Lilian Ida Smith Award
Year Poetry Fiction Non-fiction
1985 Michael Morrissey Owen Marshall Daphne de Jong
1987 Lauris Edmond Bill Manhire Rosemary Wildblood
1988 Mavis Wentworth Owen Marshall Graeme Lay
1989 Bill Manhire Michael Gifkins Elizabeth Smither
1990 Jan McAllum James Norcliffe Greg Newbold
Lilian Ida Smith AwardDate1986 ( 1986 ) -- > CountryNew ZealandHosted byNew Zealand Society of AuthorsReward ( s ) NZ $ 3,000WebsiteOfficial website The Lilian Ida Smith Award also known as the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award is a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors . The award is named after Lilian Ida Smith , a music teacher from Whanganui . She granted the New Zealand Society of Authors funds to ‘ assist people aged 35 yrs and over to embark upon or further a literary career ’ . [ 1 ] From 1986–1990 the award consisted of three categories , poetry , fiction and non-fiction , with each recipient awarded $ 1000 . From 1992 the award became biennial award with a prize fund of $ 3000 for a project in any genre . [ 2 ] Between 1986 and 1990 recipients of the award were : [ 2 ]
The Lilian Ida Smith Award also known as the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award is a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors. The award is named after Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher from Whanganui. She granted the New Zealand Society of Authors funds to assist people aged 35 yrs and over to embark upon or further a literary career. From 1986-1990 the award consisted of three categories, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, with each recipient awarded $1000. From 1992 the award became biennial award with a prize fund of $3000 for a project in any genre. Between 1986 and 1990 recipients of the award were:
From 1992 the recipients of the award are: