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Awards and grants
Click on the links below for details of New Zealand awards and grants, and their recipients.
A. W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature
Formerly the A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award, this award recognises a writer who has made an outstanding contribution to New Zealand literature and the New Zealand literary community. It was announced in conjunction with the Montana New Zealand Book Awards (known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards from 2010).
Previous Recipients:
2006 Kevin Ireland
2004 Joy Cowley
2002 Maurice Shadbolt
2001 Dame Fiona Kidman
2000 Alan Curnow
1999 Lauris Edmond
1998 Margaret Mahy
Adam Prize in Creative Writing
The Adam Award, of $1,000, is made annually to the best portfolio in the MA in Creative Writing at Victoria University, convened by Bill Manhire.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Ashleigh Young has won the award for her personal essay collection Can you tolerate this?
2008 Lynn Jenner for her manuscript Dear Sweet Harry
2007 Eleanor Catton for her novel, The Rehearsal.
2006 Anna Horsley for her collection of short stories, Going Under.
2005 Michele Amas for her collection of poems, The Angle of Clouds
2004 Emily Dobson for A Box of Bees
2003 Josh Greenburg for The Game of Nods.
2002 Cliff Fell for his book of poetry, The Adulterer's Bible.
2001 Paula Morris for Queen of Beauty
2000 Tim Corballis for Below
1999 No award made
1998 William Brandt for Alpha Male
1997 Catherine Chidgey for her novel, In a Fishbone Church
Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship
The Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship programme seeks to increase understanding of Antarctica and its international importance through the work of New Zealand’s top artists. The fellowship gives New Zealand artists an opportunity to explore artistically the concept of Antarctica and the world-leading science programme there.
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Previous Recipients:
2009/10 Owen Marshall (writer), Peter James Smith (painter)
2008/09 Lloyd Jones (writer), Boyd Webb (photographer)
2007/08 Ronnie Van Hout (artist), Tessa Duder (writer), John Walsh (painter)
2006/07 Clare Plug textile (artist), Joyce Campbell (photographer), Neil Dawson (sculpter)
2005/06 Gareth Farr (composer)
2004/05 Bernadette Hall (poet), Kathryn Madill (artist), Kirsten Haydon (jeweller/fine metal artist), Dick Frizzell (painter/printmaker)
2003/04 Grahame Sydney (painter), Laurence Fearnley writer, Patrick Shepherd (composer/teacher), Andris Apse (photographer), David Trubridge (contemporary furniture designer/maker)
2002/03 Fieke Neuman (textile designer), Phil Dadson intermedia (artist)
2001/02 Richard Thompson (multi media), Anne Noble (photographer), Denise Copland (printmaker/etcher)
2000/01 Raewyn Atkinson (ceramic artist), Bronwyn Judge (choreographer), Craig Potton (photographer)
1998/99 Margaret Mahy (children’s author), Margaret Elliot (painter)
1999/00 Chris Cree Brown (electro-acoustic composer), Virginia King (sculptor)
1997/8 Nigel Brown (painter), Chris Orsman (poet), Bill Manhire (poet)
Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists
The Icon Awards - Whakamana Hiranga is an honours system that celebrates the living icons of New Zealand arts.
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Previous Recipients:
2007 Dr Raymond Boyce (theatre designer), Don Peebles (painter), Don Selwyn (actor & director), Ans Westra (photographer), Arnold Manaaki WIlson (sculptor)
2005 Peter Godfrey (musician), Patricia Grace (writer), Dr Pakariki Harrison (carver), Margaret Mahy(writer), Donald Munro (opera) and Alexander Grant (ballet dancer).
2003 Len Castle (potter), Janet Frame (writer), Maurice Gee (writer), Ralph Hotere (visual artist), Russell Kerr (choreographer), Sir Donald McIntyre (opera singer), Milan Mrkusich (painter/ visual artist), Diggeress Te Kanawa (weaver), Hone Tuwhare (poet) and Sir Miles Warren (architect).
Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards
The Laureate Awards is one of New Zealand's largest cash awards, and the only private award to cover a range of art forms. It is a career award which aims to ensure recipents' talents are celebrated both nationally and internationally.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Anne Noble (photographer), Chris Knox (musician, cartoonist & film maker), Lyonel Grant (sculptor), Witi Ihimaera (writer) and Richard Nunns (musician and researcher)
2008 Shane Cotton (visual artist), Ngila Dickson (costume designer), George Henare (actor), Lloyd Jones (writer), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
2007 Sarah-Jayne Howard (dancer), Michael Houstoun (concert pianist), Colin McColl (theatre director), Moana Maniapoto (Musician) and Merilyn Wiseman (Ceramic artist)
2006 Alun Bollinger (cinematographer), Alastair Galbraith (musician), Oscar Kightley (writer, actor, director, broadcaster), John Reynolds (artist), Ian Wedde (writer)
2005 Neil Ieremia (choreographer), Bill Manhire (writer), Julia Morison (visual artist), Simon O'Neill (opera singer), Ronnie Van Hout (visual artist)
2004 Barry Barclay (film director/writer), Jack Body (composer), Derek Lardelli (te moko artist), John Pule (writer/visual artist), Ann Robinson (glass sculptor)
2003 Jenny Bornholdt (poet), Neil Dawson (sculptor), Michael Hurst (writer/actor/director), Humphrey Ikin (furniture maker), John Psathas (Composer)
2002 Warwick Freeman (jeweller) Shona McCullagh (dance filmmaker) Don McGlashan (musician) Helen Medlyn (singer) Jacob Rajan (playwright and performer)
2001 Phil Dadson (Intermedia artist) Kate De Goldi (writer) Michael Parekowhai (sculptor) Gaylene Preston (filmmaker)
2000 Briar Grace-Smith (playwright), Elizabeth Knox (writer), Peter Peryer (photographer), Gillian Karawe Whitehead (composer), Douglas Wright (choreographer)
Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Awards
The New Generation Awards celebrates early achievement to five artists biennially who are judged to have developed an individual identity that demonstrates richness, range and depth, and stand for the strength and quality of their particular art form in New Zealand, at their level.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Jeff Henderson (music-maker), Alex Monteith (new media artist), Madeleine Pierard (opera singer), Jo Randerson (writer/actor) and Anna Sanderson (writer)
2006 Eve Armstrong (artist), Warren Maxwell (musician), Tze Ming Mok (writer), Joe Sheehan (greenstone carver) and Taika Waititi (artist, actor, writer, director).
Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Awards
In 2004 the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust, in association with the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc), launched two new literature awards totaling $20,000 to recognise excellence in literature in the mind, body and spirit, or 'new-age' genre.
A single award of $10,000 is given to the winning author of the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript, and another single award of $10,000 is awarded to the winner of the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award.
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Previous Recipients (Book Award):
2009 Gwendolyn Toynton, Primordial Traditions Compendium
2008 Imre Vallyon, Heavens & Hells of the Mind
2007 Brian Broom, Meaning-ful Disease
2006 Megan Don, Falling Into the Arms of God
2005 James McNeill & David Bell, Spirit of Nature
2004 Michael Henderson, Finding True North
Auckland University Literary Fellowship
The University of Auckland Literary Fellowship was created jointly by The University of Auckland and Creative New Zealand to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity to work in an academic environment.
Previous Recipients:
2006 Dylan Horrocks
2005 Paula Green
2004 Martin Edmond
2003 Chad Taylor
2002 Michael Johnson
2001 Stephanie Johnson
2000 John Pule
1999 Fiona Samuel
1998 Robert Sullivan
1997 Janet Charman
1996 Marilyn Duckworth
1995 Ann Kennedy
1994 Peter Wells
1993 Shonagh Koea
1992 Alan Loney
1991 Hone Tuwhare
1990 Stuart Hoare
1989 Kevin Ireland
1988 Jean Watson
Auckland University Writer in Residence
This residency is a joint venture between The University of Auckland, Creative New Zealand and the Michael King Writers' Centre, and aims to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity to work in an academic environment together with residence and studio space at the writers' centre in Devonport. It was first offered in 2008, replacing the Auckland University Literary Fellowship.
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Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards
The Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards is the bank's longest-running sponsorship, with involvement beginning in November 1958. In 2003 the previously biennial awards became an annual competition. The following is a list of the supreme award winners.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Alice Miller
2008 Julian Novitz
2007 Carl Nixon
2006 Charlotte Grimshaw
2005 Susan Wylie
2004 Tracey Slaughter
2003 Natasha Leitch
2001 Janis Freegard
1999 Rhonda Bartle
1997 Rowan Metcalfe
1995 Maurice Shadbolt
1993 Alistair Paterson
1991 Kate Flannery
1989 Judith White
1988 Wendy Pond (this year’s prize marked the 100th anniversary of Mansfield's birth)
1987 Susan Reidy
1985 Anne Kennedy
1983 Daphne de Jong
1981 Vincent O' Sullivan
1979 Jennifer Compton
1977 Keri Hulme
1975 Margaret Sutherland
1973 Wynstan Curnow
1971 Alice Glenday
1969 Maurice Shadbolt
1967 Frank Sargeson
1965 Maurice Shadbolt
1963 C.K. Stead
1961 Elsie Locke
1959 Maurice Duggan
Bernard Gadd Memorial Poetry Prize
Established in 2008, this annual competition commemorates Manukau poet the late Bernard Gadd and continues his support of Manukau poets.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Nicole Wallace, 'Notes about Cleo'
Betty Gilderdale Award
This award is given by the Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand. It continues the Children's Literature Association Award and honours Betty Gilderdale who was a founding member of CLFNZ. It recognises outstanding services to children's literature in New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Lois Rout
2007 Katerina Mataira
2006 Frances Plumpton
2005 John McKenzie
2004 Ray Richards
2003 Jean Bennett
2002 Barbara Murison
2001 Veda Pickles
2000 no award
1999 Betty Gilderdale
1998 Phyllis Johnston
1997 Gary and Diane Hebley
1996 Graham Beattie
1995 no award
1994 Ron Bacon
1993 Jo Noble
1992 Elsie Locke
1991 Dorothy Butler
1990 Eve Sutton
Biggs Poetry Prize
Peter and Mary Biggs fund the Biggs Poetry Prize, which is awarded annually to a graduate of the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University. The $3,000 scholarship prize recognises the potential of a graduating poet from the Institute's MA workshop.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Louise Wallace
2007 Joan Fleming
2006 Amy Brown
BPANZ Review Awards
Reviewer of the Year and Best Review Page or Programme
The Book Publishers Association of New Zealand Review Awards were presented each year in conjunction with the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. They recognised the vital importance of articulate, responsible, informed criticism in maintaining a healthy literary culture. They recognise and reward those who write, edit and present pertinent, high quality reviews for a wide variety of New Zealand audiences. See the Montana New Zealand Book Awards listing for details of previous winners.
Bruce Mason Playwriting Award
The award exists to recognise early success in the career of the winning playwright and to encourage their continued exploration of the theatre medium.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Pip Hall
2008 Paul Rothwell
2007 Michael Galvin
2006 Albert Belaz
2002 Mitch Tawhi Thomas
2001 Victor Rodger
2000 Stuart McKenzie
1999 Toa Fraser
1998 Oscar Kightley
1997 Jo Randerson
1996 John Vakidis
1995 Briar Grace-Smith
1994 Duncan Sarkies
1993 Vivienne Plumb
1992 Hone Kouka
1991 David Geary
1990 John Broughton
1989 James Beaumont
1988 Stuart Hoare
1987 Sarah Delahunty
1986 Rosie Scott
1985 Stephanie Johnson
1984 Simon O'Connor
1983 Fiona Farrell
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
The Buddle Findlay Sargeson Writer's Fellowship is awarded annually to a published New Zealand writer of fiction or poetry. The fellow resides in a furnished studio flat in the Frank Sargeson Centre, on the eastern side of Albert Park in central Auckland, and receives a stipend of $20,000. The fellowship extends from March to December inclusive and the principal sponsor is national law firm Buddle Findlay.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Sonja Yelich, Sarah Laing
2009 Stephen Braunias, Julian Novitz
2008 Brigid Lowry, Paula Morris
2007 James George
2006 Emily Perkins
2005 Fiona Samuel, Peter Cox
2004 Karyn Hay, Craig Marriner
2003 Debra Daley, Toa Fraser
2002 Riemke Ensing, Denis Baker
2001 Chad Taylor, Vivienne Plumb
2000 Sue Reidy, James Brown, Charlotte Grimshaw
1999 Tina Shaw, Kapka Kassabova
1998 Sarah Quigley, Catherine Chidgey
1997 Shonagh Koea, Diane Brown
1996 Marilyn Duckworth, Michael King, Judith White
1995 Ming Cher
1994 John Cranna
1993 Bill Payne
1992 Gaelyn Gordon, Elspeth Sandys
1991 Alan Duff, Jack Lasenby
1990 Geoff Chapple
1989 Mike Beveridge
1988 Greg O'Brien
1987 Janet Frame , Kevin Ireland
Copyright Licensing Limited Writer's Award
The annual Copyright Licensing Limited Writer's Award was established by Copyright Licensing Limited to provide financial support for New Zealand writers of non-fiction books. It enables a writer to devote time to a specific non-fiction writing project as well as covering research expenses.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Peter Wells to write The Hungry Heart: The Enquiring Mind, a book of biographical essays on William Colenso; Damian Skinner for his project, The Hands of the Ancestors: Customary MÄori Carvers in the Twentieth Century
2008 Philip Norman to complete his book From Summer School to the Olympics – the rise of New Zealand Composition 1946 – 2006; Hazel Riseborough to work on her book Shear Hard Work documenting more than a century of shearing in New Zealand
2007 Jeffrey Paparoa Holman to work on a book examining the relationship between 19th century ethnographer Elsdon Best and the Tuhoe chief Tutakangahau; Martin Edmond to work on a novel examining the place of the Antipodes in Western imagination
2006 Judith Dell Panny to write a biography of writer C. K. Stead; Stevan Eldred-Grigg to write a history of the New Zealand gold rushes.
2005 Jill Trevelyan to work on a biography of painter Rita Angus; Rowan Taylor to work on a biography of Allan Wilson, a scientist who revolutionised evolutionary biology.
2004 David Eggleton to work on a contemporary guide to New Zealand cultural history; Lloyd Spencer Davis to work on a part travelogue, part personal memoir which unravels Darwin and Darwinism.
2003 Paul Millar to work on a biography of writer Bill Pearson
2002 Sarah Quigley to write a biography of poet and patron of writers, Charles Brasch
Copyright Licensing Ltd/New Zealand Society of Authors' Research Grants
For three years commencing in 2008, Copyright Licensing Ltd in association with the New Zealand Society of Authors will award two annual research grants of $3500. These grants will provide assistance to writers who wish to undertake research for either a fiction or non-fiction project. The CLL Stout Research Centre Grant is linked to the Stout Research Centre in Wellington.
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Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency
The Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency is the organisation’s largest writers’ residency. It was initially offered annually, but in 2004 became biennial, alternating with the biennial Creative New Zealand Berlin Visual Artists’ Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 James McNeish
2007 Lloyd Jones
2005 Tim Corballis
2003 Philip Temple
2002 Kapka Kassabova
2001 Tina Shaw
2000 Sarah Quigley
Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship
The Creative New Zealand Writers' Fellowship was established in 2003 to support senior writers wishing to work on a major project over two or more years. It was renamed in 2004 in recognition of the late Dr Michael King, his contribution to literature and his role in advocating for a major fellowship for New Zealand writers. Valued at $100,000, it is the largest writing fellowship available in New Zealand. It is funded by the government and awarded by Creative New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Philip Simpson
2008 Dame Fiona Kidman
2007 Neville Peat
2006 Rachel Barrowman
2005 CK Stead
2004 Vincent O'Sullivan
2003 Owen Marshall
Dan Davin Literary Award
The Dan Davin Literary Foundation holds annual awards for students in the Community Trust of Southland region, which includes Southland, Queenstown and Tapanui.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Hannah Lobb, James Hargest College, ‘The Voice of a Young Refugee’
2008 Alice McDowell, Verdon College, ‘Perspectives’
2006 Ruari MacFarlane, James Hargest College
2005 Rachel Pennicott, Southland Girls’ High School, ‘Lullaby’
2004 Louise Evans, Southland Girls’ High School ‘Untitled’
2003 Elizabeth Thomas, Southland Girls’ High School ‘Four Corners'
2002 Laura Turner, Southland Girls’ High School 'Utopia'
2001 Hayley Bowman, Southland Girls’ High School 'Devoid'
2000 Tami Beckingsale, James Hargest High School 'The Orange Car'
1999 Sara Jamieson, Southland Girls’ High School 'The Other Side'
1998 Karen Fox, Wakatipu High School 'Granny’s Story'
1997 Della Bowman, Southland Girls’ High School 'Hierophants'
1996 Connie Moir, St Peter’s College, 'Last Hope'
1995 Gareth Lyness, James Hargest High School, 'The Team'
David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize
David Carson-Parker, with the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation, award this $2000 prize to a student from the Scriptwriting stream of the from the International Institute of Modern Letters MA in Creative Writing. It was previously known as the Embassy Theatre Trust Prize.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Hannah McKie; Simon Hall
2007 Tusi Tamasese for Orator 2002; Claire Ashton for Vena Cava
2006 Brendon Simpson for Into Africa
2005 Lucy O'Brien for Katydid
2004 Marian Evans for Mothersongs/Chansons Maternelles
2003 Renata Hopkins for The Waiting Game
Department of Conservation Wild Creations Artists in Residence Programme
The Department of Conservation Artists in Residence programme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand and the Department of Conservation, aimed at encouraging artists to create works inspired by New Zealands natural and historic resources.
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Previous Recipients:
2007 Tracy Duncan, Louise Potiki Bryant, Tanya Marriot
2006 Monique Jansen, Naomi Lamb, Darren Glass
2005 Tabitha Forbes, Waikarere Gregory, Alison Isadora
2004 Jordan Reyne, Fiona Pardington, Rebekah Wild
2003 Jo Randerson, Christine Hellyar, Zoe Roland
Elsie Locke Award
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) awards the Elsie Locke Award (previously known as the LIANZA Young People's Non Fiction Award) annually for a work that is considered to be a distinguished contribution to non-fiction for young people.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Veronika Meduna and Rebecca Priestly, Atoms, Dinosaurs and DNA
2008 Heather Arnold, Draw New Zealand Birds
2007 Leon Davidson, Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam
2006 Kevin Boon, Developments in New Zealand History
2005 Gregory O'Brien, Welcome to the South Seas: Comtemporary New Zealand Art for Young People
2004 Janet Hunt, A Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe
2003 Andrew Crowe, Which New Zealand Insect?
2002 Dr Simon Pollard, I Am a Spider
2001 Brian Parkinson, The Tuatara
1998 Andrew Crowe, The Life-Size Guide to Native Trees and Other Common Plants in New Zealand's Native Forest
1997 Diane Noonan and Nic Bishop, I Spy Wildlife: The Field
1996 Laura Ranger, Laura's Poems
1995 Barbara Cairns and Helen Martin, Shadows on the wall
1994 Robyn Kahukiwa, Paikea
1993 Kim Westerskov, Albatross Adventure
1992 Peter Garland, The Damselfly
1991 John Reid, Model Boats That Really Go
1990 Deborah Furley, The Web: The Triumph of a New Zealand Girl over Anorexia
1989 Clair Patterson, It's OK to Be You
1987 Olive and Ngaio Hill, Gaijin: Foreign Children in Japan
Esther Glen Award
The Library and Information Association Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) annually offers this award to the author of the book considered to be the most distinguished contribution to literature for children in any given year, by an author who is a citizen or resident of New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Fleur Beale, Juno of Taris
2008 Mandy Hager, Smashed
2007 Bernard Beckett, Genesis: A Novel
2006 Elizabeth Knox, Dreamhunter
2005 Bernard Beckett, Malcolm and Juliet
2004 Ken Catran, Jacko Moran: Sniper
2003 David Hill, Right Where It Hurts
2002 Alison Robertson, Knocked for Six
2001 Margaret Mahy, 24 Hours
1998 David Hill, Fat, Four-eyed and Useless
1997 Kate De Goldi, Sanctuary
1996 Janice Marriott, Crossroads
1995 Maurice Gee, The Fat Man
1994 Paula Boock, Sasscat to win
1993 Margaret Mahy, Underrunners
1992 Tessa Duder, Alessandra: Alex in Rome
1991 William Taylor, Agnes the Sheep
1990 Tessa Duder, Alex in Winter
1989 Jack Lasenby, The Mangrove Summer
1988 Tessa Duder, Alex
1986 Maurice Gee, Motherstone
1985 Margaret Mahy, The Changeover
1984 Caroline MacDonald, Elephant Rock
1983 Margaret Mahy [author], The Haunting
1982 Katherine O'Brien, The Year of the Yelvertons
1979 Joan de Hamel [author], Take the Long Path
1978 Rhonda and David Armitage, The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
1975 Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes
1973 Margaret Mahy, The First Margaret Mahy Storybook
1970 Margaret Mahy, A Lion in the Meadow
1964 Lesley C Powell, Turi: The Story of a Little Boy
1959 Maurice N. Duggan, Tom and the Water Boy
1950 Joan Smith, The Adventure of Nimble, Rumble and Tumble
1947 Alexander W. Reed, Myths and Legends of Maoriland
Foxton Fellowship
The Foxton Fellowship (also known as the Beatson Fellowship) is administered by the New Zealand Society of Authors to allow a writer to pursue an approved project with the annual award of $6,600.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Jo Randerson
2008 Norman Bilbrough
2007 Paddy Richardson
2006 Jackie Davis
2005 Sue McCauley
2004 Marilyn Duckworth
2003 Chris Else
2001 Janice Marriott
Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Award
The Friends of the Turnbull established in 2003 an annual award for researchers who plan to make significant use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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Gaelyn Gordon Award
This award, instituted in 1998, commemorates the life and works of Gaelyn Gordon (1939-1997), and honours a book by a New Zealand author that has proved itself a long-standing favourite with New Zealand children.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Sherryl Jordan for The Wednesday Wizard
2009 Fleur Beale for I Am Not Esther
2008 Dorothy Butler and Elizabeth Fuller for My Brown Bear Barney
2007 Fleur Beale for Slide the Corner
2006 Lynley Dodd for The Nickle Nackle Tree
2005 Tessa Duder for Night Race to Kawau
2004 Maurice Gee for Under the Mountain
2003 Alan and Betty Gilderdale for The Little Yellow Digger
2002 David Hill for See ya, Simon
2001 Pamela Allen for Who Sank the Boat?
2000 Joy Watson and Wendy Hodder for Grandpa's Slippers
1999 Elsie Locke for The Runaway Settlers
Grants to Publishers Scheme
The History Group at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage offers grants to publishers. These grants make possible the publication of works which will make a significant contribution to the understanding of New Zealand's past, but which are not commercially viable.
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Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award
These now-defunct annual awards ran from 1968 to 1993. First, second and third place were awarded. Books were not divided by genre but competed in a single category.
Previous Recipients:
1993 1. Going West, Maurice Gee
2. Te Ao Marama: Contemporary Maori Writing Volume I, ed. Witi Ihimaera
3. The Autobiography of My Father, Martin Edmond
1992 1. Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Barbara Anderson
2. Vladimir Nabakov: The American Years, Brian Boyd
3. Two Worlds, Anne Salmond
1991 1. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Volumen One & Nga Tangata Taumata Rau; 1769 - 1869, ed. W.H. Oliver
2. Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff
3. Vladimir Nabakov: The Russian Years, Brian Boyd
1990 1. Moriori, Michael King
2. Patrick Hanley, Russell Haley
3. The Forest Carpet, Bill & Nancy Malcolm
1989 1. Sylvia, Lynley Hood
2. Wines & Vineyards of New Zealand, Michael Cooper
3. The Unfortunate Experiment, Sandra Coney
1988 1. The Treaty of Waitangi, Claudia Orange
2. Oracles and Miracles, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
3. A Man's Country?, Jock Phillips
1987 1. Season of the Jew, Maurice Shadbolt
2. Head and Shoulders, Virginia Myers
3. Nga Morehu: The Survivors, Judith Binney & Gillian Chaplin
1986 1. The Matriarch, Witi Ihimaera
2. From the Cradle to the Grave, Barry Gustafson
3rd equal. Potiki, Patricia Grace
3rd equal. Te Kaihau / The Windeater, Keri Hulme
1985 1. The Envoy from Mirror City, Janet Frame
2. Bread and Roses, Sonja Davies
3. The Natural World of the Maori, Margaret Orbell
1984 1. Maori: A Photographic and Social History, Michael King
2. The New Zealand House, Michael Fowler
3. An Angel at my Table, Janet Frame
1983 1. To The Is-land, Janet Frame
2. Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand - 2nd Series, Audrey Eagle
3. Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island, Historic Places Trust
1982 1st equal. Craft New Zealand, Doreen Blumhardt / Brian Brake
1st equal. Other Halves, Sue McCauley
3. The South Island of New Zealand from the Road, Robin Morrison
1981 1st equal. Eruera, Erua Stirling / Anne Salmond
1st equal. Te Rauparaha, Patricia Burns
3. The Lovelock Version, Maurice Shadbolt
1980 1. Leaves of the Banyan Tree, Albert Wendt
2. New Zealand Adrift, Graeme Stevens
3. Indirections, Charles Brasch
1979 1. Plumb, Maurice Gee
2. Heinemann New Zealand Dictionary, ed. Harry Orsman
3. The Herb Garden Displayed, Gillian Painter / Elaine Power
1978 1. Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry, J.D. Raeside
2. John A Lee, Erik Olssen
3. The Boy, the Bridge, and the River, Vincent O'Sullivan
1977 1. Charles Brasch, James Bertram
2. Van der Velden, Rodney Wilson
3. Amiria, Amiria Stirling / Anne Salmond
1976 1. The Wind Commands, Harry Morton
2. A Soldier's Tale, M.K. Joseph
3. Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle
1975 1. Nothing Venture, Nothing Win, Sir Edmund Hillary
2. Maori Woman, Noel Hilliard
3. Larks in a Paradise, Marti Friedlander/James McNeish
1974 1. Tangi, Witi Ihimaera
2. The Sugarbag Years, Tony Simpson
3. Rugged Landscape, Graeme Stevens
1973 1. Strangers and Journeys, Maurice Shadbolt
2. Daughter Buffalo, Janet Frame
3. Paunamu, Pounamu, Witi Ihimaera
1972 1. 200 Years of New Zealand Painting, Gil Docking
2. Te Rangi Horoa: Sir Peter Buck, J.B. Condliffe
3. Smith's Dream, C.K. Stead
1971 1. William and Mary Rolleston, Rosemary Rolleston
2. Contemporary Maori Writing, ed. Margaret Orbell
3. Gardening With New Zealand Plants, Fisher/Satchell/Watkins
1970 1. Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste, John Dunmore
2. Early New Zealand Charts, P.B. Maling
3. The World at Their Feet, Philip Temple
1969 1. Augustus Earle in New Zealand, A Murray-Oliver
2. Shell Guide to New Zealand, Maurice Shadbolt
3. The Maori People in the 1960s, Erik Schwimmer
1968 1. The New Zealand Sea Shore, John Morton / M. Miller
2. Field Guide to the Alipine Plants of New Zealand, J.T. Salmon
3. God in the New World, Lloyd Geering
Ian Wards Prize
This award, first offered in 2001, is named in honour of Ian Wards, former Chief Historian, Department of Internal Affairs. The Wards prize recognises an outstanding piece of published writing.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Not awarded
2007 Not awarded
2006 Melanie Nolan for Kin : A Collective Biography of a Working-class New Zealand
2005 Greg Ryan for The Making of New Zealand Cricket 1832-1914
2004 Malcolm McKinnon for Treasury: The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000
2003 Philip Temple for A Sort of Conscience
2002 Jim McAloon for No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago, 1840-1914
2001 Barry Gustafson for His Way: A Biography of Robert Muldoon
J. M. Sherrard Award in New Zealand Regional and Local History
Established by WJ Gardner and the Canterbury Historical Association, this national award is for local and regional history in New Zealand. The Award was named in memory of a teacher and association member, JM ('Jock') Sherrard, author of an outstanding regional history, Kaikoura (1966).
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Previous Recipients:
2001 (For works published 1998-99):
Caroline Daley, Girls and Women, Men and Boys: Gender in Taradale, 1886-1930 (AUP, 1999); Chris Maclean, Kapiti (Whitcombe Press, 1999)
1998 (For works published 1996-7):
Rollo Arnold, Settler Kaponga, 1881-1914 (VUP, 1997); David Johnson, Wellington Harbour (Wellington Maritime Trust Museum, 1996); Jim McAloon, Nelson: A Regional History (Cape Catley, 1997)
1996 (For works published 1994-5):
Erik Olssen, Building the New World (AUP, 1995)
1994 (For works published 1992-3):
John Wilson, Cheviot: Kingdom to County (1993) Rangiora
1992 (For works published 1990-1):
Peter Tremewan, French Akaroa (Christchurch, 1990)
1990 (For works published, 1988-9):
Susan Butterworth, Petone: A History (Auckland, 1988); Margaret McClure, The Story of Birkenhead (Birkenhead, 1987)
1988 (for works published 1986-7):
Dick Scott, Seven Lives on Salt River (Hodder and Stoughton, 1987); Don Stafford, The Founding Years in Rotorua (Auckland, 1986); G. Morris (ed.), Waiuta, 1906-1951: The Gold Mine, the Town, the People (Reefton, 1986)
1986 (For works published 1984-5):
Mary B. Boyd, City of the Plains: A History of Hastings (VUP, 1984); A. J. Dreaver, Horowhenua County and Its People (Dunmore, 1984); Darrel Latham, The Golden Reefs: An Account of the Great Days of Quartz-mining at Reefton, Waiuta and the Lyell (Pegasus,1984)
1984 (For works published, 1982-3):
D. N. Hawkins, Rangiora: The Passing Years and People in a North Canterbury Town (Rangiora, 1983)
1982 (For works published, 1980-81):
No major award
1980 (For works published, 1978-9):
Evelyn M. Stokes, A History of Tauranga County (Dunmore, 1980)
1978 (For works published 1976-7):
Alan Bagnall, Wairarapa: An Historical Excursion (Masterton, 1976)
1976 (For works published 1974-5):
M.D.N. Campbell, The Story of Napier, 1874-1974 (Napier City Council, 1975)
1974 (For works published 1972-3):
A. C. Begg and N. C. Begg, Port Preservation (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1973); G. C. Peterson, Palmerston North (Reed, 1973)
1972 (For works published 1969-71):
Robert Pinney, Early South Canterbury Runs (Reed, 1971); P. R. May, Gold Town (Pegasus, 1970); L. W. McCaskill, Molesworth (Reed, 1969); J.N.W. Newport, Collingwood (Caxton, 1971)
Jack Lasenby Award
The Jack Lasenby Award, offered by the Wellington Children's Book Association, is made to the winners of a biennial competition for writers for children and for children who write in the Wellington region. The award honours Jack Lasenby, one of New Zealands most popular children's writers and patron of the association.
There are two categories in the competition:
Category One is for students in Years 7 and 8 at primary and intermediate schools. Stories entered in this category should be for children aged from eight to twelve years, and should be no longer than 500 words. The winner of Category One will receive $200 plus a set of books published by Longacre Press. The school the winning writer attends will also receive a set of books from Longacre Press for its school library.
Category Two is for adult writers of children's fiction. Stories entered in this category should also be for children aged from eight to twelve years, with a maximum length of 1,000 words. The winning writer will receive $500.
The theme of the stories is open but they must be set somewhere that is recognisably within the Wellington region. The competition is open to people who live in Wellington's geographical area, i.e. the area covered by the Wellington telephone book. For further information about the award, contact the Wellington Children's Book Association, PO Box 1242, Wellington.
Previous Recipients:
2008 Peter Friend with his story Sand King
2006 Philippa Werry with her story Stopping for Charlie
2004 Kathy Taylor with her short story Friday Night Out
Janet Frame Literary Trust Awards
Janet Frame, who died in 2004, bequeathed her copyright to the Janet Frame Literary Trust and directed that the ongoing income from her endowment fund be used to give grants to New Zealand writers of poetry and imaginative fiction.
There are three categories of recipient of the major JFLT awards. The annual award is given either to a New Zealand poet, a New Zealand Fiction writer or a literary organization that directly benefits NZ writers. All three awards were given in the first year (2005); thereafter there will usually be only one award per year. The Janet Frame Estate times the annual award announcement to commemorate Janet Frame's birthday on the 28th of August.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 Rhian Gallagher (poetry) $10,000
2007 NZ Society of Authors (literary organization) $15,000
2006 O.E. Middleton (fiction) $10,000
2005 Kelly Ana Morey (fiction) $10,000; IIML Scholarship Fund (literary organization) $10,000; Peter Olds (poetry) $10,000
Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature
This award is offered by The Janet Frame Literary Trust to support a mid-career or established author to further their literary career. The biennial award is for $3,000, and may be used for travel or for purchasing computer equipment, as well as to buy time to write. The award is administered by the New Zealand Society of Authors and is open to authors of literary or imaginative fiction, as well as poetry, who are members of the society.
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Joy Cowley Award
The Joy Cowley Award for children's writers offers a monetary prize, the opportunity to work with Joy Cowley herself and the eventual publication of a picture book. It is administered by the Children's Literature Foundation and publisher Scholastic New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Lucy Davey for Out of Bed, Fred!
2009 June Peka
2008 Michelle Osment
2007 No award
2006 Moira Wairama for The Puppet Box
2005 Kyle Mewburn for Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!
2004 Jean Prior for her poem The Waka
2003 Julie Leibrich for The Biggest Number in the Universe.
Kathleen Grattan Award
This annual award is for an original collection of poems or a long poem by a New Zealand or Pacific resident or citizen. Auckland poet Kathleen Grattan, a journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, died in 1990. A member of the Titirangi Poets, her work was published in Landfall and other volumes including Premier Poets, a collection from the World Poetry Society. Her daughter Jocelyn Grattan left Landfall a bequest with which to establish an award in memory of Kathleen Grattan.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 'Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life' by Leigh Davis
2008 'The Summer King' by Joanna Preston
Landfall Essay Competition Prize
In 1997, the arts and literary journal Landfall celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, then editor Chris Price launched the Landfall Essay Competition, sponsored by Otago University Press. From 2009, the competition will be an annual award, with the winner/s announced in the November issue each year.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Ashleigh Young
2008 Alice Miller, Kirsten Warner
2006 Anna Sanderson
2004 Martin Edmond and Tze Ming Mok
2002 Patrick Evans and Kapka Kassabova
1999 C.K. Stead and Peter Wells
1997 Gregory O'Brien
Lauris Edmond Award for Distinguished Contribution to Poetry
The Lauris Edmond Award is an initiative of the Canterbury Poets Collective, the New Zealand Poetry Society and Lauris Edmond's literary estate. It is awarded biennially for excellence in, and substantial contribution to, New Zealand poetry.
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LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award
Now known as the Elsie Locke Award
Lilian Ida Smith Award
Lilian Ida Smith was a music teacher, the daughter of an artist, who lived in Wanganui and had a keen interest in the furtherance of the arts. She bequested a third of her estate to PEN NZ to assist people aged 35 years or over to embark upon or further a literary career. Initially the $3,000 award was split between three genres: poetry, fiction and non-fiction. From 1992, the award was made biennial.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Leanne Radojkovich
2007 Sue Orr
2005 Rachael King
2003 Mary McCallum
2000 Jackie Davis
1998 Carolyn McCurdie
1994 Joy McKenzie
1992 Debra Daley
1990 Jan McAllum, James Norcliffe, Greg Newbold
1989 Bill Manhire, Michael Gifkins, Elizabeth Smither
1988 Mavis Wentworth, Owen Marshall, Graeme Lay
1987 Lauris Edmond, Bill Manhire, Rosemary Wildblood
1986 Michael Morrissey, Owen Marshall, Daphne de Jong
Macmillan Brown Prize for Writers
The Macmillan Brown Prize for Writers is an annual award is open to all undergraduates at New Zealand Universities of whatever standing and to all graduates of not more than three years' standing. Candidates submit either an essay, a short story, a poem or group of poems, a short play, or other work in an appropriate form, dealing imaginatively with any theme.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 information not available
2008 information not available
2007 Nicholas Colville and Catherine Palmer
2006 Fiona Clark
2005 Andrea Mitchell
2004 Hannah Field
2003 Andrea Mitchell
2002 Anna Livesey
2001 Stephen Charters
Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award
This awards is given annually by The New Zealand Children's Book Foundation (Storylines) to a person who has made an especially distinguished and significant contribution to children's literature, publishing or literacy.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Barbara Larson
2009 Andrew Crowe
2008 Wayne Mills
2007 Ken Catran
2006 Robyn Belton
2005 David Hill
2004 Pamela Allen
2003 Jack Lasenby
2002 Maurice Gee
2001 Sherryl Jordan
2000 Gavin Bishop
1999 Lynley Dodd
1998 William Taylor
1997 Ann Mallinson
1996 Tessa Duder
1995 Elsie Locke
1994 Betty Gilderdale
1993 Dorothy Butler
1992 Joy Cowley
1991 Margaret Mahy
Montana Book Awards
These awards ran for three years from 1994 - 1996. Formerly the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards, they were merged in 1996 with the New Zealand Book Awards to create what is now the country's single set of national awards, the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Awards were given in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Previous Recipients:
1994 1. Let the River Stand, Vincent O'Sullivan
2. English-Maori Dictionary, H.M. Ngata
3. 100 New Zealand Poems, ed. Bill Manhire
1995 1. Bulibasha, Witi Ihimaera
2. Maori Healing and Herbal, Murdoch Riley
3. Pieces of Music, Michael Jackson
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Formed in 1996, this single set of national awards combined the Montana (previously Goodman Fielder Wattie) Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards, and were administered by Booksellers New Zealand. New Zealand Post took over the sponsorship of the awards from 2010.
Over the years the awards have been given in various combinations of the following categories: Fiction, Poetry, Illustrative Arts, Natural Heritage, Leisure & Lifestyle, (later Lives & Lifestyle), Readers' Choice, Honour Award, Book of the Year / Cultural Heritage, Deutz Medal for Fiction, Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, Best First Book of Poetry, Best First Book of Fiction, Best First Book of Non- Fiction, Reviewer of the Year, Best Review Page.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Montana Medal For Fiction or Poetry: Novel About My Wife, Emily Perkins
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life, Jill Trevelyan
Category Winners:
Fiction: Novel About My Wife, Emily Perkins
Fiction Runners-Up: The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi; Acid Song, Bernard Beckett
Poetry: The Rocky Shore, Jenny Bornholdt
History: Buying the Land, Selling the Land, Richard Boast
Biography: Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life, Jill Trevelyan
Environment: A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience into the 21st Century, Ed. Ian J. Graham
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Ladies, A Plate: Traditional Home Baking, Alexa Johnston
Illustrative: Len Castle: Making the Molecules Dance, Len Castle
Reference & Anthology: Collected Poems 1951–2006, CK Stead
Maori Language Award: Te Tu a Te Toka: He Ieretanga no nga Tai e Wha, Huriana Raven and Piripi Walker (editors)
Readers' Choice Award: The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: The Rehearsal, Eleanor Catton
New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Everything Talks, Sam Sampson
New Zealand Society of Authors E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand, Chris Brickell
BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award: David Eggleton
BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award: New Zealand Listener
2008 Montana Medal For Fiction or Poetry: Opportunity, Charlotte Grimshaw
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Wetlands of New Zealand, Janet Hunt
Category Winners:
Fiction: Opportunity, Charlotte Grimshaw
Fiction Runner-Up: Edwin & Matilda, Laurence Fearnley
Poetry: Cold Snack, Janet Charman
History: Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka Volume II: Te Ara Hou - The New Society, Hilary and John Mitchell
Biography: The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor, Judy Siers
Environment: Wetlands of New Zealand, Janet Hunt
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua, Rolinda Karapu
Illustrative: Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning, Jennifer Hay, with Ron Brownson, Chris Knox and Laurence Aberhart; designed by Aaron Beehre
Reference & Anthology: A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 years of the New Zealand School Journal, Gregory O'Brien
Maori Language Award: Te Tu a Te Toka: He Ieretanga no nga Tai e Wha, Huriana Raven and Piripi Walker (editors)
Readers' Choice Award: The Blue, Mary McCallum
New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: The Blue, Mary McCallum
New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Incognito, Jessica Le Bas
New Zealand Society of Authors E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: The Great Sacred Fores of Tane: Te wao tapu nui a Tane, Alan Clarke
BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award: Charlotte Grimshaw
BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award: New Zealand Listener
2007 Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry: Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle
Category Winners:
Fiction: Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
Fiction Runners up: The Fainter, Damien Wilkins ; The Cowboy Dog, Nigel Cox
Poetry: The Goose Bath, Janet Frame
History: Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors, ed. K.R.Howe
Biography: Douglas Lilburn: His life and music, Philip Norman
Environment: Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand, George Gibbs
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists, Ann Packer
Reference and Anthology: Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell
Readers Choice Award: Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: The Sound of Butterflies, Rachael King
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Secret Heart, Airini Beautrais
The New Zealand Society of Authors E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell
BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award: David Eggleton
BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award: New Zealand Listener
2006 Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry: Blindsight, Maurice Gee
Fiction Category Winner: Blindsight, Maurice Gee
Fiction Runners Up: The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman; Responsibility, Nigel Cox
Poetry Category Winner: Lifted, Bill Manhire
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson
Non Fiction Category Winners:
History: Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s - 1950s by Rosemary McLeod
Biography: Dingle, Graeme Dingle
Reference & Anthology: Great Sporting Moments: The Best of Sport Magazine 1988 – 2004, ed. Damien Wilkins
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: How to Look at a Painting, Justin Paton
Environment: Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson
Illustrative: Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, ed. Hannah Holm and Lara Strongman
Readers’ Choice Award (joint): Blindsight, Maurice Gee; and The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: A Red Silk Sea, Gillian Ranstead
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Dream Fish Floating, Karlo Mila
The New Zealand Society of Authors E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: Pakeha and the Treaty, Patrick Snedden
BPANZ Reviewer of the Year Award: Jolisa Gracewood
BPANZ Best Review Page or Programme Award: Dominion Post
2005 Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry: Tu, Patricia Grace
Fiction Category Winner: Tu, Patricia Grace
Fiction Runners Up: Mansfield by C K Stead; Tarzan Presley, Nigel Cox;
Poetry Category Winner: Nice morning for it, Adam, Vincent O’Sullivan
Montana Medal for Non Fiction: At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
Non-Fiction Category Winners:
History: At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
Biography: Chronicle of the Unsung, Martin Edmond
Reference & Anthology: The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, ed. Tony Deverson & Graeme Kennedy
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa, Gareth Shute
Environment: Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation, Anne Rimmer
Illustrative: Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs, Luit Bieringa Lawrence McDonald
Readers’ Choice Award: Made in Morocco: A Journey of Exotic Tastes and Places, Julie Le Clerc & John Bougen
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: My Real Life and Other Stories, Julian Novitz
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Clung, Sonja Yelich
The New Zealand Society of Authors E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: Ghost Dance, Douglas Wright
Best Review Page or Programme: North & South
Reviewer of the Year: Tony Simpson
2004 Deutz Medal for Fiction: Slow Water, Annamarie Jagose
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas, Anne Salmond
Non-Fiction categories:
Poetry: Sing-Song, Anne Kennedy
Biography: Mason: The Life of R A K Mason, Rachel Barrowman
History: The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas, Anne Salmond
Reference and anthology: Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English, ed. Albert Wendt , Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Classic Fly Fishing in New Zealand Rivers, John Kent, photography by David Hallett
Environment: Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss, Peter Batson
Illustrative: Central, Arno Gasteiger
Readers' Choice Award: The Penguin History of New Zealand, Michael King
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: Bloom, Kelly Ana Morey
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: The Adulterer's Bible, Cliff Fell
The New Zealand Society of Authors E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non Fiction: Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rakau: Northland Maori Wood Carving, Deidre Brown
The A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature: Joy Cowley
Reviewer of the Year Award: Michael King
Best Review Page or Programme: The Listener
2003 Deutz Medal for Fiction: The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson
Fiction runners-up: The Hopeful Traveller, Fiona Farrell; When Gravity Snaps, Owen Marshall
Montana Medal for Non Fiction: The Wine Atlas of New Zealand, Michael Cooper
Poetry: Playing God, Glenn Colquhoun
History: No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840 - 1914, Jim McAloon
Biography: A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields, Philip Temple
Environment: Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail, Geoff Chapple
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: Wine Atlas of New Zealand, Michael Cooper
Illustrative: Len Castle: Potter, Nancy Pel and Len Castle
Reference & Anthology: Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse, Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw (Eds.)
Readers' Choice Award: Playing God, Glenn Colquhoun
New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: Queen of Beauty, Paula Morris
The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke
E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction: The Year of the Horse, Sam Mahon
Reviewer of the Year: David Eggleton
Best Review Pages: The Listener
2002 Deutz Medal for Fiction: Stonedogs, Craig Marriner
Montana Medal for Non Fiction: A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case, Lynley Hood
Poetry: Piggy-back Moon, Hone Tuwhare
Biography: Long Loop Home, Peter Wells
Environment: Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare, Bob Harvey
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture: The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting, Lynnsay Rongokea/John Dalley (photorapher)
Illustrative: Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati, Joan and Tony Whincup with Jula Parkinson (designer)
Reference and Anthology: Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors, Hirini Moko Mead/ Neil Grove
Honour Award: Eruera Manuera, Te Onehou Phillis
New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction: Stonedogs, Craig Marriner
New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry: Husk, Chris Price
New Zealand Society of Authors E H McCormick Best First Book Award for Non Fiction: Fool's Paradise, Steve Braunias
Readers' Choice Award: A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Case, Lynley Hood
A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award: Maurice Shadbolt
Reviewer of the Year Award: Jane Hurley
Review Page of the Year: North & South
2001 Deutz Medal for Fiction: The Book of Fame, Lloyd Jones
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame, Michael King
Poetry: The Bells of Saint Babels, Allen Curnow
History & Biography, first equal: Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame, Michael King and Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance, eds, Te Miringa Hohaia / Gregory O'Brien/ Lara Strongman
Environment: Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand's Cabbage Tree, Philip Simpson
Lifestyle: Fresh, Julie Biuso/Ian Batchelor (photographer)
Illustrative Arts: Ralph Hotere: Black Light, ed. Ian Wedde
Readers' Choice: Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame, Michael King
Best Review Page: Ruth Nichol
Reviewer of the Year: David Eggleton
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book for Fiction: Emerald Budgies, Karyn Hay
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry: Animals Indoors, Stephanie De Montalk
The New Zealand Society of Authors E.H. McCormick Best First Book for Non-Fiction: Pukaki: A Comet Returns, Paul Tapsell
2000 Deutz Medal for Fiction: Harlequin Rex, Owen Marshall
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: The Art of Graeme Sydney, Graeme Sydney
History & Biography: Kapiti, Chris McLean
Poetry: The Lark Quartet, Elizabeth Smither
Illustrative Arts: The Art of Graeme Sydney, Graeme Sydney
Environment: Classic Tramping in New Zealand, Shaun Barnett/Rob Brown
Lifestyle: The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants, Yvonne Cave/Valda Paddison
Readers' Choice Award: The Art of Graeme Sydney, Graeme Sydney
Best Review Page: The Evening Post
Reviewer of the Year: Michael King
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction: Stray Thoughts and Nosebleeds, Duncan Sarkies
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry: The Art of Walking Upright, Glenn Colquhoun
The New Zealand Society of Authors E.H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction: Kava in the Blood, Pether Thomson
1999 Deutz Medal for Fiction: The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand, Heather Nicholson
History & Biography: Under the Bridge and Over the Moon, Kevin Ireland
Poetry: Seeing You Asked, Vincent O'Sullivan
Illustrative Arts: 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth
Environment & Heritage: The Natural World of New Zealand, Gerard Hutching
Lives & Lifestyle: The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand, Heather Nicholson
Readers' Choice Award: The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox
Best Review Pages: Landfall
Reviewer of the Year: Iain Sharp
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction: Alpha Male, William Brandt
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry: Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars, Kate Camp
The New Zealand Society of Authors E.H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction: 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth
1998 Deutz Medal for Fiction: Live Bodies, Maurice Gee
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction: Dictionary of New Zealand English, Harry Orsman
History & Biography Award: Dictionary of New Zealand English, Harry Orsman
Poetry: Shape-Shifter, Hone Tuwhare
Illustrative Arts: Goldie, Roger Blackley
Environment & Heritage: Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers, Peter Johnson
Lives & Lifestyle: The Complete New Zealand Fisherman, Geoff Thomas
Readers' Choice Award: New Zealand Historical Atlas, ed. Malcolm McKinnon
Best Review Page: The Evening Post
Reviewer of the Year: Graeme Lay
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction: In a Fishbone Church, Catherine Chidgey
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry: All Roads Lead to the Sea, Kapka Kassabova
The New Zealand Society of Authors E.H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction: Olives: The New Passion, Genevieve Noser
1997 Book of the Year
Cultural Heritage: The Story of Suzanne Aubert, Jessie Munro
Fiction: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Alan Duff
Poetry: An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English, ed. Jenny Bornholdt/ Gregory O'Brien/ Mark Williams
Illustrative Arts: Mataora, Sandy Adsett/Cliff Whitiing, ed. Witi Ihimaera
Natural Heritage: New Zealand Coast and Mountain Plants, John Dawson/Rob Lucas
Leisure & Lifestyle: The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand, Michael Cooper & John McDermott
Honour Award, Fiction: Dove on the Waters, Maurice Shadbolt
Honour Award, Poetry: Dedications, J. C. Sturm
The New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction: Finding Home, Dominic Sheehan
The New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry: Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland, Diane Brown
The New Zealand Society of Authors E.H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction: The Story of Suzanne Aubert, Jessie Munro
1996 Book of the Year
Cultural Heritage: Redemption Songs - A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turiki, Judith Binney
Fiction: Zoology, Sheridan Keith
Poetry: My Sunshine, Bill Manhire
Illustrative Arts: Gold & Silversmithing in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century New Zealand, Winsome Shepherd
Natural Heritage: Wild Dunedin, Neville Peat / Brian Patrick
Leisure & Lifestyle: Cook!, Michael Lee-Richards
Honour Award: Nga Iwi O Tainui, Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Best First Book, Fiction: Not Her Real Name, Emily Perkins
Best First Book, Poetry: Go Round Power Please, James Brown
Best First Book, Non-Fiction: Salmond: Southern Jurist, Alex Frame
New Zealand Book Awards
The New Zealand Book Awards ran from 1976 to 1995 when they merged with the Montana Book Awards to form what is now the country's single set of national awards, the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. From 1976 to 1979 the awards were given in three categories, Poetry, Fiction, and Non-Fiction. In 1981 a new category, Book Production, was added. In many years more than one award was given in a category.
Previous Recipients:
1976 Poetry: Fires and Patterns, Louis Johnson and Quesada, C.K. Stead
Fiction: A Glorious Morning Comrade, Maurice Gee and Selected Stories, O.E. Middleton
Non-Fiction: Traditional Songs of the Maori, Mervyn McLean/Margaret Orbell
1977 Poetry: Walking in the Snow, Ruth Dallas [author] and Dear Mondrian, Alan Loney
Fiction: Dick Seddon's Great Dive, Ian Wedde
Non-Fiction: Walter Nash, Keith Sinclair
1978 Poetry: How to Take Your Clothes Off at the Picnic, Bill Manhire and Spells for Coming Out, Ian Wedde
Fiction: The Time of Achamoth, M.K. Joseph
Non-Fiction: Te Puea, Michael King
1979 Poetry: Literary Cartoons, Kevin Ireland
Fiction: Plumb, Maurice Gee
Non-Fiction: Trade, Growth and Anxiety in New Zealand - Beyond the Welfare State, S.H. Franklin
1980 Poetry: An Incorrigible Music, Allen Curnow
Fiction: Living in the Maniatoto, Janet Frame
Non-Fiction: I Passed this Way, Sylvia Ashton-Warner
1981 Poetry: Wall, Michael Jackson
Fiction: The Lovelock Version, Maurice Shadbolt
Non-Fiction: The Life of Katherine Mansfield, Anthony Alpers
Book Production major award: Alister Taylor, Jim Barr, Mary Barr, and Lindsay Missen for Contemporary New Zealand Artists Part one, published by Alister Taylor; further awards: Lindsay Missen for the design of Salt From the North by Lauris Edmond, published by Oxford University Press and Lynley Dodd for her illustrations in Drusillica by Clarice England, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1982 Poetry: Alistair Campbell: Collected Poems, Alistair Campbell
Fiction: Meg, Maurice Gee and Dandy Edison For Lunch, Vincent O'Sullivan
Non-Fiction: The South Island of New Zealand From the Road, Robin Morrison
Book Production, major award: Auckland University Press for Portrait of Frances Hodgkins by Eric McCormick; further awards: Lindsay Missen for Craft New Zealand published by A.H. & A.W. Reed; The Oxford History of New Zealand published by Oxford University Press; and Neysa Moss for Good Looks, In the Glass Case, Essays on New Zealand Literature and Portrait of Frances Hodgkins, all published by Auckland University Press.
1983 Poetry: You Will Know When You Get There, Allen Curnow and Homing In, Cilla McQueen
Fiction: Other Halves, Sue McCauley
Non-Fiction: Cork of War, Ray Grover
Book Production: Maui Development Environmental Study, A.C. Kibblewhite et al, Auckland University Press for Shell BP and Todd Oil Services Ltd.
1984 Poetry: Selected Poems, Fleur Adcock
Fiction: The Bone People, Keri Hulme
Non-Fiction: An Angel at My Table: An Autobiography: Volume Two, Janet Frame
Book Production: The Agressions of the French at Tahiti and Other Islands of the Pacific, George Pritchard, Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press
1985 Poetry: Zoetropes, Bill Manhire
Fiction: Disorderly Conduct, Marilyn Duckworth and All Visitors Ashore, C.K. Stead
Non-Fiction: Verdict on Erebus, Peter Mahon
Book Production: City of Plains: A History of Hastings, Victoria University Press.
1986 Poetry: Stories About Wooden Keyboards, Kendrick Smithyman
Fiction: People of the Long Water, Peter Hooper
Non-Fiction: Envoy From Mirror City, Janet Frame
Book Production, first equal: The Bach, Paul Thompson and Witness to Change, Janet Bayly / Athol McCredie, both published by Government Printing Office Publishing.
1987 Poetry first equal: The Loop in Lone Kauri Road, Allen Curnow and Jump, Elizabeth Nannestad
Fiction: Potiki, Patricia Grace
Non-Fiction: Head and Shoulders, Virginia Myers
Book Production: Focus on New Zealand, ed. Brian Brake, designed by Donna Hoyle, Collins.
1988 Poetry: All Cretans are Liars, Anne French
Fiction: The Book of Secrets, Fiona Kidman
Non-Fiction: Seven Lives or Salt River, Dick Scott
Book Production: Winkelmann, Images of Early New Zealand, Viven Edwards, Benton Ross.
1989 Poetry: Benzina, Cilla McQueen
Fiction: The Carpathians, Janet Frame
Non-Fiction: Tarawera, Ronald Keam
Book Production: Bridget Williams, The Fold of the Land, Lloyd Homer / Les Molloy, Allen and Unwin.
1990 Poetry: A Pattern of Marching, Elizabeth Smither
Fiction: Visitors, John Cranna
Non-Fiction: Born to New Zealand, Frances Porter
Book Production: New Zealand! New Zealand! - In Praise of Kiwiana, Stephen Barnett / Richard Wolfe [author], Hodder and Stoughton in association with Bookmakers and Design Production Ltd.
1991 Poetry: Berlin Diary, Cilla McQueen
Fiction: The Burning Boy, Maurice Gee
Non-Fiction: The Life of James K. Baxter, Frank McKay
Book Production: Lindsay Missen, The Dictionary of New Zealnd Biography: Volume One and Nga Tangata Taumata Rau; 1769 - 1869, Department of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams Books.
1992 Poetry: Milky Way Bar, Bill Manhire
Fiction: Dangerous Desires, Peter Wells
Non-Fiction: Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642 - 1772, Anne Salmond
Book Production: Robin Morrison, Robin Morrison at Home and Abroad, Tandem Press.
1993 Poetry: Beyond, Brian Turner
Fiction: The Skinny Louie Books, Fiona Farrell
Non-Fiction: Ettie: A Life of Ettie Rout, Jane Tolerton
Book Production: Tivaevae: Portraits of Cook Islands Quilting, Linnsay Rongokea, designer Lindsay Missen, Daphne Brasell Associates.
1994 Poetry: How To Talk, Andrew Johnston
Fiction: The Miserables, Damien Wilkins
Non-Fiction: Te Wai Pounamu, the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand, Harry Evison
Book Production: The Wines and Vineyards of New Zealand 4th edition, by Michael Cooper with photographs by Robin Morrison, Barbara Nielsen editor and designer, Hodder Headline.
1995 Poetry: Dia, Michele Leggott
Fiction: The Singing Whakapapa, C.K. Stead
Non-Fiction: An Accidental Life, Phoebe Meikle
Book Production: Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide, Canterbury University Press
New Zealand Poet Laureate
This award was previously known as the Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate, it was superseded by the New Zealand Poet Laureate which was established in 2007. Administered by the National Library of New Zealand and funded by the New Zealand Government, the Poet Laureate is selected biennially and receives an award of $50,000 per year.
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Previous Recipients:
2009/2010 Cilla McQueen
2007/2008 Michele Leggott
2005/2006 Jenny Bornholdt
2003/2004 Brian Turner
2001/2002 Elizabeth Smither
1999/2000 Hone Tuwhare
1997/1998 Bill Manhire
New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults were originally awarded a single prize for the Picture Story Book of the Year. Over the years the awards were expanded and some categories experienced name changes.
The awards are supported by New Zealand Post and administered by Booksellers New Zealand. Awards are currently offered in the following categories: Book of the Year, Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, Best First Book, Children's Choice Award.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Book of the Year: The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi
Young Adult Fiction: The 10 PM Question by Kate De Goldi
Non-fiction: Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young & Curious by Gregory O'Brien
Junior Fiction: Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Picture Book: Roadworks written by Sally Sutton and illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Picture Book Honour Award: Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig written by Diana Neild and illustrated by Philip Webb
Children's Choice Award: The Were-Nana written by Melinda Szymanik and illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson
Best First Book Award: Violence 101 by Denis Wright
2008 Book of the Year: Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
Young Adult Fiction: Salt by Maurice Gee
Young Adult Fiction Honour Award: The Sea-wreck Stranger by Anna Mackenzie
Junior Fiction: Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
Picture Book: Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi, by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly
Picture Book Honour Award: To The Harbour written & illustrated by Stanley Palmer
Children's Choice Award: The King’s Bubbles by Ruth Paul
Best First Book Award: Out of The Egg written & illustrated by Tina Matthews
2007 Book of the Year: Illustrated History of the South Pacific, by Marcia Stenson
Young Adult Fiction: Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Young Adult Fiction Honour Award: Single Fin, by Aaron Topp
Junior Fiction: Thor's Tale by Janice Marriott
Non-Fiction: Which New Zealand Spider? by Andrew Crowe
Picture Book: Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!, by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly
Non-Fiction Honour Award: Reaching The Summit by Alexa Johnston with David Larsen
Picture Book Honour Award: A Present From the Past, by Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher
Children's Choice Award: Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!, by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly
Best First Book Award: The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff by Ben Galbraith
2006 Book of the Year: Hunter, by Joy Cowley
Picture Book: A Booming in the Night, written by Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor
Picture Book Honour Award: Haere - Farewell, Jack, farewell, written by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Huhana Smith
Junior Fiction: Hunter, by Joy Cowley
Junior Fiction Honour Award: Sil, by Jill Harris
Young Adult Fiction: With Lots of Love From Georgia, by Brigid Lowry
Young Adult Fiction Honour Award: Kaitangate Twitch, by Margaret Mahy
Non-Fiction: Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs of Gallipoli by Leon Davidson
Non-Fiction Honour Award: Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments - A Visual Guide by Glenys Stace
Children's Choice Award: Nobody's Dog written by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher
Best First Book Award: The Unknown Zone by Phil Smith
2005 Book of the Year: Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story written by Kate De Goldi, illustrated by Jacqui Colley
Picture Book: Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story by Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley
Junior Fiction: Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank by Jack Lasenby
Young Adult Fiction: Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett
Non-Fiction: Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People by Gregory O’Brien
Children's Choice Award: The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd
Best First Book: Cross Tides by Lorraine Orman
2004 Book of the Year: A Bird in the Hand by Janet Hunt
Picture Book: Cuthbert's Babies by Pamela Allen
Junior Fiction: Juggling with Mandarins by V M Jones
Young Adult Fiction: Thunder Road by Ted Dawe
Non-Fiction: A Bird in the Hand by Janet Hunt
Children's Choice Award: Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! by Ngareta Gabel, Ali Teo and Astrid Jensen
Best First Book: Thunder Road by Ted Dawe
Honour Award: Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer by Lloyd Jones & Graeme Gash
2003 Book of the Year: Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan and Gavin Bishop
Picture Book: Pigtails the Pirate by David Elliot
Junior Fiction: Buddy by V M Jones
Senior Fiction: Alchemy by Margaret Mahy
Non-Fiction: Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan and Gavin Bishop
Children's Choice Award: Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? by Dawn McMillan, Bert Signal & Ross Kinnaird
Best First Book: Buddy by V M Jones
2002 Book of the Year: The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis
Picture Book: Brodie by Joy Cowley & Chris Mousdale
Junior Fiction: Recycled by Sandy McKay
Senior Fiction: Owl by Joanna Orwin
Non-Fiction: The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis
Children's Choice Award: Grandpa's Shorts by Joy Watson & Wendy Hodder
Best First Book: Brodie by Chris Mousdale, illustrator
2001 Book of the Year: Voyage with Jason by Ken Catran
Picture Book: Oliver in the Garden by Margaret Beames & Sue Hitchcock
Junior Fiction: Shadrach Girl by Joy Cowley
Senior Fiction: Voyage with Jason by Ken Catran
Non-Fiction: The Zoo: Meet the Locals
Children's Choice Award: Oliver in the Garden by Margaret Beames & Sue Hitchcock
2000 Book of the Year: The House the Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
Picture Book: The House the Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
Junior Fiction: 2MUCH4U by Vince Ford
Senior Fiction: The Tiggie Thompson Show by Tessa Duder
Non-Fiction: Te Wao Nui a Tane, by Hirini Melbourne & Te Maari Gardiner
Best First Book: 2MUCH4U by Vince Ford
Children's Choice Award: Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd
1999 Book of the Year: A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy
Picture Book: A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy
Junior Fiction: Starbright and the Dream Eater by Joy Cowley
Senior Fiction: Taur by Jack Lasenby
Non-Fiction: The Natural World of New Zealand by Gerard Hutching
Best First Book: Footsteps of the Gods by Hana Hiraina Erlbeck
Children's Choice Award: The Life-Size Inflatable Whale by Gaelyn Gordon & John Tarlton
1998 Book of the Year: Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
Picture Book: Alphabet Apartments by Lesley Moyes
Junior Fiction: Ticket to the Sky Dance by Joy Cowley
Senior Fiction: Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock
Non-Fiction: The Know, Sow & Grow Kids' Book of Plants by Diana Noonan & Keith Olsen
Best First Book: Trapped by Judy Knox
Children's Choice Award: Alphabet Apartments by Lesley Moyes
1997 Book of the Year: The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton
Picture Book: The Bantam and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton
Junior Fiction: The Battle of Pook Island by Jack Lasenby
Senior Fiction: Sanctuary by Kate de Goldi
Non-Fiction Picture Book: Magic by Chris Gaskin, photography by Denis Page
Best First Book: Reliable Friendly Girls by Jane Westaway
Children's Choice Award: Mechanical Harry by Bob Kerr
New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize
One of New Zealand's most long-standing and prestigious literary awards, the New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize is offered annually to enable a New Zealand writer to work in Menton, France.
This Prize was originally a Fellowship sponsored by Meridian Energy, and the sponsorship was taken over by New Zealand Post in 2007. It includes a stipend for the successful author to produce a work of literature inspired by residency at the villa Isola Bella in Menton, France, where iconic writer Katherine Mansfield [author] lived and wrote. The size of the prize ensures the Fellowship gives the recipient a significant reward and raises the profile of New Zealand literary successes.
The Fellowship is administered by Creative New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Ken Duncum
2008 Damien Wilkins
2007 Stuart Hoar
2006 Fiona Kidman
2005 Ian Wedde
2004 Bill Manhire
2003 Tessa Duder
2002 Jenny Bornholdt
2001 Catherine Chidgey
2000 Stephanie Johnson
1999 Elizabeth Knox
1998 Maurice Shadbolt
1997 Roger Hall
1996 Owen Marshall
1995 Fiona Farrell
1994 Vincent O'Sullivan
1993 Witi Ihimaera
1992 Maurice Gee
1991 Nigel Cox
1990 Lisa Greenwood
1989 Lloyd Jones
1988 Louis Johnson
1987 Russell Hayley
1986 Michael Harlow
1985 Michael Gifkins
1984 Rowley Habib
1983 Allen Curnow
1982 Michael Jackson
1981 Lauris Edmond
1980 Marilyn Duckworth
1979 Philip Temple
1978 Spiros Zavros
1977 Barry Mitcalfe
1976 Michael King
1975 David Mitchell
1974 Janet Frame
1973 James McNeish
1972 CK Stead
1971 Margaret Scott
1970 Owen Leeming
Nga Kupu Ora Book Awards
These awards are held by Massey University and to recognise the contribution that MÄÂÂยori focused books make to New Zealand’s literary heritage.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Art, Architecture and Design:
Mäori Architecture: From Fale to Wharenui and Beyond, Deidre Brown
Biography:
Tohunga Whakairo: Paki Harrison: The Story of a Master Carver, Ranginui Walker
History:
Ngä Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship, Monty Soutar
Sports and Recreation:
Beneath the Mäori Moon: An Illustrated History of Mäori Rugby, Malcolm Mulholland
Te Reo Maori:
Tähuhu Körero: The Sayings of Tai Tokerau, Merata Kawharu and Krzysztof Pfeiffer
Book of the Decade:
Mau Moko: The World of Mäori Tattoo, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award
The award is an established acknowledgement of the books that booksellers throughout the country have most enjoyed reading, selling and promoting.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Rita Angus: An Artist's Life, by Jill Trevelyan
2008 The Road to Castle Hill, by Christine Fernyhough with Louise Callan
2007 Tramping in New Zealand: 40 of New Zealand's Best Trips text and photographs by Shaun Barnett
2006 He'll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men by Celia Lashlie
2005 Tu by Patricia Grace
2004 The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King
2003 The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
2002 Curious questions by Max Cryer
2001 Wrestling with the Angel: a life of Janet Frame a biography of Janet Frame by Michael King
PANZ Book Design Awards
(formerly known as the BPANZ Book Design Awards, and prior to that, the Spectrum Print Book Design Awards)
The annual PANZ Book Design Awards have been developed by the Publishers Association of New Zealand to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Winners:
Best Book: Ladies, A Plate: Traditional Home Baking by Alexa Johnston, designed by Alan Deare, Inhouse Design (Penguin Group NZ)
Best Cover: A Short History of Photography by Harvey Benge with Gerry Badger, designed by Catherine Griffiths (Random House New Zealand)
Young Designer of the Year: Spencer Levine
Best Typography: How to Look at Painting, by Juston Paton, designed by Sarah Maxey (Awa Press)
Non-Illustrated: Diggers, Hatters and Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes by Stevan Eldred-Grigg, designed by Katy Yiakmis (Random House New Zealand)
Illustrated: Ladies, A Plate: Traditional Home Baking by Alexa Johnston (Penguin Group NZ)
Educational: Saying What You See: How to Talk and Write About Art, by Alison Annals, Abby Cunnane and Sam Cunnane, designed by Marie Low and Esther Chua (interior), Marie Low (Cover) (Pearson)
Children’s: Piano Rock by Gavin Bishop, designed by Sarah Elworthy and Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand)
2008 Winners:
Best Book: Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning by Jennifer Hay with Laurence Aberhart, Chris Knox and Ron Brownson, designed by Aaron Beehre (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu)
Best Cover: Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning
Non-Illustrated: Dear to Me: 100 New Zealanders Write about Their Favourite Poems by the Auckland Girls’ Grammar School Amnesty International group, designed by Alan Deare (Random House New Zealand)
Illustrated: Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning
Educational: Astronomy Aotearoa: NCEA Level 1 by Robert Shaw, designed by Marie Low (Pearson Education New Zealand)
Children’s: The King’s Bubbles by Ruth Paul , illustrated by Ruth Paul (Scholastic New Zealand)
2007 Winners:
Best Book, Best Cover and Best Illustrated Book: Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand written by Audrey Eagle, cover by Neil Pardington, interior by Robyn Sivewright of Afineline (Te Papa Press)
Best Non-Illustrated Book: Brief Lives written by Chris Price, illustrated by Brendan O’Brien, designed by Sarah Maxey (cover), Katrina Duncan (interior) (Auckland University Press)
Best Educational Book: Te Kete Kupu by Huia, designed by Rose Miller (Huia Publishers New Zealand Limited)
Best Children's Book: Legends of Ngatoro-i-rangi written by Karen Taiaroa-Smithies & Mervyn Taiaroa, designed by Cheryl Rowe (Reed Publishing NZ Ltd)
2006 Winners:
Best Book and Best Illustrated Book: Contemporary New Zealand Photographers written by Hannah Holm and Lara Strongman, designed by Neil Pardington, Base Two (Mountain View Publishing).
Best Cover: Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life written by Alexa Johnston, designed by Alan Deare, Inhouse Design (Penguin).
Best Non-Illustrated Book: Afternoon of an Evening Train written by Gregory O'Brien, designed by Gregory O'Brien and Victoria University Press, cover by Sarah Maxey (Victoria University Press).
Best Educational Book: Frontier of Dreams written by John Parker , designed by Vasanti Unka (Scholastic NZ Ltd).
Best Children's Book: Mona Minim and the Smell of the Sun written by Janet Frame, illustrated by David Elliot, designed by Christine Hansen (Random House New Zealand).
2005 Winners:
Best Book and Best Cover: Shane Cotton written by Lara Strongman, designed by Neil Pardington and published by City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press.
Best Typography: Clubs written by Kate De Goldi , illustrated and designed by Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)
Best Use of Illustration: The Night Kite by Peter Bland , designed by Carl Bland and Margaret Cochran (Mallinson Rendel)
2004 Winners:
Best Book, Best Cover and Best Typography: Central, written by Philip Temple, photography by Arno Gasteiger, designed by Athena Sommerfeld, (Penguin Group NZ)
Best Use of Illustration: Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer, illustration by Graeme Gash, written by Lloyd Jones (Mallinson Rendel)
2003 Winners:
Best Book and Best Typography: Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith, edited by Maja Bloem and Martin Browne, jointly designed by Craig Potton Publishing’s Managing Director, Robbie Burton, and designer Jo Williams.
Best Use of Illustration: Landforms: The Shaping of New Zealand, by Les Molloy and Roger Smith (Craig Potton Publishing), designed by Robbie Burton.
Best Cover: Sarah Maxey for Dog, by C.K. Stead (Auckland University Press)
2002 Winners
Cover (joint winners): The Jersey – The Pride and the Passion, The Guts and the Glory: What It Means to Wear the All Black Jersey by Ron Palenski (Hodder Moa Beckett), designed by Nick Turzynski; Taking Off: Poems by Brian Turner (VUP), designed by Sarah Maxey
Illustration: The Fizzy Orange Soft Drink by Janet Slater Bottin (Scholastic New Zealand Limited), designed by Sharon Grace, Illustration by Jeffy James
Typography: Parihaka – The Art of Passive Resistance edited by Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O’Brien and Lara Strongman (Victoria University Press/City Gallery Wellington/Parihaka Pa Trustees), designed by Eyework Design and Production
Best Book: Parihaka – The Art of Passive Resistance edited by Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O’Brien and Lara Strongman (Victoria University Press/City Gallery Wellington/Parihaka Pa Trustees), designed by Eyework Design and Production
Highly Commended: Anne Noble: States of Grace – Edited by Justin Paton (Victoria University Press/ Dunedin Public Art Gallery), designed by Karina McLeod; M.I.L.K Family - A Celebration of Humanity (M.I.L.K Publishing Limited), designed by Lucy Richardson
2001 Winners
Best Book and Best Typography: Captain Cook’s World, designed by Christine Hansen
Best Book Cover: John Callaghan for A Book in the Hand, (Auckland University Press)
Best use of illustration: Bob Kerr for After the War (Mallinson Rendel)
Pikihuia Awards for Maori Writers
Formerly the Huia Short Story Awards, and the E tuhi! Get writing! Awards for Maori Writers, the Pikihuia Awards for Maori Writers are designed to encourage new and established Maori writers. The awards are offered bi-annually by the Maori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers, who invite submissions of short stories in English or Maori, novel extracts and short film scripts.
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Previous Recipients:
2003 Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori Award (te pakiwaitara i te reo Maori ma nga pakeke): Darryn Joseph (Ngati Maniapoto), Palmerston North for Tama Tahae, Tama Ora
Ma Te Reo Award (te pakiwaitara i te reo Maori ma nga tamariki): Fay Williams (Ngati Porou), Otorohanga for Kiwi te Kiwi me to na Hamaka
Te Puni Kokiri Award (best short story in English or Maori by a Maori secondary school student): Samantha Lee (Te Rarawa), Helensville, for Puawai
Te Puni Kokiri Award (best short story in English or Maori by a Maori secondary school student) runners up: Lyle McMahon (Ngati Whare/Tainui), Rotorua for Pou Tokomanawa; Marama Kainamu-Wheeler (Nga Puhi) Otahuhu, for Mere and her Poi
Huia Publishers Novel Award (best novel extract by a Maori writer): Michelle Manning (Ngati Kahungunu), Napier for Flying without Fear
Huia Publishers Short Story Award (best short story in English by a Maori writer): Shona Jones (Ngati Kahungunu), Hastings for Gauguin’s Flowers
New Zealand Film Commission Film Script Award (best script for a short film by a Maori writer): Lisa Te Hira/Patricia Donnelly (Ngati Awa/Kahungunu), Auckland for Sunshine
Special Award to Witi Ihimaera for international success with Whale Rider – the book and the film.
2001 Te Pakiwaitara i te Reo Maori ma nga Pakeke: Charles Shortland (Nga Puhi), Whangarei
Te Pakiwaitara i te Reo Maori ma nga Tamariki. Winner Paroa Tinsley (Tuhoe), Whakatane
Best Short Story in English by a Previously Published Maori Writer: James George (Nga Puhi), Auckland
Best Short Story in English by a Maori Secondary School Student: Awhina Arahanga (Ngai Tahu), Christchurch
Best Short Story by a Maori Secondary School Student: Kate Wawatai (Ngati Porou), Kawerau
Best Script for a Short Film by a Maori Writer: Wiremu Grace (Ngati Toa/Ngati Porou), Porirua
Prime Minister's Awards
Worth $60,000 each, the annual Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement recognise writers who have made a significant contribution to New Zealand literature. The awards are administered by Creative New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Brian Turner (poetry), C. K. Stead (fiction), Dr Ranginui Walker (non-fiction)
2008 Elizabeth Smither (poetry), Lloyd Jones (fiction), W. H. Oliver (non-fiction)
2007 Bill Manhire (poetry), Dick Scott (non-fiction), Fiona Farrell (fiction)
2006 Vincent O'Sullivan (poetry), Patricia Grace (fiction), Judith Binney (non-fiction)
2005 Margaret Mahy (fiction), Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (poetry), Philip Temple (non-fiction)
2004 Maurice Gee (fiction), Kevin Ireland (poetry), Anne Salmond (non-fiction)
2003 Janet Frame (fiction), Hone Tuwhare (poetry), Michael King (non-fiction)
Prize in Modern Letters
The Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters is valued at NZ$65,000, and is New Zealand's richest literary award for an emerging author. It is awarded biennially under the auspices of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University.
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Randell Cottage Creative New Zealand Writers Residency
The Randell Cottage Writers Trust was established in September 2001 to promote and foster the development of literature by establishing a writers' residency scheme and by awarding literary scholarships. It provides a six-month residency each year to a French and New Zealand writer respectively at a historic cottage donated by the Price family of Wellington.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Pat White
2009 Kirsty Gunn
French writer: Fariba Hachtroudi
2008 Jennifer Compton
French writer: Olivier Bleys
2007 Whiti Hereaka
French writer: Nicolas Kurtovitch
2006 Beryl Fletcher
French writer: Annie Saumont
2005 Renée
French writer: Dominique Mainard
2004 Michael Harlow
French writer: Pierre Furlan
2003 Tim Corballis
French writer: Charles Juliet
2002 Peter Wells
French writer: Nadine Ribault.
Rathcoola Residency
The prestigious Rathcoola Residency provides self-contained accommodation for six months, a stipend equivalent of $A20,000 and return airfare. The residency, located at Rathcoola House in Donoughmore, County Cork, Ireland, was set up by the London-based Richard and Sophie Nicoll Trust.
Robert Burns Fellowship
The purpose of the Robert Burns Fellowship is to encourage and promote imaginative New Zealand literature and to associate writers thereof with the University. It is attached to the Department of English of the University of Otago.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Michele Powles
2009 Michael Harlow
2008 Sue Wootton
2007 Laurence Fearnley
2006 Catherine Chidgey, Ruth Pettis
2005 Catherine Chidgey
2004 Kate Duignan
2003 Sarah Quigley and Nick Ascroft
2002 Alison Wong
2001 Jo Randerson
2000 James Norcliffe
1999 Michael King , Paula Boock
1998 Michael King
1997 Paddy Richardson
1996 Bernadette Hall
1995 Elspeth Sandys
1994 Christine Johnston
1993 Stuart Hoare
1992 Owen Marshall
1991 Lynley Hood
1990 David Eggleton
1989 Renee
1988 John Dickson
1987 Robert Lord
1985, 1986 Cilla McQueen
1984 Brian L Turner
1983 Rawiri Paratene
1981, 1982 William S Sewell
1980 Philip Temple
1979 Michael A Noonan
1978 Roger L Hall, Peter Olds
1977 Keri Hulme, Roger L Hall
1975 Witi Ihimaera, Sam Hunt
1974 Hone Tuwhare
1973 Graham J Billing
1972 Ian C Wedde
1971 Noel H Hilliard
1970 O Edward Middleton
1969 Warren A Dibble
1968 Ruth M Dallas
1966 1967, James K Baxter
1965 Janet Frame
1964 Maurice Gee
1963 Maurice F R Shadbolt
1962 Ronald A K Mason
1961 F A John Caselberg
1960 Maurice Duggan
1959 Ian Cross
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency
Begun by the Otago University's College of Education in 1992, this residency is allows childrens writers to work full time while working in a compatible environment among colleagues who are concerned with the teaching of reading and literature to children. It is jointly funded by the University and Creative New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients:
Joanna Orwin: 2009
Bill O’Brien: 2008
Vincent O'Sullivan: March/April 2007-2008
Renee: December 2007-2008
Margaret Scott: November 2007-2008
Gerry Evans: October 2007-2008
Pierre Furlan: 2006
Joy Tonks: 2005-2006
Shirley Corlett: 2005
Vanessa Rhodes: 2005
Nelson Wattie: 2004-2005
Brigid Lowry: 2004
Gary Henderson: September 2003-June 2004
David Hill: June-August 2003
Pauline Cartwright: March-May 2003
Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing
The Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing is organised by the Royal Society of New Zealand in association with the New Zealand Listener magazine, the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
There are two categories: fiction and non-fiction. Winners from each category will be awarded a cash prize of $2500 and the winning entries are printed in the New Zealand Listener.
The competition was established in response to the popularity of the Are Angels OK? Project, which brought together writers and scientists. The Prize is named after Bill Manhire , who directed the collaboration, together with physicist Professor Paul Callaghan. There is a different topic theme each year.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 (on the theme of 'the place of human beings in the universe'): Katie Henderson (fiction), Tina Makereti (non-fiction)
2008 (on the theme of Evolution): Dave Armstrong (fiction), Will Catton (non-fiction)
2007 (on the theme of Climate Change): Bryan Walpert (fiction), Alison Balance (non-fiction)
Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize
The Royal Society of New Zealand, our national science academy, established this prize for popular science books in 2009. It celebrates the best books about science which do not require a specialist knowledge in the subject of the book in order to be read, enjoyed and understood. The prize is $10,000 for the author(s) and $2,500 for the publisher.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 The Awa Book of New Zealand Science, edited by Rebecca Priestly
Russell Clark Award
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) awards the Russell Clark Award annually for the most distinguished pictures or illustrations in a children's book with, or without, text.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Robyn Belton, Herbert: The Brave Sea Dog
2008 Gavin Bishop, Rats
2007 Ben Galbraith, Three Fishing Brothers Gruff
2006 Gavin Bishop, Kiwi Moon
2005 Jacqui Colley, illustrations in Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, text by Kate De Goldi
2004 Graeme Gash, illustrations in Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer, text by Lloyd Jones
2003 Sarah Wilkins, illustrations in The Immigrants, text by Alan Bagnall
2002 Anton Petrov, illustrations in A Book of Pacific Lullabies
2001 Bob Kerr, illustrations in After the War
2000 No Award
1999 No Award
1998 Sue Hitchcock-Pratt, illustrations in Emily's Wonderful Pie
1997 Murray Grimsdale, illustrations in George's Monster by Joy Cowley
1996 Linda McClelland, illustrations in The Cheese Trap by Joy Cowley
1995 Chris Gaskin, illustrations in Kotuku: The flight of the white heron by Philip Temple
1994 Kerry Gemmill, illustrations in The Trolley by Patricia Grace
1993 Christine Ross, illustrations in Lily and the Present
1992 Sandra Morris, illustrations in One Lonely Kakapo
1991 David Elliot, illustrations in Arthur and the dragon by Pauline Cartwright
1990 Chris Gaskin, illustrations in A walk to the beach by Chris Gaskin
1989 Chris Gaskin, illustrations in Joseph's boat by Caroline Macdonald
1988 Dick Frizzel, illustrations in The Magpies by Denis Glover
1987 Robyn Kahukiwa, illustrations in Taniwha by Robyn Kahukiwa
1986 Pamela Allen, illustrations in A lion in the night by Pamela Allen
1985 Robyn Belton, illustrations in The duck in the gun by Joy Cowley
1984 Gwenda Turner, illustrations in The Tree Witches by Gwenda Turner
1982 Gavin Bishop, illustrations in Mrs McGinty and the bizarre plant by Gavin Bishop
1979 Bruce Treloar, illustrations in Kim by B Treloar
1978 Robert Jahnke, illustrations in The house of the people by Ron Bacon
Schaeffer Fellowship
(also known as the Glenn Schaeffer Award)
The International Institute of Modern Letters offers the Schaeffer Fellowship for a graduate of its Writing for the Page stream to go on to grant-aided study at the Institute's prestigious North American co-centre; the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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Previous Recipients:
2008 No award offered
2007 Eleanor Catton (novelist)
2006 Therese Lloyd (poet)
2005 Alice Miller (poet)
2004 Emily Dobson (poet)
2003 Tracey Hill (novelist)
2002 Anna Livesey (poet)
2001 Paula Morris (novelist)
2000 Tim Corballis (novelist)
Kate Duignan (novelist)
Seresin Landfall Writers' Residency
This annual residency was established in by the Seresin Estate with Otago University Press, publishers of Landfall, to support the arts and creative endeavour. It provides accommodation for the annual winner of the Residency for six weeks in either Tuscany or Marlborough.
The Residency is the result of Michael Seresin's desire to support the work of Landfall magazine - his father was an early subscriber to Landfall and Michael has continued the subscription - and the literary arts in New Zealand. "I wanted to provide a place where writers feel comfortable and can write. We are fortunate to have access to two beautiful properties, which I hope will provide some inspiration for a writer during their six week stay."
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards
The Sir Julius Vogel awards are fan-voted awards for various endeavours in the science fiction, fantasy or horror fields. Professional nominations can be for novels, short stories, art and others. Fan nominations can be for fanzine, writing, art, Services to Fandom, Services to Science Fiction and more. Voting on the Sir Julius Vogel Awards takes place before and at the National Science Fiction convention each year.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Best Novel – Adult: Dark Heart, Russell Kirkpatrick
Best Novel – Young Adult: Thornspell, Helen Lowe
Best Short Story: Under Waves and Over, Grant Stone
Best Novella/Novelette: Stroke of Enticement, Nalini Singh
Best Collected Work: The Invisible Road, Elizabeth Knox
Best New Talent: Helen Lowe
2008 Best Novel – Adult: Path of Revenge, Russell Kirkpatrick
Best Novel – Young Adult: Cybele's Secret, Juliet Marillier; The Sea-wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie
Best Short Story: Fendraaken, Kevin G. Maclean; Mist and Murder, Lucy Sussex
Best Novella/Novelette: Beat of Temptation, Nalini Singh
Best Anthology: Doorways for the Dispossessed, Paul Haines
Best New Talent: Tracie McBride
For earlier winners, please visit http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvAwards.shtml
Spectrum Print Book Design Awards
Now known as BPANZ Book Design Awards
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Storylines Gavin Bishop Award
The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award was established in 2009. The award aims to encourage the publication of new and exciting high-quality picture books from New Zealand illustrators. It also recognises the contribution Gavin Bishop has made to the writing and illustrating of children’s picture books and gives an emerging talent the opportunity to benefit from his expertise. The award, furnished by Random House New Zealand, includes a $1,500 prize, the possibility of an offer of publication by Random House, and mentoring and support from Gavin Bishop.
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Previous recipients:
2010 Harriet Bailey
Storylines Notable Books List
The list of Notable Books was established by the Children's Literary Foundation of New Zealand (Storylines) in 2000 to reflect the wide-ranging achievements of New Zealand authors and illustrators. It appears in February each year. The list allows for the inclusion of anthologies and works by New Zealand writers and illustrators published internationally.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Picture Books
Our Daft Dog Danny by Pamela Allen (Penguin / Viking); The Toymaker and the Bird by Pamela Allen (Penguin / Viking); There Was a Crooked Man illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press); Cowshed Christmas text by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand); Greedy Cat and the Goldfish text by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic New Zealand);The Cat with No Name text by Sher Foley, illustrated by Brian Lovelock (Scholastic New Zealand); Aunt Concertina and Her Niece Evalina text by Paula Green, illustrated by Michael Hight (Random House New Zealand); Your Mother Didn’t Do That! text by Sharon Holt, illustrated by Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia); Old Hu-Hu text by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Rachel Driscoll (Scholastic New Zealand); Tiny Miss Dott and Her Dotty Umbrella text by Michelle Osment, illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (Scholastic New Zealand).
Junior Fiction
Saffron by Victoria Azaro (Mallinson Rendel); Glory by Fifi Colston (Scholastic New Zealand); Friends: Snake and Lizard text by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press); Dog Tucker by K. Drinkwater (Scholastic New Zealand); Salt River by Elizabeth Hegarty (Scholastic New Zealand); Sting by Raymond Huber (Walker Books Australia); The Secret of Jelly Mountain by Des Hunt (Scholastic New Zealand); The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins New Zealand); Doghead by Jill Marshall (Macmillan Children’s Books); The Strange and Diverting Story of the Loblolly Boy by James Norcliffe (Longacre Press).
Young Adult Fiction
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand); Saving Sam by Susan Brocker (HarperCollins New Zealand); Brainjack by Brian Falkner (Walker Books Australia); Tribal Ash [Chronicles of Stone; book 3] by Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand); The Crossing [Blood of the Lamb; book 1] by Mandy Hager (Random House New Zealand); Banquo’s Son by Tania Roxborogh (Penguin New Zealand); About Griffen’s Heart by Tina Shaw (Longacre Press).
Non-Fiction
Counting the Stars: Four Mâori Myths by Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand); Ben and Mark: Boys of the High Country text by Christine Fernyhough, photographs by John Bougen (Random House New Zealand); Save Our Seas text by Maria Gill, illustrated by Vivienne Lingard (New Holland); Blast!: Pat Hanley – The Painter and His Protests by Trish Gribben (Lopdell House); E3 Call Home by Janet Hunt (Random House New Zealand); Willie Apiata, VC the Reluctant Hero by Paul Little with John Lockyer (Puffin New Zealand); Nature’s Techno Tricks: Biomimetrics: Science Mimicking Nature by Dee Pignéguy (Papawai Press); Dear Alison: A New Zealand Soldier’s Story from Stalag 383 edited by Simon Pollard (Penguin New Zealand); Wearing the Poppy by AJ Toledo (HarperCollins New Zealand).
2009 Picture Books
Herbert, the Brave Sea Dog by Robyn Belton (Craig Potton Publishing); The Apple by Ben Brown, illustrated by Tracy Duncan (Puffin); Kei te Pehea Koe?: How Do You Feel? by Tracy Duncan (Puffin); Every Second Friday by Kiri Lightfoot, illustrated by Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books); Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig by Diana Neild, illustrated by Philip Webb (Scholastic); The Seven Stars of Matariki by Toni Rolleston-Cummins, illustrated by Nikki Slade-Robinson (Huia); Roadworks by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock (Walker Books); The Were-Nana (Not a Bedtime Story) by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (Scholastic)
The judging panel made special mention of Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Polly Dunbar (Frances Lincoln Children's Books). Margaret's poem has been in print for many years and therefore not eligible for inclusion in the list. However the panel considers Bubble Trouble to be a treasure for New Zealand children. The panel also made special mention of Jack by Mike and Esther Fitzpatrick, illustrated by Bruce Madden (JacksBooks). For a self-published book, the design and production values are worthy of special mention.
Junior Fiction
Five (and a Bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford by Val Bird, illustrated by Rebecca Cundy (Random House); Night Hunting by Deborah Burnside, illustrated by Jeff Fowler (Puffin); Big Fish, Little Fish by Melanie Drewery (Raupo); Payback by Michelle Kelly (Scholastic); Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby (HarperCollins); Thornspell by Helen Lowe (Alfred A. Knopf); Land of Promise: The Diary of William Donahue, Gravesend to Wellington, 1839-40 [My Story] by Lorraine Orman (Scholastic); Why I Hate School by Michael Fatarsky and Kris Stanhope (Scholastic); Freaky Fish written by Feana Tu'akoi, illustrated by Eleanor Meecham [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin);
Young Adult Fiction
Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale (Random House); The 10PM Question by Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press); The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner (Walker Books); Scorched Bone by Vince Ford [Chronicles of Stone, Book 1] (Scholastic); Gool by Maurice Gee (Puffin Books); Shadow of the Mountain by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
Non-Fiction
Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood by Gavin Bishop (Random House); High-tech Legs of Everest by Mark Inglis with Sarah Ell (Random House); Let's Get Art: Children Look at Contemporary New Zealand Art by Brad Irwin, illustrated by John Ward Knox (Random House); Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers by Brigid Lowry (Allen and Unwin); Atoms, Dinosaurs & DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists by Veronika Meduna & Rebecca Priestly (Random House); Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press); Learn to Skateboard with Luka - Ko te Akonga ki te Papa Retireti I te Taha o Luka by Lee and Errol Petra, translation by Tokikapu Peta (Raupo); How to Make a Piupiu by Leilani Rickard (Raupo)
2008 Picture books:
The Bean's Story by Tatiana Aslund, illustrated by Vasanti Unka (Scholastic New Zealand); Dad's Takeaways by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Christopher White (Mallinson Rendel); Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? by Pamela Allen, illustrated by Pamela Allen (Penguin Australia); Rats! by Gavin Bishop, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Random House NZ); Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks by Lynley Dodd, illustrated by Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel); The Grumble Rumble Mumbler by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Loudmouth Productions (Huia Publishers); Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly (Random House NZ); Mere McKaskill's Boil-up by Tracy Duncan, illustrated by Tracy Duncan (Reed); No Room For a Mouse by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Freya Blackwood (Scholastic Australia); The Puppet Box by Moira Wairama, illustrated by Bruce Potter (Scholastic New Zealand).
The judging panel made special mention of Illustrated Myths & Legends of the Pacific by AW Reed, illustrated by Jenny Cooper (Reed, now Raupo Publishing). The stories were first published in 1969 as Fairy Tales from the Pacific Islands. The panel considers this edition, with new illustrations, to be a treasure for New Zealand children.
Junior fiction:
Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press); The Mad Tadpole Adventure by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Jenny Cooper (Scholastic New Zealand); Yo, Shark Bait! by Vicki Simpson (Scholastic New Zealand); Archie's Adventures by Leonie Jayne Thorpe (HarperCollins); The Great Chocolate Cake Bake-off by Philippa Werry (Scholastic New Zealand); The Dumpster Saga by Craig Harrison (Scholastic New Zealand); Shadows in the Ice by Des Hunt (HarperCollins); Dead Dan's Dee by Phyllis Johnston (Longacre Press); What Happened That Day by Marie Langley (Reed, now Raupo Publishing); Taking Off by Janice Marriott (HarperCollins).
Young adult fiction:
The Transformation of Minna Hargeaves by Fleur Beale (Random House NZ); Losing It by Sandy McKay (Longacre Press); Hideout by Lorraine Orman(Longacre Press); Zillah by Penelope Todd (Longacre Press); Monsters of Blood and Honour by Ken Catran (Random House NZ); Salt by Maurice Gee (Penguin); In Too Deep by DC Grant (Scholastic New Zealand); Smashed by Mandy Hager (Random House NZ); Time of the Eagle by Sherryl Jordan (Simon & Schuster); The Sea-wreck Stranger by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press).
Non-fiction:
Draw New Zealand Birds by Heather Arnold, illustrated by Geoff Moon/Rod Morris (Reed, now Raupo Publishing); Rubbish by Rachael Goddard, illustrated by Moira Corridan & Cheryl Reynolds (photos) (Reed, now Raupo Publishing); What Is a Bird/Fish/Mammal/Reptile/Amphibian by Feana Tu'akoi (Scholastic New Zealand); Weather Watch New Zealand by Sandra Carrod (Reed, now Raupo Publishing); The Dalai Lama Story by Andrew Crowe (Longacre Press); Which New Zealand Spider? by Andrew Crowe (Penguin); Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story by Alexa Johnston with David Larsen (Puffin Books); Poetry Pudding: A Delicious Collection of Rhyme and Wit by Jenny Argante (ed), illustrated by Debbie Tipuna (Reed, now Raupo Publishing); Illustrated History of Antarctica by Marcia Stenson (Random House NZ).
2007 Picture books:
Share Said the Rooster by Pamela Allen (Viking); A Present From the Past by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher (Scholastic); Riding the Waves: Four Maori Myths, by Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand); Greedy Cat and the Sneeze by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic New Zealand); Billy by Kate De Goldi, illustrated by Jacqui Colley (Trapeze); Itiiti's Gift by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Fifi Colston (Reed); The Three Fishing Brother's Gruff by Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books); Matauhi by Robyn Kahukiwa (Puffin); Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Ali Teo and John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand); Barnaby Bennett by Hannah Rainforth, illustrated by Ali Teo (Huia Publishers). Special Mention: Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Polly Dunbar (Frances Lincoln)
Junior Fiction:
And Did Those Feet... by Ted Dawe (Longacre Press); Boyznbikes by Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand); Ocean Without End: Book One of the Swashbuckler Trilogy by Kelly Gardiner (HarperCollins); Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean by Janice Marriott (HarperCollins); The Unquiet by Carolyn McCurdie (Longacre Press); Mind Over Matter by Heather McQuillan (Scholastic New Zealand); Old Bones by Bill Nagelkerke Scholastic New Zealand); Castaway: the Diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 by Bill O'Brien (Scholastic New Zealand); The Whizbanger that Emmental Built by Reuben Schwarz (Puffin)
Young Adult Fiction:
A Respectable Girl by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand); Spirit of the Deep by Margaret Beames (Lothian); Genesis by Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press); Paperchase by G.Brassi (Scholastic New Zealand); Red Leader Down by Ken Catran (Random House New Zealand); Aim High by David Hill (Mallinson Rendel Publishers); Shooting the Moon by V.M Jones (HarperCollins); Face it by Denis Martin (Puffin); Single Fin by Aaron Topp (Random House New Zealand); Thieves: A Novel by Ella West (Longacre Press)
Non-Fiction:
Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam by Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books); Bird's-Eye View: Through the Eyes of New Zealand Birds by Maria Gill, photographs by Darryl Torckler and Geoff Moon (Penguin); Flamingo Bendalingo Poems from the Zoo by Paula Green and fifty children, illustrated by Michael Hight (Auckland University Press); Celebrating Matariki by Libby Hakaraia (Reed); It’s True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes by Sharon Holt, illustrated by Ross Kinnaird (Allen & Unwin); Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham – Our Finest Fighting Soldier by Janice Marriott, illustrated by Bruce Potter (HarperCollins Publishers); What Is on Top? by John Parker, photographs by Glenn Jowitt (Scholastic New Zealand); Winging It: The Adventures of Tim Wallis by Neville Peat (Longacre Press); The Illustrated History of the South Pacific by Marcia Stenson (Random House New Zealand); Fighting Past Each Other: The New Zealand Wars 1845-1875 by Matthew Wright, illustrated by Suzy Brown (Reed)
2006 Picture Books:
Where’s the Gold? by Pamela Allen (Penguin Viking), Nobody’s Dog by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand), Kiwi Moon by Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand), A Booming in the Night by Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing), Zachary Quack Minimonster by Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel), Nanny Mihi’s Christmas by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Tracy Duncan (Reed Publishing), The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, illustrated by Bruce Potter (Reed Publishing), Marta and the Manger Straw by Virginia Kroll, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Zonderkidz, USA), The Waka by Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand), Te Waka by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira and Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand) and Haere-Farewell, Jack, Farewell by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers).
Junior Fiction:
Janie Olive by Fifi Colston (Scholastic New Zealand), Through Thick and Thin by Shirley Corlett (Scholastic New Zealand), Hunter by Joy Cowley (Puffin), Super Freak by Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel), Stella Star by Brigid Feehan (Scholastic New Zealand), Sil by Jill Harris (Longacre Press), The Moa Cave by Des Hunt (HarperCollins New Zealand Publishers), Maddigan’s Fantasia by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins New Zealand Publishers), My Story: China town Girl – The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942 by Eva Wong Ng (Scholastic New Zealand) and What About Bo? by Jillian Sullivan (Scholastic New Zealand).
Young Adult:
Deep Fried by Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton (Longacre Press), Sea of Mutiny by Ken Catran (Random House New Zealand), Talking to Adam by Sarah Ell (Scholastic New Zealand), Like Wallpaper. New Zealand Short Stories for Teenagers edited by Barbara Else (Random House New Zealand), Bodies and Soul by David Hill (Scholastic New Zealand), Running Hot by David Hill (Mallinson Rendel), With Lots of Love from Georgia by Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin), Kaitangata Twitch by Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin), The Unknown Zone by Phil Smith (Random House New Zealand) and Land of Milk and Honey by William Taylor (HarperCollins New Zealand Publishers)
Non Fiction:
Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe came to life by Ian Brodie (HarperCollins New Zealand Publishers), Incredible Science edited by Alison Brook, University of Auckland (Penguin Books), Don’t Just Sit There by Tony Christiansen with Liz Dobson (HarperCollins New Zealand Publishers), Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley, photographs by Nic Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand), Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli by Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books), Filthy Flies and other Bad Bugs by Rachael Goddard, photographs by Rod Morris (Reed Publishing), Even More Things You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot and Lloyd Jones [author], illustrated by Timon Maxey (Four Winds Press), Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand (Four volume set) by John Parker (Scholastic New Zealand), Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero by Alan Sefton (Puffin) and Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments – A Visual Guide by Glenys Stace (Puffin).
2005 Picture Books:
Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread by Pamela Allen (Penguin), The Princess and the White Bear King retold by Tanya Batt, illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli (Barefoot Books), Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths by Gavin Bishop (Random House), The Night Kite: Poems for Children by Peter Bland, illustrated by Carl Bland (Mallinson Rendel), The Wishing of Biddy Malone by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Christopher Denise (Penguin), The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel), Koro’s Medicine by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Sabrina Malcolm (Huia), Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story by Kate De Goldi, illustrated by Jacqui Colley (Trapeze), The Biggest Number in the Universe by Julie Leibrich, illustrated by Ross Kinnaird (Scholastic) and Godwit's Journey by Sandra Morris (Reed).
Junior Fiction:
My Story: A New Song in the Land – The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c.1840 by Fleur Beale (Scholastic), Walking Lightly by Fleur Beale, illustrated by Michaela Sangl (Mallinson Rendel), You’ve Got Guts, Kenny Melrose by Shirley Corlett (Scholastic), Wild West Hullabaloo by Joy Cowley (Harper Collins), Claws and Jaws, 30 New Zealand Animal Stories, edited by Barbara Else, illustrated by Philip Webb (Random House), The Real Thing by Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel), Beyond the Shroud (Book Two – The Karazan Quartet) by V M Jones (HarperCollins), Prince of the Wind (Book Three - The Karazan Quartet) by V M Jones (Harper Collins), Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank by Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press) and The Stonekeeper's Daughter by Linda McNabb (Scholastic).
Young Adult Fiction:
Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett (Longacre), On a Good Day by Deborah Burnside (Penguin), Robert Moran – Private by Ken Catran (Lothian), Seal Boy by Ken Catran (Lothian), The Swap by Wendy Catran (Lothian), Coming Back by David Hill (Mallinson Rendel), The Hunting of the Last Dragon by Sherryl Jordan (Simon & Schuster), Cross Tides by Lorraine Orman (Longacre), Out of Tune by Joanna Orwin (Longacre) and Dark by Penelope Todd (Longacre)
Non-Fiction:
Antarctica: the Unfolding Story by Margaret Andrew (Waiatarua), Bats (Nature Kids series) by Alina Arkins, photographed by Len Doel (Reed), Shorebirds (Nature Kids Series) by Alina Arkins, photographs by Len Doel (Reed), John Britten: The Boy Who Did Do Better by Jennifer Beck (Scholastic), The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach by Andrew Crowe (Penguin), The Silver Ferns' Way to Play Netball by Jane Hunt (HarperCollins), From Weta to Kauri: A Guide to the New Zealand Forest by Janet Hunt, photography by Rob Lucas (Random House New Zealand), Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot and Lloyd Jones, illustrated by Timon Maxey (Four Winds Press); Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People by Gregory O’Brien (Auckland University Press) and Boating Fun by Mike and Dee Pigneguy (Reed)
2004 Picture Books:
Cuthbert's Babies Pamela Allen (Viking) Grandpa and Thomas Pamela Allen (Viking) The Three Billy Goats Gruff Gavin Bishop (Scholastic NZ) Mrs Wishy-Washy’s Farm Joy Cowley, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller (Scholastic NZ) Matariki (English and Maori versions) Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Bruce Potter (Reed Publishing) Pania of the Reef Peter Gossage (Reed Publishing) Selafina Catherine Hannken, illustrated by Trish Bowles (Mallinson Rendel) Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! Ngareta Gabel, illustrated by Ali Teo and Astrid Jensen (Huia Publishers) Grandpa’s Shed Joy Watson, illustrated by Wendy Hodder (Scholastic NZ) Enough is Enough! Scott Willis, illustrated by Jenna Packer (Scholastic Australia)
Junior Fiction:
Fred the (Quite) Brave Mouse Murray Ball (Scholastic NZ) Evil Fred Kylie Begg, illustrated by Jacob Leaf, (Scholastic NZ) Froghopper and the Paua Poachers Joy Cowley (HarperCollins) Henry and the Flea Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel) My Story: Journey to Tangiwai – the Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier 1953 David Hill (Scholastic NZ) No Big Deal David Hill (Penguin Books) A Handful of Blue Vince Ford (Scholastic NZ) Juggling with Mandarins V M Jones (HarperCollins) The Serpents of Arakesh: Book One – the Karazan Quartet V M Jones (HarperCollins) Mystery at Tui Bay Janet Pates (Scholastic NZ)
Young Adult Fiction:
Eyes in the Shadows Alan Bunn (Scholastic NZ), Lin and the Red Stranger Ken Catran (Random House), Thunder Road Ted Dawe (Longacre Press), Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey Tessa Duder (Penguin Books), No Safe Harbour David Hill (Mallinson Rendel), High Tide Anna Mackenzie (Scholastic NZ), Roivan Glynne MacLean (Penguin Books), Watermark Penelope Todd (Longacre Press)
Non Fiction:
Hook, Line and Sinker: An Essential Guide to New Zealand Fish Daryl Crimp (HarperCollins) The Life-Size Guide to New Zealand Wildflowers Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books) New Zealand Wild – Glow-worms George Gibbs (Reed Publishing) A Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe Janet Hunt (Random House) To the Max: A Teen Reader's Version of No Mean Feat Mark Inglis (Random House) Pick up a Pack: A Guide to Tramping and Camping the New Zealand Way Keith Olsen (Reed Publishing) I Am an Insect Dr Simon Pollard (Reed Publishing) Toroa – the Royal Albatross Te Aorere Riddell (Huia Publishers) Kiwi Extreme – Motorcross Ian and Jan Trafford (Reed Publishing) The Treaty/Te Tiriti Mere Whaanga (Scholastic NZ)
2003 Picture Books:
Daisy All-sorts Pamela Allen (Viking) The Potato People Pamela Allen (Viking) The Christmas Caravan Jennifer Beck, illustrations by Robyn Belton (Scholastic), The Immigrants Alan Bagnall, illustrations by Sarah Wilkins (Mallinson Rendel), Duck Walk Joy Cowley, illustrations by Jennifer Cooper (Scholastic), Pigtails the Pirate David Elliot] (Random House), Dashing Dog Margaret Mahy illustrations by Sarah Garland (HarperCollins),Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal, illustrations by Ross Kinnaird (Reed), Auntie Rosie and the Rabbit Diana Noonan, illustrations by Christine Ross (Scholastic), The Best Dressed Bear Diana Noonan, illustrations by Elizabeth Fuller (Scholastic)
Junior Fiction:
Duster Margaret Beames (Scholastic), Something Weird About Mr Foster Ken Catran (Scholastic), Froghopper Joy Cowley (HarperCollins), Possums2U Vince Ford (Scholastic), A Friend in Paradise Des Hunt, (HarperCollins) Buddy V.M Jones (HarperCollins), My Dad, the All Black Sandy McKay (Longacre), When the Kehua Calls Kingi McKinnon (Scholastic), The Dragon's Apprentice Linda McNabb (HarperCollins), Not Even Liz Van Der Laarse (Reed)
Senior Fiction:
Lucky for Some Fleur Beale (Scholastic), No Alarms Bernard Beckett (Longacre), From the Coffin-Trenches Ken Catran (Random House), Tomorrow the Dark Ken Catran (Lothian Books), When the War Came Home Sarah Ell (Scholastic), Right Where It Hurts David Hill (Mallinson Rendel), The Thin Line V R Joseph (Mallinson Rendel), Alchemy Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins), Spider William Taylor (Longacre), The Boy Next Door Penelope Todd (Longacre)
Non-Fiction:
New Zealand Trees: The Kauri Alina Arkins with photography by Len Doel (Reed), Weta: A Knight in Shining Armour Joy Cowley with photography by Rod Morris (Scholastic), Sea Fishing with Crimpy Daryl Crimp with photography by Tony Entwhistle (Reed), Which New Zealand Insect? Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books), My Maori Colours Tracy Duncan (Reed), Hinemoa and Tutanekai Peter Gossage (Reed), The Life and Times of the Giant Kauri Dave Gunson (Reed), Mission to East Timor Glyn Harper (Reed), Weaving Earth And Sky: Myths & Legends of Aotearoa by Robert Sullivan with illustrations by Gavin Bishop (Random House), New Zealand Wild: The Shaping of New Zealand Brian O'Flaherty (Reed)
2002 Picture Books:
Brown Bread and Honey by Pamela Allen, The Terrible Queue by Tanya Batt, Tom Thumb by Gavin Bishop, My Brown Bear Barney at the Party by Dorothy Butler, Brodie by Joy Cowley, Scarface Claw by Lynley Dodd, The Last Whale/Te tohora whakamutunga by Renee Hapimarika van de Weert, Desert Dessert by Perrin Hopkins, Down the Dragon's Tongue by Margaret Mahy, Grandpa's Shorts by Joy Watson
Junior Fiction:
Ambushed by Fleur Beale, Skull Island by G. Brassi [author], The Weather-makers by Shirley Corlett , The Wild Wests and the Haunted Fridge by Joy Cowley, The Sleeper Wakes by David Hill, Coldkeep Castle by Eirlys Hunter, Recycled by Sandy McKay, The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom by Margaret Mahy, The Great Pavlova Cover-up and other stories edited by Jo Noble, illustrated by Jennifer Cooper, Knocked for Six by Alison Robertson
Senior Fiction:
Jolt by Bernard Beckett, Road Kill by Ken Catran, Taken At The Flood by Ken Catran, Blue Murder by Ken Catran, Tiggie Tompson All At Sea by Tessa Duder, The High Wind Blows by David Hill, Kalik By Jack Lasenby, Return To One Foot Island by Graeme Lay, Owl by Joanna Orwin, Peri by Penelope Todd
Non-fiction:
Looking for Larry by Theo Baynton, Which New Zealand Bird? by Andrew Crowe, illustrated by Dave Gunson, The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis, A Book of Pacific Lullabies edited by Tessa Duder, illustrations by Anton Petrov, Fibonacci's Cows by Ray Galvin, In the Beginning by Peter Gossage, Land Snails by Jenny Jones, Another 100 New Zealand Poems edited by Rachel McAlpine, illustrated by David Elliot, I Am a Spider by Simon Pollard, The Reed Maori Picture Dictionary by Margaret Sinclair
Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition
The Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition offers prizes in two sections: the open section, and the secondary schools section. The maximum length of stories is 3,000 words. They may be on any theme, but must be original and unpublished.
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Previous Recipients:
2007 Open Division: Sue Francis, The Concentrators (1st); Thom Conroy, The Open Well (2nd)
Secondary School Division: Anna Krepinsky (Rangitoto College), Gardening Lessons
2008 Open Division: Andre Ngapo, Te Pou
Secondary School Division: Harris Williamson, A Single Man
2007 Open Division: Eleanor Catton, Necropolis (1st); Samara McDowell, Yolk (2nd)
Secondary School Division: Mary Dennis, Have you tried therapy?
2006 Open Division: Sarah Laing, The Wrong Shoe
Secondary School Division: Dazhao Zhang, First Arrival
Best Unpublished Writer: Kerry Challinor, Carly.
2004 Open Division: Sarah Quigley, Breathing Out (1st); Pip Adam Grocery (2nd); Sue Emms, Only Waving(3rd)
Secondary School Division: Sophie Procter (1st); Mia Gaudin (2nd); Roger Stewart (3rd)
2003 Open Division: Linda Olsson, Someone to Watch Over Me (1st); Tina Shaw, Coarse Fishing (2nd); Terry Thomas, Eclipse (2nd runner-up)
Secondary School Division: Anita Tong, Islands (1st); Tom McSherry, Mr Mason (2nd); An’na Simpson, Ichiban Taisetsu na Omoide (2nd runner-up)
2002 Open Division: Justin Eade, Apples (1st); Jillian Sullivan, Getting On (2nd); Susy Pointon; The White Rabbit (3rd) Secondary Schools Division: Susan Johnson, Parting the Smaller Seas (1st); Gemma Wright, When Mute Birds Sing (2nd); Matt McGregor, Decay (3rd)
Tasmania Pacific Region Prize
The Tasmania Pacific Region Prize is a $40,000 biennial prize. It is the largest literature prize developed in Australia.
Te Kura Pounamu Award
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) the Te Kura Pounamu Award annually to the author of a book that is considered to be a distinguished contribution written in Te Reo Maori to the literature for children or young people.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Peti Nohotima with illustrations by Misty (He Kupenga Hao I te Reo), Mihiroa
2008 Kararaina Uatuku, Che Wilson, Hana Pomare, Charisma Rangipunga and Hana O'Regan, Kai Ora! 2 - Tikanaga a-Iwi Series
2007 Robyn Kahukiwa, Matatuhi
2006 Not Awarded
2005 Melanie Drewery (author) and Kararaina Uataku (translator), Nga rongoa a Koro
2004 Ross Calman, Te Tahuna
2003 Ngareta Gabel, Tekiteora, Kei Hea o Hu?
2001 Merito Tawhara, Te Puriri
1998 Mere Clarke, Whirikoki me tana Kekeno
1997 Katarina Mataira, He Tino Kuia Taka Huia
1996 Katarina Mataira and Terewai Kemp, Marama Tangiweta
Tom Fitzgibbon Award
This award is administered by Storylines: Childrens Literature Foundation of New Zealand and sponsored by Scholastic New Zealand Limited.
The award is for a work of narrative fiction appropriate for children between the ages of seven and thirteen years. It was established to honour the memory of Tom Fitzgibbon, the first chairman of the New Zealand Children's Book Foundation, and to recognise his unique contribution to children's literature in this country.
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Previous Recipients:
2010 Leonie Agnew Super Finn
2009 Anna Gowan Hollie Chips
2008 Liz Hegarty Salt River
2007 Kris Stanhope 'Why I hate school' by Michael Fatarsky
2006 Vicki Simpson Yo! Sharkbait
2005 Heather McQuillan Mind over Matter
2004 Brigid Feehan Stella Star
2003 Jillian Sullivan Shreve's Promise
2002 Janet Pates Mystery At Tui Bay
2001 No award
2000 Alison Robinson Knocked for Six
1999 Shirley Corlett for The Stolen
1998 Vince Ford for 2MUCH4U
1997 Heather Cato for Dark Horses
1996 Iona McNaughton for Summer of Shadows
Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing
The Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing, formerly known as the Canterbury University Writer in Residence, is designed to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work in an academic environment, and is open to writers in the fields of creative writing: fiction, drama and poetry. The appointment is made on the basis of published or performed writing of high quality.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Victor Rodger
2008 Rachael King
2007 Philip Norman
2006 Carl Nixon
2005 Charlotte Randall
2004 Graham Lindsay
2003 Catherine Chidgey , Gavin Bishop
2002 Apirana Taylor
2001 James Brown
2000 Stuart Hoar
1999 Norman Bilbrough
1998 Alan Brunton
1997 Brian Turner
1996 Hone Kouka
1995 Michelanne Forster
1994 Kate Flannery
1993 Sue McCauley
1992 Fiona Farrell-Poole
1991 Bernadette Hall
1990 Mervyn Thompson
1989 Kim Eggleston, Gary Langford
1988 Brian McNeill
Victoria University Writers' Fellow
This Fellowship programme is now run under the auspices of the International Institute of Modern Letters. It is available to a writer in any area of literary and creative activity, including drama, fiction, poetry, New Zealand art, biography, history, film, theatre, new media etc.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Jenny Bornholdt
2008 Paula Boock
2008 David Geary
2007 Dave Armstrong
2006 Bernadette Hall
2005 Stephanie de Montalk
2004 James Brown
2003 Briar Grace-Smith
2002 Chris Orsman
2001 Charlotte Randall
2000 Damien Wilkins
1999 Barbara Else
1998 Lorae Parry
1997 Elizabeth Knox
1996 Jane Tolerton
1995 Gregory O'Brien
1994 Christopher Pugsley
1993 Jack Lasenby
1992 Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
1991 Barbara Anderson
1990 Marilyn Duckworth
1989 Maurice Gee
1988 Fiona Kidman
Waikato University Writer-in-Residence
The Waikato residence is available to those who write in English or Maori.
Previous Recipients:
2009 Catherine Chidgey
2008 Chris Bourke
2007 Ken Catran
2006 Peter Wells
2005 Tina Shaw
2004 Not offered
2003 Gavin Bishop
2002 Kate Camp
2001 Anna Jackson
2000 John Dickson
1999 Beryl Fletcher
1998 Elspeth Sandys
1997 John Cranna
1996 John Pule
1995 Renee
1994 Michael King
1993 Mona Williams
1992 Maurice Shadbolt
1991 Tessa Duder
Watermark Fellowship for Writing on Nature and Place
The Watermark Fellowship is offered biennially to an emerging writer of natural history, nature and place. The Fellowship, valued in excess of $5000, is offered biennially to an emerging writer from Australia and New Zealand whose work embraces nature, natural history or sense of place. The next fellowship will be open in early 2010.
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Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Books of the Year
The Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Book of the Year Award is judged by a panel of three judges and is presented for the best original book of creative travel writing about any country, including New Zealand. Whitcoulls Travel Retail awards the winner $2,000 cash and $500 in book vouchers. The runner-up receives $500 in book vouchers.
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Previous Recipients:
2009 Joe Bennett for Where Underpants Come From
2008 Eleanor Meecham for Llamas and Empanadas
2005 Ian Robinson for Gantsara, Alone Across Mongolia
2004 Peter Calder for Travels With My Mother
2003 Jill Malcolm for At Home on the Road
