I’m delighted to write and share the news that Janet Newman, who is currently enrolled in the Master of Creative Writing, has just been awarded the Journal of New Zealand Literature Prize for NZ literary studies. Her winning essay, on the poetry of Michelle Leggot, was adapted from her Honours Research Report which was submitted last year and received an A+. Both examiners of the Research Report encouraged Janet to submit her essay to JNZL for consideration for the prize. Eight of nine judges placed Janet’s essay first (out of three short-listed entries).