The NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours are awarded each year to one or more New Zealand writers. They are an initiative of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa and were first given out in 2014.
History edit
The NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours are an annual award made by the Board of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) after a call for nominations from NZSA members. They are given to one or more candidates to celebrate and acknowledge literary success,[1] especially on the international stage.[2]
This Award, first given out in 2014, is described by NZSA Past-President Kyle Mewburn as “the only literary award bestowed by peers”.[3] 2016 Recipient Anna Smaill said that “It’s a real honour to be recognised in this way by the NZSA”[4] and Selina Tusitala Marsh said in 2017, “Fa’afetai tele lava for this lovely acknowledgment.”[5] Ashleigh Young said in 2018, “I can’t express how much it means to be given such an acknowledgement.”[2]
The Awards are announced each year on or around Waitangi Day.
List of winners by year edit
2014: Damien Wilkins, Owen Marshall, Ted Dawe, Martin Edmond[1][6]
2015: Eleanor Catton, Phillip Mann, Anthony McCarten[3][7][8]
2016: Anna Smaill, Paul Cleave[4][9]
2017: Selina Tusitala Marsh[5][10]
2018: Ashleigh Young[2][11][12]
2019: Lani Wendt Young and Liam McIlvanney[13]
2020: Rachael King and Lee Murray[14]
2022: Laura Jean McKay[15]
See also edit
External links edit
- NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours on the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) website, with a list of prize winners.
References edit
- ^ a b "NZ Society of Authors Announces Waitangi Day Honours List". Manatu Taonga: Ministry for Culture & Heritage. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "NZSA Waitangi Day Honours Announced". NZSA The New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ a b "NZ Society of Authors Waitangi Day Honours List". Manatu Taonga: Ministry for Culture & Heritage. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Society of Authors Waitangi Day Honours announce". Scoop culture. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ a b "NZSA 2017 Waitangi Day Honour". NZSA The New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Damien Wilkins Honorary Literary Fellow". The Arts Foundation. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Catton one of 3 novelists honoured". Stuff. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "NZ Society of Authors Waitangi Day Honours List". Scoop culture. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Waitangi Day". Manatu Taonga: Ministry for Culture & Heritage. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "NZ poet Tusitala-Marsh receives Society of Authors' Waitangi Day Honours". Books + Publishing. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Wellington writer Ashleigh Young receives national honours". Scoop culture. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Young made honorary fellow by NZSA". Books + Publishing. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Two writers receive NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours". Scoop culture. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "King, Murray awarded 2020 Waitangi Day Honours". Books+Publishing. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Waitangi Day Honours 2022 – NZSA members keep calm and carry on | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa". Retrieved 7 February 2022.