About our guests

Vita Bryant and Joy Cowley

On 17 May 2006 acclaimed New Zealand writer Joy Cowley and this year’s secondary school winner of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Writers Award, Vita Bryant, participated in a videoconference with seven schools from around New Zealand. Both guests supported participants with writing tips and inspiration to enable young writers to prepare for taking part in the next round of awards later this year.

Watch video clips of Joy and Vita talking about:

• how they get started
• where their ideas come from
• how they stick to their topic
• what to do to overcome writer’s block
• the ideal length of a short story
• tips for writing a winning story
• why Vita’s story was a winner.

Participating Schools:

• Taipa Area School
• Turakina Maori Girls College
• Hillmorton High School
• Kaitaia College
• Wellington High School
• Toko High School
• Reperoa College