tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post3315258030344626717..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Sport and Creative New ZealandStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-29220620763941793992013-12-23T12:16:37.902+13:002013-12-23T12:16:37.902+13:00@Mike, last time I was on a CNZ panel the fellowsh...@Mike, last time I was on a CNZ panel the fellowships were a 50-50 joint venture, with the unis putting in say $10,000 and CNZ matching it. The selection was up to the uni - don't know if CNZ had to approve the choice of fellow. You'd think they would have a say, but maybe not. One year we did decline a certain uni for funding their fellowhip - it was a serious thing to do but came after a few years of inadequate performance, and warnings. And I've talked to a few fellows from around the country who had wildly different experiences - some were welcomed and encouraged to be involved in the department; others were just ignored. One was told not to bother to come in, just stay at home. <br /><br />I agree about the layers of admin. There's a bit of grizzling going on around the place about literature funding - if I have the energy after the break I'll see if I can bloggit.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-88285483052610403962013-12-21T10:14:34.145+13:002013-12-21T10:14:34.145+13:00Just another comment on the shrinking pool of CNZ ...Just another comment on the shrinking pool of CNZ funds.<br /><br />After some years of not making CNZ applications, I recently tried again. An interesting change I have noticed is the funding of university residencies (for writers, composers, artists, etc.) through the Arts Grants. I would have thought the universities would have supported such residencies themselves.<br /><br />It seems strange and a little unfair to me that individual writers/artists must in effect now compete against universities. Such institutions undoubtedly carry a level of prestige that helps their applications, and which individuals would be hard-pressed to compete against.<br /><br />There may also be an element of "passing the buck". Seemingly, CNZ is deciding to fund such residencies without choosing the resident. They are funding a funder, in other words, thus creating yet another layer of administration. Surely, if an institution wants the privilege of choosing the resident they should be paying for it themselves!Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-3306308054744891712013-12-09T13:08:22.768+13:002013-12-09T13:08:22.768+13:00He asked me to delete it - you'll have to ask ...He asked me to delete it - you'll have to ask him why. I've asked him to replace it cos it was good. Watch this space, I guess.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-27353336848529409602013-12-09T12:49:59.882+13:002013-12-09T12:49:59.882+13:00But what happened to Andrew's excellent commen...But what happened to Andrew's excellent comment?Fergusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-12043290430384316752013-12-09T11:54:08.759+13:002013-12-09T11:54:08.759+13:00Thanks, Fergus. That's very useful information...Thanks, Fergus. That's very useful information. It looks very respectable to me, and given the quality of contents and production it remains baffling why CNZ would decline to fund it. All such funding is contestable, but still...<br /><br />For other readers there is more comment at the Pantographic Punch, http://pantograph-punch.com/internet-histories-9-december/ Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-45564180135121139392013-12-08T08:51:15.478+13:002013-12-08T08:51:15.478+13:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Andrew Johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-77359985147271522132013-12-07T23:33:48.317+13:002013-12-07T23:33:48.317+13:00Me with the correct urlMe with the correct urlFergushttp://sportmagazine.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-51258499171641922342013-12-07T23:26:41.026+13:002013-12-07T23:26:41.026+13:00I want to hear Creative NZ’s view too! On the one ...I want to hear Creative NZ’s view too! On the one hand there’s their official media statement that Sport missed out to better applications; on the other hand there’s the feedback email I received, which is a series of what seem to me to be quite minor questions about the way I filled in the form and provided budget information, which is baffling because I didn’t do it any differently from previous applications.<br /><br />One thing we know is that CNZ haven’t turned away from the idea of literary magazines entirely. Half a dozen have been funded this year, including in this round Takahe, at a similar per issue level to my application. So I wish they’d tell me what it is about Sport they don't like.<br /><br />Sport’s current paid circulation is about 350, although some issues do rather better than that, and contributors’ & review copies, Schools Poetry Competition prizes and other comps and gifts add up to about 100 (I know, I shouldn’t give it away so easily).<br /><br />This year’s issue cost 11,234.37 and made 12,260.23 (incl $5000 from CNZ), and the big German issue of 2012 broke even on 16,500. On the other hand, 2010 and 2011, when to get it out of a bit of a rut I was spending a bit more, cost me 4800 (don’t tell my wife). But the operating principle is that over time the unders and overs balance out and it doesn’t cost me anything except time.<br /><br />But I must stop speaking in the present tense.Fergushttp://sportmagazine.org.nznoreply@blogger.com