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Re-Draft is a nationally acclaimed collection of teenagers' writing, published yearly.

01/04/2026

Looking to enter Re-Draft this year? The 2026 Re-Draft online entry form will be available from 1 May. The deadline this year is 11:59pm on Friday 28 August!

15/02/2026

Good news! Re-Draft 25, 'The Last Square Foot: Living in the Age of Stacked Flesh' will be back from the printers on 23 February. Copies will be distributed straight away.

22/12/2025

Good news! Re-Draft 25 results announced today. All entrants will receive the results by email.

10/12/2025

Thank you for your patience with our unusual schedule this year. We wanted to share a quick update to let you know that we expect to announce the Re-Draft Writing Competition results before 25 December. Please keep an eye on your email inboxes.

05/10/2025

Amazing Numbers in 2025: We have received 625 entries from a record number of 360 entrants this year. Thank you for your enthusiastic response to the Re-Draft writing competition!

Just a reminder that although we expect to announce the results in late November/early December as usual, some of our editors have other commitments and so we may not have time to print and publish Re-Draft 25, the collection of winning writing, until after Christmas.

28/08/2025

Today is your last opportunity to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries will close at 11:59pm tonight.

Get your entries together and visit https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter to take part! And don't forget to check our entry guidelines for all the details before you enter: https://clerestorypress.co.nz/entry-guidelines

21/08/2025

Time is running out! You have only one week to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

14/08/2025

There are just two weeks left to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

11/08/2025

With less than three weeks remaining to enter this year's competition, here is an update on this year's competition timeline.

Entries will still close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025 and we expect to announce the results in late November/early December as usual. However, please note that because of the commitments of some of our editors, we may not have time to print & publish Re-Draft 25 until after Christmas.

We look forward to reading all of your entries in just a few weeks' time!

19/02/2025

Looking to enter the Re-Draft Writing Competition this year? The entry form is now live!

To enter, visit clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

This year's deadline is 29 August 2025.

17/02/2025

Just out! Re-Draft 24: We Scream in Static.

As you can see from the dramatic cover, this is a stunning book.
Congratulations to all our writers and everybody else involved!

“Thank you for sending me this new Re-Draft 24 edition. I see with satisfaction that your literary nursery is successfully continuing its growth, thus allowing the blossoming of new budding writing talents. So much the better if the younger generation continues the work of their elders and fuels the sacred fire of the art of writing other than that limited to 160 characters.”
— Pascal Dupin, Vendôme, France.

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