It’s release day for Helen Lowe’s Daughter Of Blood — not just here NZ but in the US,...
Kiwi comics anthology available for pre-order now
Three Words, an anthology of Kiwi women’s comics, is available to pre-order from Beatnik Publishing now! It has...
Capricious Issue 1 out now!
Issue 1 of Capricious, a new speculative fiction magazine edited by SpecFicNZ member A.C. Buchanan is now available...
2015 SpecFicNZ Publishing Grants Awarded
The grant funding allocation which the panel has agreed upon is as follows: (a) $NZ400 for the Capricious...
Paper Road Press launches new SHORTCUTS series
Last year SpecFicNZ ran a novella-writing competition in partnership with Wellington-based Paper Road Press, offering our members the...
Deryn Pittar wins the 2014 Story Quest writing contest
SpecFicNZ would like to extend our congratulations to member Deryn Pittar, whose short story “The Carbonite’s Daughter” has won...
Twisty Christmas Tales needs your support
At least a dozen of our members have stories appearing in this Christmas anthology for children to be released on...

Interview with member Alan Baxter
SpecFicNZ member Alan Baxter‘s new book, Bound, is coming out in July 2014 from HarperVoyager Australia. We asked...
New Release: Lost in the Museum
A new Te Papa anthology of wacky fun from Phoenix Writers, a group that includes many SpecFicNZ members…Get...
Win the entire Psy-Changeling series!
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Kiwi specfic author Nalini Singh‘s latest novel, Shield of Winter, we are giving...
New Dan Rabarts Short Stories
Two of SpecFicNZ member Dan Rabarts’ short stories have recently been published in Australian publications and can be...
Nominations, Awards, and Submissions – Oh, my!
Ghost Hand nominated for Cybil Award We are thrilled to see that Ghost Hand, by Ripley Patton, was recently...
Baby Teeth Launches Upcoming!
‘Baby Teeth – Bite-sized Tales of Terror,’ a horror anthology of stories inspired by the creepy things children...
Shout it out – success stories
We are delighted to announce a plethora of publication news from our members, combined into this one post...
TOC announced for Regeneration
Local publisher Random Static have recently released the TOC for their upcoming anthology of speculative fiction by New...