Landfall is New Zealand’s foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. Published twice a year, each volume showcases two full-colour art portfolios and brims with vital new fiction, poetry, cultural commentary, reviews, and biographical and critical essays. Bringing together a range of voices and perspectives, from established practitioners to emerging talents, Landfall is an exciting anthology that has its finger on the pulse of innovation and creativity in Aotearoa today.

Landfall 248: Spring 2024 announces the winner of the 2024 Landfall Essay Competition, an annual essay competition that celebrates the art of essay writing in Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s winning essay will feature in Landfall 248, alongside the judge’s report from Landfall editor, Lynley Edmeades. Landfall 248 also includes essays from the 2024 collaboration with RMIT University’s nonfiction/Lab. These trans-Tasman essays focus on the theme of ‘making space,’ and what it means to use writing as a tool to create space for different voices, perspectives and ideas. Landfall 248 also announces the winner of the 2024 Caselberg International Poetry Prize, judged by poet and writer, Alan Roddick, and includes the winning poems.