Past Winners

Montana New Zealand Book Awards

Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)
Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)
Fiction
The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)
Poetry
Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)
History
No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury and Otago 1840–1914 by Jim McAloon (University of Otago Press, 2002)
Biography
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields by Philip Temple (Auckland University Press, 2002)
Environment
Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail by Geoff Chapple (Random House, 2002)
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)
Illustrative
Len Castle: Potter by Len Castle and Nancy Pel (Sang Architects, 2002)
Reference & Anthology
Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse edited by Paul Morris and Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw (Godwit, 2002)
Readers’ Choice Award
Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Queen of Beauty by Paula Morris (Penguin, 2002)
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Feeding the Dogs: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (University of Otago Press, 2002)
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
The Year of the Horse by Sam Mahon (Longacre Press, 2002)
Best Review Pages
The Listener
Reviewer of the Year
David Eggleton