Unleash your literary genius at NZ's biggest short story competition

Entries are open for the 2023 Sunday Star-Times short story awards.

The open category winner will receive $8,500, a share of a total prize pool of $13,000, making it one of the richest writing competitions in the country.

Entry categories include: Open award (up to 3000 words) — $8,500 prize; Emerging Māori writer — $1,500 prize; Emerging Pasifika writer — $1,500 prize; Milford Foundation secondary schools writer — $1,500 prize.

The 2023 awards will be judged by experienced fiction editor Harriet Allan, author and doctor Emma Espiner, author and editor Lana Lopesi and short story writer Bernard Steeds.