Arts and Literature
- James Norcliffe wins the Robert Burns Fellowship.
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards:
- Montana Medal: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
- Deutz Medal: Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex
- Reader's Choice: Grahame Sydney, The Art of Grahame Sydney
- First Book Awards
- Fiction: Duncan Sarkies, Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds
- Poetry: Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright
- Non-Fiction: Pether Thomson, Kava In The Blood
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