Landfall 246
Edited by Lynley Edmeades
Winners announced in this edition
- Winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition
- Winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
- Winner of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize
Landfall is New Zealand’s foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays. Bringing together a range of voices and perspectives, from established practitioners to emerging voices, Landfall is an exciting anthology that has its finger on the pulse of innovation and creativity in Aotearoa New Zealand today.
Landfall 246: Spring 2023 announces the winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition, Aotearoa’s prestigious annual essay competition. The winning essay will be published in Landfall 246, alongside the judge’s report from Landfall editor, Lynley Edmeades.
This issue of Landfall also announces the winner of the biennial award for an original book-length collection of poems, the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award. This year’s Kathleen Grattan Poety Award winner will be selected by award-winning poet and novelist, Anne Kennedy.
Landfall 246 also announces the winner of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize, selected by this year’s judge, poet Rhian Gallagher.
Contributors
Non-fiction: Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, Madeleine Fenn, Eliana Gray and Bronwyn Polaschek.
Poetry: Jessica Arcus, Tony Beyer, Victor Billot, Cindy Botha, Danny Bultitude, Marisa Cappetta, Medb Charleton, Janet Charman, Cadence Chung, Brett Cross, Mark Edgecombe, David Eggleton, Rachel Faleatua, Holly Fletcher, Jordan Hamel, Bronte Heron, Gail Ingram, Lynn Jenner, Erik Kennedy, Megan Kitching, Jessica Le Bas, Therese Lloyd, Mary Macpherson, Carolyn McCurdie, Kirstie McKinnon, Frankie McMillan, Pam Morrison, Jilly O’Brien, Jenny Powell, Reihana Robinson, Tim Saunders, Tessa Sinclair Scott, Mackenzie Smith, Elizabeth Smither, Robert Sullivan, Catherine Trundle, Sophia Wilson, Marjory Woodfield and Phoebe Wright.
Fiction: Pip Adam, Rebecca Ball, Lucinda Birch, Bret Dukes, Zoë Meager, Petra Nyman, Vincent O’Sullivan, Rebecca Reader, Pip Robertson, Anna Scaife, Kathryn van Beek and Christopher Yee.
Review: Emma Gattey, John Geraets, Wendy Parkins, Iain Sharp and Helen Watson White.
Art: Steven Junil Park, Ann Shelton and Wayne Youle.
Competition and award winners
- Read about the winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition
- Read about the winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award
- Read about the winners of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize
Cover art: Ann Shelton
Published with the assistance of Creative New Zealand