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New Zealand Book Awards: Predecessor to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Established by the New Zealand Literary Fund, a government organisation, in 1976. Annual awards were presented for literary merit in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and (later) book production. General writing 1976 1995 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement is a New Zealand literary award established in 2003 by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government. Each winner in three categories of fiction, nonfiction and poetry receives a monetary award of NZ$60,000.
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards , which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards , which ran from 1968 to 1995 (known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995).
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award – for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35; Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards; Miles Franklin Award – for the best Australian published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases; New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards; Patrick White Award
The Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award was a competition for short stories in New Zealand that ran every two years from 1959 to 2003, and every year from 2004 to 2014. The competition had multiple categories, including an essay section until 1963, a supreme award for short stories, and awards for novice and young writers.
The Robert Burns Fellowship is a New Zealand literary residency. Established in 1958 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Robert Burns, it is often claimed to be New Zealand's premier literary residency. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable 20th and 21st century writers. [1]
Daisley was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and spent five years in the New Zealand army before working as a sheep herder, bush cutter, truck driver, construction worker and bartender. [1] After marrying in New Zealand, he moved to Western Australia, attending Murdoch University and then the University of Western Australia for postgraduate studies.
The NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours are an annual award made by the Board of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) after a call for nominations from NZSA members. They are given to one or more candidates to celebrate and acknowledge literary success, [1] especially on the international stage. [2]