Applications are now open for two $35,000 awards for writers of non-fiction or educational works.
New Zealand writers of non-fiction books are invited to apply for grants worth $35,000 each in this year’s Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL) Writers’ Awards.
The CLL Writers’ Awards - among the highest monetary prizes for works of non-fiction available in New Zealand - have been running since 2002. They are financed from copyright licensing revenue received by CLL on behalf of authors and publishers and enable successful applicants to devote time to their specific non-fiction project.
Awards have been provided to the following winners and a number of works published. Two to three more works are likely to be published by past winners this year.
Year | Award | Project | |||
Sarah Quigley | 2002 | $30,000 | Charles Brasch biography | ||
Paul Millar | 2003 | $35,000 | No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson | ||
2004 | $35,000 | Contemporary Culture | |||
Lloyd Spencer Davis | 2004 | $35,000 | Looking for Darwin | ||
Rowan Taylor | 2005 | $35,000 | Allan Wilson biography | ||
Jill Trevelyan | 2005 | $35,000 | Rita Angus biography | ||
Judith Dell Panny | 2006 | $35,000 | CK Stead biography | ||
Stevan Eldred-Grigg | 2006 | $35,000 | Diggers, Hatters & Whores (NZ Gold Rush) | ||
Martin Edmond | 2007 | $35,000 | The Zone of the Marvellous | ||
2007 | $35,000 | Best of Both Worlds | |||
Hazel Riseborough | 2008 | $35,000 | Shear Hard Work | ||
Philip Norman | 2008 | $35,000 | Rise of NZ Composition 1946-2006 | ||
Peter Wells | 2009 | $35,000 | The Hungry Heart: The Enquiring Mind | ||
Damien Skinner | 2009 | $35,000 | Maori Carvers in the 20th Century | ||
Steve Braunias | 2010 | $35,000 | New Zealand: The Biography | ||
Christine Cole Catley | 2010 | $35,000 | Getting Ready | ||
Melissa Williams | 2011 | $35,000 | Te Rarawa in the City | ||
Malcolm McKinnon | 2011 | $35,000 | The 1930s Depression in New Zealand | ||
The Board of Copyright Licensing Ltd (made up of authors and publishers) encourages all established writers of non-fiction to consider applying for one of the two awards on offer this year. It is hoping to encourage applications from writers with interests in the sciences, business, Māori and Pacific studies, the arts and beyond. Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents and writers of proven merit.
Applicants must submit details of a project planned or under way to a selection committee. Applications must be received by 5.00pm on Tuesday 26 June 2012. The two winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a special ceremony to be held on Thursday 6thSeptember 2012.
Full application details for the CLL Writers’ Awards are available on the website www.copyright.co.nz.