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.

The BNZ Literary Awards offer three levels of entry:

• BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award, for published writers — $10,000 prize money
• BNZ Novice Writer, for unpublished writers — $1500 prize money
• BNZ Young Writer, for writers who are at secondary school — $1500 for the student and $2000 for the winner’s school

The New Zealand Book Council website lists supreme award winners from 1958.

2010 winners

Katherine Mansfield Award winner — Wes Lee

• Winner's bio PDF 164KB
• Judge's report PDF 166KB
• Winning Story - Furniture PDF 1.5MB

Novice Award winner — Chloe Searle

• Winner's bio PDF 90KB
• Judge's report PDF 243KB
• Winning Story - Babysitting PDF 1.2MB

Youth Writer Award winner — Brittany Rorrison

• Winner's bio PDF 183KB
• Judge's report PDF 204KB
• Winning Story - Thirteen Toadstools PDF 576KB

2009 winners

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

2008 winners

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

2007 winners

• Premier: My Beautiful Balloon by Carl Nixon
• Novice: Another Language by Craig Cliff
• Young Writer: Man's Best Friend by Mark Davidson

2006 winners

• 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 winners

• 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