Past Winners

Montana New Zealand Book Awards

Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press, 1999)
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand by Heather Nicholson (Auckland University Press, 1998)
Fiction
The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press, 1999)
Poetry
Seeing You Asked by Vincent O'Sullivan (Victoria University Press, 1998)
History & Biography
Under the Bridge and Over the Moon: A Memoir by Kevin Ireland (Vintage, 1998)
Illustrative Arts
100 New Zealand Craft Artists by Helen Schamroth (Godwit, 1998)
Environment & Heritage
The Natural World of New Zealand by Gerard Hutching (Viking, 1998)
Lives & Lifestyle
The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand by Heather Nicholson (Auckland University Press, 1998)
Readers’ Choice Award
The Vintner’s Luck by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press, 1999)
The NZSA Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction
Alpha Male by William Brandt (Victoria University Press, 1999)
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry
Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press, 1998)
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction
100 New Zealand Craft Artists by Helen Schamroth (Godwit, 1998)
Best Review Pages
Landfall
Reviewer of the Year
Iain Sharp