We have four WIFT members to congratulate on their selection for the NZWG Seed Grants!
This funding round received 112 Seed and 36 Seed Advanced eligible applications. This is the highest number of Seed Advanced applications ever received. Congratulations to the following members:
SEED Rautaki Māori Recipient
Jayde Hudson (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto) - Nevermind
In the mid-90s, a freewheeling ten-year-old navigates a new world of bullies and other dangerous creatures when her family relocates to Australia to care for her terminally ill grandmother.
SEED Recipients
Michele Powles - Wolfed
When Red Riding Hood discovers SHE'S the werewolf, she must choose whether to kill the boy her vengeful Grandma has lured to their trailer, or fight for his life.
Francesca Mackenzie – Changeling
An elderly woman struggling with dementia becomes the target of a shapeshifter disguised as her son. Can she overcome her confusion to expel the creature from her life? Does she even want to?
SEED Advanced Recipient
Nick Ward – Come Along, Oliver Moody
Come Along Oliver Moody is a famous and enigmatic New Zealand Novel. A young woman goes looking for an answer to a question that the book has never answered.
We wish you all the best in your development!