These young writers will hone their writing skills
and develop their craft through the year as part of this
programme and we congratulate them on their
success.
2023 Youth Mentorships awarded
to:
Yiyang Cao (Macleans College,
Auckland)
Callum Love (Nelson College,
Nelson)
Kaitlyn Mckenzie ( Te Kura,
Palmerston North)
Stella Weston (Rotorua
Lakes High School, Rotorua)
Writer and poet Elizabeth
Kirkby-McLeod, who convened the judging panel along with
writer Catherine Cooper, commented:
‘This year we
received 38 applications for The New Zealand Society of
Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Youth
Mentorships. It was encouraging to see applications from
across the country and across the four years (15 – 18) in
which applicants can apply. For those who applied this year
and did not receive a mentorship – if you are still in the
suitable age group next year, we would encourage you to
continue developing your writing and apply
again.
Congratulations also to the shortlisted
student writers:
Jacinta Pattison
(Spotswood
College, New Plymouth) and
Lauren
Stephens
(John Paul College, Rotorua).
These
student writers were highly commended for their
applications:
Sasha Anisimova
(Scots College,
Wellington),
Samuel
Daley
(Morrinsville
College, Morrinsville,
Rose MacLean
(Glendowie
College, Auckland),
Emma Philips
(Ruawai
College, Matakohe),
Ella Sage
(Westland High
School, Hokitika),
Aakiiyah Tihore
(Taihape
Area School, Taihape),
Dawn Ulm
(Aotea
College, Porirua)
The NZSA Youth Mentorship Programme
was established in 2010 to foster and develop emerging
writing talent around New Zealand with the support of
established authors.
It is one of The New Zealand
Society of Authors successful mentoring programmes for
writers and is made possible with the support by Creative
New Zealand.
More
about the NZSA Youth Mentor
Programme
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