August’s virtual workshop is Working with Schools (21 August, 2-4 pm), presented by Brian Falkner. If you’ve done...
Stuck in the Game by Christopher Keene
The LitRPG genre has been on the rise in the west since the 2010s. One of the first...
Call for submissions: Announcing the 2021 SpecFicNZ Anthology
Do you have a story or poem inside you bursting to get out (or already published)? Great! Is it...
Registration is open!–Speculative Publishing for NZ Authors
Registration for the virtual event, Speculative Publishing for NZ Authors is now open! We are excited by our...
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 Wright-Murray Residency
2021 WRIGHT-MURRAY RESIDENCY FOR SPECULATIVE WRITERS A.J. Ponder, author of the much-loved children’s title Wizard’s Guide to Wellington, is...
Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors
We’re thrilled to announce a two-day virtual workshop exclusive to SpecFicNZ members! Lock in the dates–you won’t want...

Dispossessed (written by Piper Mejia) – A Review by Jean Gilbert
Teenagers are all too familiar with being strangers in their own bodies; change is never easy. It is...

The Better Sister and other stories (Review by Deryn Pitar)
DELICIOUS BITES OF DARKNESS This collection portrays family dynamics in its many forms. Sisters feature in each story,...
Member Reviews Now Open!
SpecficNZ members – we have offered reviews of members work in the past from time to time, but...
The Wordsmith by Barbara Howe
The Air Guild will regret spurning its most accomplished witch. Irene van Gelder’s drudge job is killing her,...
2021 Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Fiction Writers in NZ
2021 Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Fiction Writers in New Zealand Call for Applications The Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative...
Something to Look Forward to in 2021
My cat–practicing for Zoom bombing the SpecFicNZ virtual workshops 2020 has been … challenging, to put it mildly....

World Building – Alien World, No Human Characters
World Building is a critical and sometimes challenging aspect in writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. The material and...
AGM Minutes
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the AGM last week. There’s was some great discussion around ways...
Notice of AGM
This year SpecFicNZ will hold our annual general meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 30 September. You can read...