Awards & grants

Entries for the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants have now closed for 2021. Successful recipients will be announced in November. Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund.

Entries for the 2021 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award are now closed and the successful recipient has been announced. This $25,000 award is one of the investments made through the CLNZ Cultural Fund and is open to writers of any genre of non-fiction, including writers of education material. The award enables the successful applicant to devote time to a specific writing project.

Entries for the 2021 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants are now closed and the four successful recipients have been announced. These grants support New Zealand writers by providing assistance to writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.

Established in 2017, these Creative Writing Scholarships were designed to support students enrolled in Creative Writing programmes, motivating the next generation of writers.

Copyright Licensing New Zealand are fortunate to have a wonderful network of people that work with us to help make our Cultural Fund awards and grants successful.

The CLNZ Cultural Fund contributes to the PANZ Industry Training Fund. This training fund supports three programmes and provides development opportunities for each stage of a career in publishing.

Let's celebrate the achievements of our successful Cultural Fund recipients of 2021.