And the winner is ... a new crime fiction writer

On Graham Beattie's book blog today:

The winner of the inaugural NZSA/Pindar Publishing Prize announcement

‘Judging the inaugural NZSA/Pindar Prize for an unpublished manuscript was a fascinating and challenging exercise,’ reports novelist and short story writer Graeme Lay,(pic left), one of the three judges of the award. The other two judges were Mia Yardley, Editorial Manager of Pindar New Zealand and Linda Herrick, Arts and Books editor of the New Zealand Herald.

For the exciting result of this competition, read more.