Sargeson Prize Short Story Competition

A record number of entries this year - 1470 stories! That's 1164 in the Open Division & 306 in the Secondary Schools Division. Thank you all! 🥰 Now the hard work (for us and Chief Judge @ElizabethKnoxNZ) begins! @waikato

📝 That’s a wrap on entries for the 2025 Sargeson Prize! Thank you for your fabulous response – we are thrilled by the stories you have shared and can’t wait to see what our judge thinks. ✨ Make sure to keep an eye on your emails and our social media for more updates 👀

Nothing gets those creative juices flowing like a looming deadline. Entries for the Sargeson Prize close TONIGHT at 11:59 pm. 📌waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

It's almost time! Entries close TOMORROW. 📅 Submit now: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

🚨 2 Days to Go! Last-minute checklist: ✅≤5000 words (Open) / 3000 (Schools) ✅ No name on doc (blind judging!) ✅ Submit by 11:59 pm, 30 June $15k (or $2k if you're in school) and publication in @NewsroomNZ! Enter: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

To write, perchance to submit, ay, there’s the rub. 🪶 ⚡You will find all the details + submission portal here: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

🚨5 days to go! That’s 120 hours to write, rewrite, doubt everything, rewrite again, and hit submit.

SIX. DAYS. LEFT. Now that's a short story! Submit today 👉 waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

ONE WEEK LEFT!!!!

“How a story ever gets written I’m sure I don’t know. It’s a sort of minor miracle.” – Frank Sargeson Got a minor miracle sitting on your laptop? Now’s the time to send it in. Submissions close 30 June — enter the Sargeson Prize today. 📌 waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

🚨8 days to go! The Sargeson Prize submissions close on 30 June, 11:59 pm. Enter now: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

The countdown is on! Just 10 days to go! ⭐$15k up for grabs in the Open Division ⭐$2k and a summer writing residency at @waikato for the Secondary Schools Division Submit your best short story to the Sargeson Prize and be in to win: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

In 15 days: ✅Your hair grows about 1 cm ✅The moon moves halfway around the Earth ✅And you could write and submit a stunner of a story 💫Get your Sargeson Prize entry in before the competition closes on June 30. Submit here: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

SUBMIT!!!

If this cat can play the banjo in a frilly collar, you can write 5,000 words (or 3,000 if you're submitting to the secondary schools division!) ⚡Send in your short story today: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…

⏳One month to go! It's plenty of time, but it's not forever. Submit your short story today: waikato.ac.nz/about/facultie…