Sargeson Prize - Short Story Competition
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23/06/2026
Much ado about another tiny edit? ✍️📄 Send us your short story today. Only 6 days remain to enter the Sargeson Prize.
Submit here: www.waikato.ac.nz/about/faculties-schools/arts/writing-studies/sargeson-prize/
20/06/2026
Tick tock, writers. ⏰ Only 9 days left to enter the Sargeson Prize.
📩 Send us your short story today: www.waikato.ac.nz/about/faculties-schools/arts/writing-studies/sargeson-prize/
20/06/2026
10 days left to enter the Sargeson Prize! There’s $15,000 up for grabs in the Open Division, and $2,000 + a one-week summer writing residency for the Secondary Schools winner. Winning stories will also be published on Newsroom! That's a lot at stake for something currently saved as “final final FINAL.docx”
Hear from Maggie, one of our 2023 Secondary Schools Division place-getters, as she reflects on her story, and her Summer Writing Residency at The University of Waikato.
