Montana New Zealand Book Awards

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The Montana New Zealand 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.

The two main prizes in this event are the Deutz Medal for fiction and poetry works, and the Montana Medal for non-fiction works. The Reader's Choice prize is awarded through a readership-wide vote. The First Book prizes are awarded to first time authors.

Booksellers New Zealand manages the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The awards main sponsors are Montana Wines and Creative New Zealand. Other supporters include the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, the New Zealand Society of Authors and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd.

Contents

[edit] List of winners by Year

[edit] 2006

  • Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Philip Simpson, Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees. Te Papa Press
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books
  • Fiction Winner
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books
  • Fiction Runner Up
Fiona Kidman, The Captive Wife. Vintage
  • Fiction Runner Up
Nigel Cox, Responsibility. Victoria University Press
  • Poetry
Bill Manhire, Lifted. Victoria University Press
  • History
Rosemary McLeod, Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s - 1950s. Vintage
  • Biography
Graeme Dingle, Dingle. Vintage
  • Environment
Philip Simpson, Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees. Vintage
  • Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Justin Paton, How to Look at a Painting. Vintage
  • Illustrative
Edited by Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman, Contemporary New Zealand Photographers. Vintage
  • Reference & Anthology
Edited by Damien Wilkins, Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988 - 2004. Victoria University Press
  • Reader's Choice Joint Winners
Maurice Gee, Blindsight. Penguin Books
Fiona Kidman, The Captive Wife. Vintage

[edit] 2005

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design. Godwit
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Patricia Grace, Tu. Penguin Books
  • Reader's Choice
Julie Le Clerc and John Bougen, Made in Morocco. Penguin Books
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Julian Novitz, My Real Life and Other Stories. Vintage
Poetry: Sonja Yelich, Clung. Auckland University Press
Non-fiction: Douglas Wright, Ghost Dance. Penguin Books

[edit] 2004

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Anne Salmond, The Trial of the Cannibal Dog. Allen Lane / Penguin Books
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Annamarie Jagose, Slow Water. Victoria University Press
  • Reader's Choice
Michael King, The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin Books
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Kelly Ana Morey, Bloom. Penguin Books
Poetry: Cliff Fell, The Adulterer's Bible. Victoria University Press
Non-Fiction: Deidre Brown, Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rakau: Northland Maori Wood Carving. Reed Publishing Ltd

[edit] 2003

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Michael Cooper, Wine Atlas of New Zealand. Hodder Moa Beckett
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Stephanie Johnson, The Shag Incident. Vintage
  • Reader's choice
Glenn Colquhoun, Playing God. Steele Roberts
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Paula Morris Queen of Beauty. Penguin Books
Poetry: Kay McKenzie Cooke, Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke. University of Otago Press
Non-Fiction: Sam Mahon, Year of the Horse. Longacre Press

[edit] 2002

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Lynley Hood, A City Possessed: The Christchurc Civic Creche Case. Longacre Press
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Craig Marriner, Stonedogs. Vintage
  • Reader's Choice
Lynley Hood, A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case. Longacre Press
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Craig Marriner, Stonedogs. Vintage
Poetry: Chris Price, Husk. Auckland University Press
Non-Fiction: Steve Braunias, Fool's Paradise. Random House
  • Honour Award
Te Onehou Phillis, Eruera Manuera. Huia Publishers

[edit] 2001

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Lloyd Jones, The Book of Fame. Penguin Books
  • Reader's Choice
Michael King, Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame. Viking
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Karyn Hay, Emerald Budgies. Vintage
Poetry: Stephanie de Montalk, Animals Indoors. Victoria University Press
Non-Fiction: Paul Tapsell, Pukaki: A Comet Returns. Reed Publishing

[edit] 2000

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney. Longacre Press
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex. Vintage
  • Reader's Choice
Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney. Longacre Press
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Duncan Sarkies, Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds. Victoria University Press
Poetry: Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright. Steele Roberts
Non-Fiction: Peter Thomson, Kava In The Blood. Tandem Press

[edit] 1999

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Heather Nicholson, The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand. Auckland University Press
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck. Victoria University Press
  • Reader's Choice
Elizabeth Knox, The Vintner's Luck. Victoria University Press
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Willian Brandt, Alpha Male. Victoria University Press
Poetry: Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars. Victoria University Press
Non-Fiction: Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Godwit

[edit] 1998

  • Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Harry Orsman (ed.), Dictionary of New Zealand English. Oxford University Press
  • Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
Maurice Gee, Live Bodies. Penguin
  • Reader's Choice
Malcolm McKinnon(ed.), New Zealand Historical Atlas. David Bateman
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Catherine Chidgey, In a fishbone church. Victoria University Press
Poetry: Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea. Auckland University Press.
Non-Fiction: Genevieve Noser, Olives: The new passion. Penguin

[edit] 1997

There were no Montana Medal, Deutz Medal or Reader's Choice Award for 1997 and 1996.

  • Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage
Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Dominic Sheehan, Finding Home. Secker & Waburg
Poetry: Diane Brow, Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland. Tandem Press
Non-Fiction: Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books

[edit] 1996

There were no Montana Medal, Deutz Medal or Reader's Choice Award for 1997 and 1996.

  • Book of the Year/Cultural Heritage
Judith Binney, Redemption Songs - A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books
  • First Book Awards
Fiction: Emily Perkins, Not Her Real Name. Victoria University Press.
Poetry: James Brown, Go Round Power Please. Victoria University Press
Non-Fiction: Alex Frame, Salmond: Southern Jurist. Victoria University Press

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Official home page of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
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