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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
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand established the Icon Awards as a means to celebrate and acknowledge New Zealand art-makers who have achieved the highest standards of artistic expression. [13] Limited to a living circle of 20, Icons are pioneers and leaders from all arts disciplines, living and working around the world.
Sheridan Keith (born 1942), fiction writer, artist and broadcaster Lindy Kelly (born 1952), children's author, fiction writer and playwright Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967), journalist, editor and community leader
New Zealand writer with record of literary achievement: Location: Menton, France: Country: New Zealand: Presented by: Arts Foundation of New Zealand: Reward(s) Grant of NZ$35,000 to cover travel and living costs: First awarded: 1970; 55 years ago () Website: www.thearts.co.nz /awards /katherine-mansfield-menton-fellowship
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.
His Penguin History of New Zealand was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004 and was named by The New Zealand Herald in 2009 as the best book of the preceding decade. [69] Recent essay collections by Asian New Zealand writers include All Who Live on Islands (2019) by Rose Lu and Small Bodies of Water (2021) by Nina Mingya Powles. [70] [71]
The NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours are awarded each year to one or more New Zealand writers. They are an initiative of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa and were first given out in 2014.
2011: Malcolm McKinnon (The 1930s Depression in New Zealand) and Melissa Williams (Maori Urban Migrations from North Hokianga to Auckland 1930–1970) Other finalists: Dr Lee Davidson (Mountain Feeling : The Lives of Climbers and Other Stories), Bradford Haami (Ka Mau Te Wehi : May the Force Be With You) and Janet Hunt (Dick Henry and the Birds) [6]