NZSA 2013 Youth Mentorships Announced

NZSA  2013 Youth Mentorships Announced

Three lucky secondary school students are to work with three of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to hone their writing skills and develop their craft.

The  2013 recipients are Charlotte Steel from Dunedin, Harriet Sanders of Christchurch, and Arden Driver-Burgess from Thames.

The NZSA Youth Mentoring Programme is offered to three secondary school students (15-18) every year nationally and the mentorships are hotly contested.

Selection panel convenor, author Fleur Beale, said the selection process was very difficult this year because the quality of applications was so high.

“Many of the writing samples were assured, polished and mature.  We’d have very much liked to have more mentorships to award and think it’s clear that the future of writing in New Zealand is in good hands.”

The Youth Mentorships are offered by the NZSA every year with the intent of fostering and developing emerging writing talent with the support of established authors. The NZSA has run a highly successful mentoring programme for writers since 1999 and it is sponsored by Creative New Zealand.

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