Editing New Zealand literature (section)

==Literary awards==
{{See also|List of New Zealand literary awards}}
In the early 20th century, literary competitions in New Zealand were hosted by newspapers and magazines, and the university colleges hosted some literary prizes such as the [[Macmillan Brown Prize]]. In the 1940s the government-run New Zealand Literary Fund began to offer state-sponsored literary prizes in a wide range of genres.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Stephen |title=Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa |date=1997 |publisher=Victoria University Press |location=Wellington, NZ |isbn=0-86473-331-3 |url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GriBook-_div3-N133D9.html |access-date=5 March 2021 |chapter=Recognition, and rewards of success |archive-date=5 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205032330/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GriBook-_div3-N133D9.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The first private literary award was the biennial [[Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award]], a short-story competition organised by the [[New Zealand Women Writers' Society]] and funded by the [[Bank of New Zealand]], which became available in 1959;<ref name="Hamilton"/><ref name="Page 2">{{cite web |last1=Derby |first1=Mark |title=Page 2. Literary awards, 1950s onwards |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/awards-and-prizes/page-2 |website=Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103211449/https://teara.govt.nz/en/awards-and-prizes/page-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> this award ran until 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Katherine Mansfield Awards |url=https://www.bnzheritage.co.nz/archives/story/katherine-mansfield-awards |website=BNZ Heritage |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302170055/https://www.bnzheritage.co.nz/archives/story/katherine-mansfield-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{as of|2021}}, the annual [[Ockham New Zealand Book Awards]] offer five principal prizes: fiction (currently known as the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction), general non-fiction (sponsored by [[Royal Society Te Apārangi]]), illustrated non-fiction, poetry (currently known as the [[Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry]]) and Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award for books written entirely in [[te reo Māori|te reo (Māori language)]].<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About the Awards |url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/ |website=New Zealand Book Awards Trust |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302205810/https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These annual awards have changed names several times due to different sponsors over the years, and were created in 1996 from the amalgamation of the Montana Book Awards (previously the Goodman Fielder Wattie Awards, running from 1968 to 1995) and the government-run New Zealand Book Awards (running from 1976 to 1995).<ref name="Hamilton"/><ref name="Page 2"/> The [[New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults]] are also presented annually to recognise excellence in literature for children and young adults. These awards began in 1982 and have had several name changes due to different sponsors over the years.<ref name="Page 2"/>

A number of literary fellowships are available in New Zealand. These fellowships give writers the opportunity to stay at a particular place with their accommodation and other costs funded. The first fellowship was the [[Robert Burns Fellowship]], set up anonymously (although widely attributed to Charles Brasch) at the [[University of Otago]] in 1958. Another prestigious fellowship is the [[Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship]], founded by a trust in 1970, which enables writers to spend at least three months in [[Menton]], France, where Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote.<ref name="Hamilton"/><ref name="Page 2"/>

The [[Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement]] were established in 2003 and are awarded annually to writers who have made a significant contribution to New Zealand literature.<ref name="Page 2"/>