Montana New Zealand Book Awards
- Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry
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Stonedogs by Craig Marriner (Vintage, 2001)
- Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
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A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case by Lynley Hood (Canterbury University Press, 2001)
- Fiction
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Stonedogs by Craig Marriner (Vintage, 2001)
- Fiction Runners Up
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Billie’s Kiss by Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press, 2002)
- Fiction Runners Up
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Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones (Penguin, 2002)
- Poetry
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Piggy-back Moon by Hone Tuwhare (Godwit, 2001)
- Biography
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Long Loop Home: A Memoir by Peter Wells (Vintage, 2001)
- Environment
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Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare by Bob Harvey (Exisle, 2001)
- Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
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The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting by Lynnsay Rongokea, photography by John Daley (Godwit, 2001)
- Illustrative
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Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati by Joan Whincup and Tony Whincup, designed by Julia Parkinson (Format, 2001)
- Reference & Anthology
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Ngā Pēpeha a ngā Tīpuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors by Hirini Moko Mead and Neil Grove (Victoria University Press, 2001)
- Honour Award
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Eruera Manuera by Te Onehou Phillis (Huia, 2001)
- The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
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Stonedogs by Craig Marriner (Vintage, 2001)
- The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
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Husk by Chris Price (Auckland University Press, 2002)
- The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
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Fool’s Paradise by Steve Braunias (Random House, 2001)
- Readers’ Choice Award
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A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case by Lynley Hood (Canterbury University Press, 2001)
- The A. W. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
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Maurice Shadbolt
- Best Review Pages
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North & South
- Reviewer of the Year Award
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Jane Hurley