Recreation

BNZ Literary Awards

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

In 2010 the famous BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards were renamed the BNZ Literary Awards with the Premier Award becoming the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award.

Prizes are:

  • BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award category $10,000 prize money
  • BNZ Novice Writer Award category (for unpublished writers) $1,500 prize money
  • BNZ Young Writer Award category for writers who are at secondary school – $1,500 for the student and $2000 for the winner’s school
  • BNZ Short Short Story Award category. A short story of a maximum of 150 words submitted via Facebook – $500 prize money.
  • BNZ #Shortandtweet Award winner. A short story submitted via a single tweet on Twitter using the hashtag #shortandtweet – $1,000 prize money.

2014

BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award winner – Tobias Buck

  • Winning story – Islands in the Stream

BNZ Novice Writer Award winner – Beth Rust

  • Winning story – I Hope You Have a Wonderful Day

BNZ Young Writer Award category winner – Mina Bixley

  • Winning story – The Best Magic of All

BNZ Short Story Award winner – Anna Granger

  • Winning story – Territories

2013

BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award winner - Catherine Chidgey

  • Winning story - Reverse living

BNZ Novice Writer Award winner - Deborah Hill Cone

  • Winning story - Utterly depressing but incredibly beautiful

BNZ Young Writer Award category winner - Elizabeth Ray

  • Winning story - Don't look away

BNZ Short Story Award winner - Deborah Youthed

  • Winning story - The morning rush

2012

BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award winner - Julie Helean

  • Winning story - Misjudged

BNZ Novice Writer Award winner - Nicole Tan

  • Winning story - Up and Down and Over

BNZ Young Writer Award winner - Emily Hunter

  • Winning story - Of Dust

BNZ Short Short Story Award winner - Chelsea Dempsey

  • Winning story - My Old Man

2011

BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award winner – Gemma Bowker–Wright

  • Winning Story – Katherine

BNZ Novice Award winner – Toni Spencer

  • Winning Story - Rainbow fishing

BNZ Youth Writer Award winner - Chiao Lin

  • Winning Story - The Wrong one

BNZ Short Short Story Award Winner - James Francis

  • Winning story - Whoo Eh!

2010

Katherine Mansfield Award winner — Wes Lee

  • Winning Story - Furniture

Novice Award winner — Chloe Searle

  • Winning Story - Babysitting

Youth Writer Award winner — Brittany Rorrison

  • Winning Story - Thirteen Toadstools

2009

  • Premier: The Windmill by Alice Miller
  • Novice: The Visit by Karen Phillips
  • Youth: Skipped the Censor by Emma Robinson

2008

  • Premier: Three couples by Julian Novitz
  • Novice: Stranger than beautiful by Joseph Ryan
  • Young Writer: The hole in the fence by Clare Tanton

2007

  • Premier: My Beautiful Balloon by Carl Nixon
  • Novice: Another Language by Craig Cliff
  • Young Writer:

2006

  • Premier: Plane Sailing by Charlotte Grimshaw
  • Novice: The Little Grandfather Clock by Emma Gallagher
  • Young Writer: Postcards by Kirsti Whalen, Epsom Girls Grammar school

2005

  • Premier: Lolly by Susan Wylie
  • Novice: Commuting by Kerry Challinor
  • Young Writer: Down and out in Paris and Kensington Gardens by Vita Bryant from Onslow College, Wellington