Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry

Tu by Patricia Grace (Penguin, 2004)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction

At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit, 2004)

Fiction

Tu by Patricia Grace (Penguin, 2004)

Poetry

Nice Morning For It, Adam by Vincent O'Sullivan (Victoria University Press, 2004)

History

At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit, 2004)

Biography

Chronicle of the Unsung by Martin Edmond (Auckland University Press, 2004)

Reference & Anthology

The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary edited by Tony Deverson and Graeme Kennedy (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture

Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa by Gareth Shute (Reed, 2004)

Environment

Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation by Anne Rimmer (Tandem Press, 2004)

Illustrative

Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs by Luit Bieringa (BWX, 2004)

Readers’ Choice Award

Made in Morocco: A Journey of Exotic Tastes and Places by Julie Le Clerc and John Bougen (Penguin, 2004)

The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction

My Real Life and Other Stories by Julian Novitz (Vintage, 2004)

The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Clung by Sonja Yelich (Auckland University Press, 2004)

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

Ghost Dance by Douglas Wright (Penguin, 2004)

Best Review Page or Programme

North & South

Reviewer of the Year

Tony Simpson