Montana New Zealand Book Awards

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".

List of winners by Year

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

=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

ee also

*Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry

External links

* Official home page of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards