List of New Zealand literary awards
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Current literary award
s in New Zealand include:
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
s in New Zealand include:
- Montana New Zealand Book AwardsMontana New Zealand Book AwardsThe New Zealand Post Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards...
- Robert Burns FellowshipRobert Burns FellowshipThe Robert Burns Fellowship, established in 1958 as a bicentennial celebration, is claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable writers....
(a residency) - Adam AwardAdam AwardThe Adam Award is an annual award given to the best portfolio in Victoria University of Wellington's MA in Creative Writing course.-Winners:*1997: Catherine Chidgey, In a Fishbone Church*1998: William Brandt, Alpha Male*2001: Tim Corballis, Below...
for the best portfolio in Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
's MA in Creative WritingCreative writingCreative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
course - Sir Julius Vogel AwardSir Julius Vogel AwardThe Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom...
for science fiction and fantasy - Artists to Antarctica programme
- Arts Foundation of New ZealandArts Foundation of New ZealandA facilitator of private philanthropy, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand supports artistic excellence through its permanent Endowment Fund. Legacies and donations help grow the Fund, with income generated enabling the Foundation to support the arts....
Laureate, Icon and New Generation Awards - Auckland University Literary Fellowship
- A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature (in conjunction with the Montana Awards)
- Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards (superseded by Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship)
- The Betty Gilderdale Award
- Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award
- Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
- Bruce Mason Playwriting Award
- Copyright Licensing Limited Writer's Award for non-fictionNon-fictionNon-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
writers - Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency
- Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship
- Dan Davin Literary Award
- Department of Conservation Artists in Residence Programme
- Elsie Locke Award
- Embassy Theatre Trust Prize for Scriptwriting
- Esther Glen Award for children's literature
- Foxton Fellowship
- Gaelyn Gordon Award
- Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters
- Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award (now defunct)
- Jack Lasenby Award for children's literature or child writers
- Joy Cowley AwardJoy cowley awardThe Joy Cowley Award was established by Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand in 2002 to honour the outstanding contribution to children's literature by Joy Cowley....
for children's literature - LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award
- Lilian Ida Smith Award
- Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship (a residency)
- Macmillan Brown Prize for Writers
- Margaret Mahy Lecture Award for children's literature
- Maori Literature Awards
- Nestle Write Around New Zealand
- New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
- Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
- Randell Cottage Writers' Residency
- Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency
- Russell Clark Award for illustrations in children's literature
- Spectrum Print Book Design Award
- Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List
- Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition
- Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written in MāoriMaori languageMāori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
- Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate
- Tom Fitzgibbon Award for children's literature
- Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing
- Victoria University Writers' Fellow
- Waikato University Writer-in-Residence
- Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Books of the Year