Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry

Harlequin Rex by Owen Marshall (Vintage, 1999)

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction

The Art of Grahame Sydney by Grahame Sydney (Longacre Press, 2000)

Fiction

Harlequin Rex by Owen Marshall (Vintage, 1999)

Poetry

The Lark Quartet by Elizabeth Smither (Auckland University Press, 1999)

History & Biography

Kapiti by Chris Maclean (Whitcombe Press, 1999)

Illustrative Arts

The Art of Grahame Sydney by Grahame Sydney (Longacre Press, 2000)

Environment

Classic Tramping in New Zealand by Shaun Barnett and Rob Brown (Craig Potton Publishing, 1999)

Lifestyle

The Gardener’s Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants by Yvonne Cave and Valda Paddison (Godwit, 1999)

Readers’ Choice Award

The Art of Grahame Sydney by Grahame Sydney (Longacre Press, 2000)

The NZSA Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction

Stray Thoughts and Nose Bleeds by Duncan Sarkies (Victoria University Press, 1999)

The NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry

The Art of Walking Upright by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 1999)

The NZSA E. H. McCormick Award for Best First Book of Non-Fiction

Kava in the Blood by Peter Thomson (Tandem Press, 1999)

Best Review Pages

The Evening Post

Reviewer of the Year

Michael King