Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry

Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose (Vintage, 2003)

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction

The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond (Allen Lane, 2003)

Fiction

Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose (Vintage, 2003)

Poetry

Sing-Song by Anne Kennedy (Auckland University Press, 2003)

Biography

Mason: The Life of R. A. K. Mason by Rachel Barrowman (Victoria University Press, 2003)

History

The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond (Allen Lane, 2003)

Reference & Anthology

Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English edited by Albert Wendt and Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan (Auckland University Press, 2003)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture

Classic Fly Fishing in New Zealand Rivers by John Kent, photography by David Hallett (Craig Potton Publishing, 2003)

Environment

Deep New Zealand: Blue Water, Black Abyss by Peter Batson and Kim Westerskov (Canterbury University Press, 2003)

Illustrative

Central by Arno Gasteiger (Viking, 2003)

Readers’ Choice Award

The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King (Penguin, 2003)

The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction

Bloom by Kelly Ana Morey (Penguin, 2003)

The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

The Adulterer’s Bible: Poems by Cliff Fell (Victoria University Press, 2003)

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

Tai Tokerau Whakairo Rākau: Northland Māori Wood Carving by Deidre Brown (Reed, 2003)

The A. W. Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature

Joy Cowley

Best Review Page or Programme

The Listener

Reviewer of the Year Award

Michael King