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] while after 2017 it was awarded every three years and from 2024 every four years.[1]
Between 1986 and 1990 recipients of the award were:[2]
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
From 1992 the recipients of the award are:[2]
Year
Winner
1992
Debra Daley
1994
Joy McKenzie
1996
Katrina Willoughby
1998
Carolyn McCurdie
2000
Jackie Davis
2003
Mary McCallum
2005
Rachael King
2008
Sue Orr
2009
Leanne Radojkovich
2011
John MacKinven
2015
Caroline Barron
2017
Paula Harris
2020
Safia Archer[3]
^ ab"NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award". New Zealand Society of Authors & Writers Association. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ abc"Lilian Ida Smith Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^"NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 – Recipient Announced As Safia Archer". Scoop News. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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