Author(s): Edited by Lynley Edmeades

Literature | Poetry | Aotearoa | Essay | Fiction | Photography | Art | Aotearoa

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 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 will also announce 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 will also announce the winner of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize, selected by this year's judge, poet Rhian Gallagher.

Awards & Competitions

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Landfall Essay Competition

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award 

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize

Art

Steven Junil Park, Ann Shelton and Wayne Youle

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 WoodfieldPhoebe 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