Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

New Zealand literary award

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.

Winners

Source:^[1]

2023

Fiction: Lee Murray
Non-fiction: Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Poetry: Tusiata Avia

2022^[2]

Fiction: Stephanie Johnson
Nonfiction: Vincent O'Malley
Poetry: James Norcliffe

2021^[3]

Fiction: David Hill
Nonfiction: Claudia Orange
Poetry: Anne Kennedy

2020^[4]

Fiction: Tessa Duder
Nonfiction: Tīmoti Kāretu
Poetry: Jenny Bornholdt

2019^[5]

Fiction: Elizabeth Knox
Nonfiction: Gavin Bishop
Poetry: Fleur Adcock

2018^[6]

Fiction: Renée
Nonfiction: Wystan Curnow
Poetry: Michael Harlow

2017

Fiction: Witi Ihimaera
Nonfiction: Peter Simpson
Poetry: Paula Green

2016

Fiction: Marilyn Duckworth
Nonfiction: Atholl Anderson
Poetry: David Eggleton

2015

Fiction: Roger Hall
Nonfiction: Dame Joan Metge
Poetry: Bernadette Hall

2014

Fiction: Jack Lasenby
Nonfiction: Jock Phillips
Poetry: Ian Wedde

2013^[7]

Fiction: Owen Marshall
Nonfiction: Martin Edmond
Poetry: Michele Leggott

2012

Fiction: Albert Wendt
Nonfiction: Gregory O'Brien
Poetry: Sam Hunt

2011

Fiction: Dame Fiona Kidman
Nonfiction: James Belich
Poetry: Peter Bland

2010

Fiction: Joy Cowley
Nonfiction: James McNeish
Poetry: Cilla McQueen

2009

Fiction: C. K. Stead
Nonfiction: Ranginui Walker
Poetry: Brian Turner

2008

Fiction: Lloyd Jones
Nonfiction: W. H. Oliver
Poetry: Elizabeth Smither

2007

Fiction: Fiona Farrell
Nonfiction: Dick Scott
Poetry: Bill Manhire

2006

Fiction: Patricia Grace
Nonfiction: Judith Binney
Poetry: Vincent O'Sullivan

2005

2004

Fiction: Maurice Gee
Nonfiction: Anne Salmond
Poetry: Kevin Ireland

2003

Fiction: Janet Frame
Nonfiction: Michael King
Poetry: Hone Tuwhare

References

^ "Previous winners". Creative NZ. Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ Chumko, André (1 December 2022). "Writers honoured by prime minister for their contribution to New Zealand literature". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "Authors honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement". Stuff.co.nz. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ Chumko, Andre (10 November 2020). "Kiwi writers honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement". Stuff. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ "NZ Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement 2019 announced". Books+Publishing. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ Ardern, Jacinda (8 October 2018). "Awards recognise literary legends". NZ Government. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
^ "Winners of 2013 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement". Creative New Zealand. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.