Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary Reflections

In May of 2020, the Online Cenotaph team received a $5,000 grant from  Copyright Licensing New Zealand. CLNZ's special Round of its Contestable Fund Grants were created to support short-term projects that arose or had been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand writing and publishing sector during COVID-19. 

The Cenotaph Stories: Contemporary Reflections project explores the concept that our fight against COVID-19 has been “like a war”. The grant aimed to capture contemporary responses to COVID-19 by exploring the similarities, parallels, and perspectives that emerge from considering the pandemic response in the contexts of peace and conflict, and remembrance and commemoration.

Our five recipents have each written unique and compelling reflections that you can read below.