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Writers’ awards established

Three new writers’ awards' have been established ini Xew Zealand to be jointly' financed by the Literary i Fund and three companies,; EC.I. New Zealand. Ltd; Alex Harvey Industries. Ltd: and Quality Packers. Ltd. The new awards would be available to New Zealand, writers to enable them to work full-time at their craft. ‘said the Minister for the' I Arts (Mr Higher). i

“I hope other organisations will follow the lead, shown by these three com--panies and be encouraged to ;lend their support in similar ways to furthering our. literature.” he said. The awards will be known) as the EC.I. Writer’s Bur-1 jsary, the A.H.I. LiteraryResearch Award, and the ! Choysa Bursary for Children's Writers. I The writer’s bursary of

$5OOO will enable a writer of, promise but not necessarily! with an established publica-l tion record, to work fulltime for up to a year on a particular project. The re- • search award of $7OOO will i ,be available to writers for; research towards the publication of literary, historical, or! critical works. The third bursary of $5OOO will be avail-, able to writers of imagina>tive work for children.

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Press, 15 March 1978, Page 7

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Writers’ awards established Press, 15 March 1978, Page 7

Writers’ awards established Press, 15 March 1978, Page 7