2015 CLNZ Contestable Fund Investments Announced

2015 CLNZ Contestable Fund Investments Announced

Media release

16 December 2015

Now in its second year and with funds available increased to $60,000 the 2015 CLNZ Contestable Fund will this year make investments into seven projects that demonstrate writing and publishing or education sector growth and development.

The projects receiving funding contributions are:

Anna Mackenzie $ 5,500 Writing

Huia (NZ) Ltd $ 4,000 Education

Janice Marriott $ 3,800 Writing

Kelly Ana Morey $20,000 Writing

Keri Hulme $ 1,250 Writing

Publishers Association of NZ $15,000 Sector development

Bridget Williams Books $10,000 Publishing

The Selection Panel noted the strong mix of projects that applications were received for which made allocating the available funds challenging. Four of the successful applicants will undertake writing projects. Huia Publishing will develop teacher support resources that assist teachers to use Te Reo titles in the classroom. Bridget Williams Books will invest in writer development for the new BWB Texts on the back of their 2015 success with writers such as Hannah August and Andrew Dean and the Publishers Association of New Zealand will undertake a campaign in the education sector – “New Zealand Content Counts”.

CEO of CLNZ, Paula Browning, said “The Contestable Fund criteria were established with broad scope and the diversity of applications this year endorses this approach.”

Applications for the next round of the CLNZ Contestable Fund will be called for in mid-2016.

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