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CLNZ and NZSA are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2014 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants. Four grants of $5000 were available from the CLNZ Cultural Fund and one of these grants is also supported by time at the Stout Research Centre at Victoria University.

CLNZ and NZSA are delighted to announce that applications for the revamped CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants are now open. Following feedback received from writers in 2013, the value of each grant has been increased to $5,000 and the number of available grants increased from two to four.

The CLNZ Cultural Fund was established in 2001 to provide funding for cultural and social purposes in the interests of those that we represent. This year, we say goodbye to the CLNZ Writers' Awards and over the course of the year, we will announce details of the new and exciting opportunities available to the wider writing and publishing community.

An inspiring speech by Simon Lake at the recent Copyright Symposium in Sydney. Simon is the CEO of Screenrights.

Discovery of an educational text co-authored by a New Zealander and made available for download on Kim Dotcom’s file-sharing site Mega is just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ according to Publishers Association of New Zealand president Sam Elworthy

Geoff Chapple and Margaret Pointer win the 2013 CLNZ Writers’ Awards. Well known writers Geoff Chapple of Devonport and Margaret Pointer of Wellington were presented the 2013 Awards plus $35,000 each at a ceremony held at the Auckland Town Hall