Story Competition 2015.
Here is the information about the Short Story Competition to be held in conjunction with this year’s national science fiction and...
Announcing the National Poetry Day Competition 2014 Winners!
SpecFicNZ is thrilled to announce the winners of the National Poetry Day Competition. Thank you to everyone who...
Celebrating NZ Poetry Day with a Competition
Send us your sci-fi sonnets, your fantasy free verse, your horror heptameters – it’s time for a poetry...
World War I Centenary Competition Winners
Thank you all for participating in the World War I Centenary Competition. Philippa Ballantyne had quite an enjoyable...
SpecFicShorts Weekly Challenge
Challenge your creativity with SpecFicShorts – a weekly contest to write a 20-word story using 5 random prompt...
Membership renewal competition winners
Congratulations to Anna Smith, the lucky winner of a Kobo Touch loaded with SpecFicNZ members’ works! Congratulations also...
Win a beautiful notebook!
Mmm, stationery… We know you love stationery as much as we do! Celebrating the beautiful colours of the...