Michael Botur

[5][6] Botur's earliest creative writing publication credits, between 2004 and 2009, were in New Zealand and international literary magazines, zines and websites including Takahe,[7] JAAM, Bravado, The Lumiere Reader, Prima Storia, Deep South, Catalyst, Sidestream, Insight, Subject, Blindswimmer, A3, Critic, Potroast, Debate and F*nk, Canada's The Med and NiL.

The #100NZStories100days campaign encouraged Kiwi writers to post links to flash fiction and short prose already published in literary magazines and blogs.

"[13] Botur published Loudmouth: Page and Pub Poems under the Wild West Writing imprint in December 2019 and began touring the book.

[16] Earth Beat Festival - 20 March 2021 [17] In January 2021 Botur received a grant to perform Loudmouth: Page and Pub Poems and deliver creative writing workshops in Tauranga.

[19] The screenplay for the award-winning story Test of Death was shortlisted in US screenwriting competitions including Finalist at Filmquest 2023 and Semi-finalist in Genreblast Script Contest 2023.