Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry

The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction

The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)

Fiction

The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage, 2002)

Poetry

Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)

History

No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury and Otago 1840–1914 by Jim McAloon (University of Otago Press, 2002)

Biography

A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields by Philip Temple (Auckland University Press, 2002)

Environment

Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail by Geoff Chapple (Random House, 2002)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture

The Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper, photography by John McDermott (Hodder Moa Beckett, 2002)

Illustrative

Len Castle: Potter by Len Castle and Nancy Pel (Sang Architects, 2002)

Reference & Anthology

Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse edited by Paul Morris and Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw (Godwit, 2002)

Readers’ Choice Award

Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts, 2002)

The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction

Queen of Beauty by Paula Morris (Penguin, 2002)

The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Feeding the Dogs: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke (University of Otago Press, 2002)

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

The Year of the Horse by Sam Mahon (Longacre Press, 2002)

Best Review Pages

The Listener

Reviewer of the Year

David Eggleton