Residency
Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
Three-month residency for emerging Pasifika writers, including a writing room, mentorship, and a NZ$15,000 stipend.
About this opportunity
The residency is open to early-career Pasifika writers in drama, fiction, poetry, devised performance, creative nonfiction, and graphic novels; film and television scriptwriting projects are excluded. Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. Current tertiary students and specified recent or current university or Creative New Zealand employees are ineligible. The residency runs in the second half of the year, funding dependent.
Status history
1Between cycles
The official page states that the 2026 resident will be announced soon and that the next application form will appear during the next application period.
Current application seasons
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Past seasons
12026 residency
Published recipients
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