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Encyclopedia > Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry

The Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry is one category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, given out annually. The award carries a $5,000 prize for each winner of the category awards, including the award for poetry. The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. ...


"The purpose of this award is to reward literary excellence in poetic works. The winning book will, in the opinion of the judges, be a significant addition to the literature of New Zealand. Included in this category will be selections and collections of poetry."[1]


"The judges consider each book as a whole while giving particular attention to specific elements, including enduring literary merit, overall quality of authorship, illustrations, design and presentation, impact on the community, and the promotion of entertainment, cultural and educational values.


"General judging criteria apply to all books submitted, regardless of the category they are submitted under."[1]



Awards are made in eight categories: Fiction, Poetry, History, Biography, Reference & Anthology, Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture, Environment and Illustrative


Montana Wines is the main sponsor of the awards. Other sponsors are Creative New Zealand, the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, the New Zealand Society of Authors and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd.

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History

Formed in 1996, the set of national awards combines the Montana (previously Goodman Fielder Wattie) Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards. The awards for poetry follow.


The Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards ran from 1968-1993. Originally called the Wattie Awards, they changed their name when the Wattie Company merged with Goodman Fielder. First, second and third place were awarded, and books were not divided by genre but competed in a single category. In 1994, the Award was continued under the new name "Montana Book Awards", and the awards were made in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry.


Winners of the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, since 1996

Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ... // Chuck Palahniuk reads his short story Guts to audiences while on tour to promote his novel Diary. ... Hone Tuwhare (born in Kaikohe, Northland in 1922) is a noted New Zealand poet of Maori ancestry. ... Thomas Allen Munro Curnow (1911-2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. ... // Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, (Knopf) ; named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Mark Strand, Blizzard of One... // January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, Of History and Hope, at President Clintons inauguration. ... Jenny Bornholdt (born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand in 1960) is an award-winning poet and anthologist. ... Mark Williams is the name of the following people: Mark Williams (politician) - British Member of Parliament for Ceredigion Mark Williams (snooker) - professional snooker player Mark Williams (actor) - British actor and comedian Mark Williams (AFL footballer and coach) - Australian football (coach of Port Adelaide, player with Brisbane and Collingwood) Mark Williams... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ...

Winners of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, 1976–1995

// In the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, W.H. Audens Stop all the clocks is read as a eulogy. ... Andrew Johnston is an up and rising student his goal for being the worlds sexiest trillionaire is well suited. ... Brian Turner is an American poet and the winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for poetry. ... // Nobel prize: Derek Walcott C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone See 1992 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ... Cilla McQueen (1949-Present) is a poet. ... // Dead Poets Society, a film with excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitmans lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, O Captain! My Captain! My Left Foot, a film about Christy Brown, the Irish poet, and based on his autobiography Edward... Cilla McQueen (1949-Present) is a poet. ... Thomas Allen Munro Curnow (1911-2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. ... // March 4 - President Ronald Reagan publicly recites from memory lines from Robert Services The Cremation of Sam McGee Wendy Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis a best-seller December 18 Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ... Fleur Adcock (born February 10, 1934) is a New Zealand born poet and editor of Irish ancestry who has lived much of her life in England. ... Thomas Allen Munro Curnow (1911-2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. ... Cilla McQueen (1949-Present) is a poet. ... Alistair Campbell may refer to: The former Zimbabwean cricket captain The poet from the Cook Islands The former director of Communications and Strategy for 10 Downing Street This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Thomas Allen Munro Curnow (1911-2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. ... // Kingsley Amis - Collected Poems Ted Hughes - Moor Town Craig Raine - A Martian Sends a Postcard Home See 1979 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ... // British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkups The Love that Dares to Speak its Name Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes In the Waiting Room, The Moose, and the villanelle... // British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkups The Love that Dares to Speak its Name Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes In the Waiting Room, The Moose, and the villanelle... There are two articles in Wikipedia about people named Louis Johnson. ...

Montana Book Award for Poetry, 1994–1995

For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ... // In the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell, W.H. Audens Stop all the clocks is read as a eulogy. ... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ...

Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award for Poetry, 1968–1993

Maurice Gee, born August 22, 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand, is one of New Zealands most distinguished novelists. ... // Nobel prize: Derek Walcott C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Harris, Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Riddell, Selected Poems Mary Gilmore Prize: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone See 1992 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for... Barbara Anderson (born 1926) is a New Zealand writer who has become internationally recognised despite only starting her writing career in her late fifties. ... W.H. Oliver is a New Zealand historian and poet, born in what is now known as Feilding, on 14 May 1925, the son of Cornish immigrants. ... Dr Michael King OBE (15 December 1945 - 30 March 2004) was a widely respected Pakeha New Zealand historian, author and biographer. ... // Dead Poets Society, a film with excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitmans lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, O Captain! My Captain! My Left Foot, a film about Christy Brown, the Irish poet, and based on his autobiography Edward... Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (4 June 1932—10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer. ... // March 4 - President Ronald Reagan publicly recites from memory lines from Robert Services The Cremation of Sam McGee Wendy Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis a best-seller December 18 Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library... Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (born 1944), generally known as Witi Ihimaera, is a New Zealand author, and is often regarded as the most prominent Maori writer alive today. ... Janet Paterson Frame ONZ, CBE, (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) was the New Zealand author of eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a childrens book, and a three volume autobiography. ... Dr Michael King OBE (15 December 1945 - 30 March 2004) was a widely respected Pakeha New Zealand historian, author and biographer. ... Janet Paterson Frame ONZ, CBE, (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) was the New Zealand author of eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a childrens book, and a three volume autobiography. ... Brian Brake was a New Zealand photographer. ... Albert Wendt is a New Zealand writer, the author of six novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of poetry and a play. ... // Kingsley Amis - Collected Poems Ted Hughes - Moor Town Craig Raine - A Martian Sends a Postcard Home See 1979 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... Maurice Gee, born August 22, 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand, is one of New Zealands most distinguished novelists. ... // British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkups The Love that Dares to Speak its Name Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes In the Waiting Room, The Moose, and the villanelle... In 1992 James Bertram joined indie rock band lync playing bass and vocals. ... Sir Edmund Hillary in 1957 after accompanying the first plane to land at the Marble Point ground air strip - Antarctica Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. ... Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (born 1944), generally known as Witi Ihimaera, is a New Zealand author, and is often regarded as the most prominent Maori writer alive today. ... Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt (4 June 1932—10 October 2004) was a New Zealand writer. ... // Charles Causley, Figgie Hobbin See 1970 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... // Charles Causley, Underneath the Water Rod McKuen - Lonesome Cities Black Fire, edited by LeRoi Jones and Larry Neal, an anthology of African American poetry See 1968 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... John Morton is a British writer and director associated with the BBC Radio and television networks. ...

See also

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Poetry prizes. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Notes

  1. ^ a b [1] Booksellers New Zealand Web site, Web page titled "Booksellers New Zealand/ Montana New Zealand Book Awards/ About the Awards", accessed November 7, 2006

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • [2] Official home page of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards
 

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