Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing
{{short description|International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington Prize}}
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The Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing was set up in 1996 by benefactors Denis and Verna Adam. It is awarded to an outstanding MA student at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
History
The Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing was set up in 1996 by Denis and Verna Adam (through the Victoria University Foundation), to further their wish of encouraging and supporting the development of creative writing in New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/study/student-finance/scholarships/browse-prizes/prize-details?result_307328_result_page=138|title=Prize Details|last=|first=|date=|website=Victoria University of Wellington|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}}
Denis and Verna Adam were art collectors and philanthropists who established the Adam Foundation in 1975 to house their art collection and later to support the arts in general, believing that art “nurtures the finer instincts of human beings”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108066431/philanthropist-denis-adam-believed-art-nurtured-the-finer-instincts-of-human-beings|title=Philanthropist Denis Adam believed art 'nurtured the finer instincts of human beings'|last=Manson|first=Bess|date=27 October 2018|website=Stuff|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}} Denis Adam died in October 2018, aged 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/107940881/godfather-of-the-arts-denis-adam-changed-cultural-landscape|title=Godfather of the arts Denis Adam changed cultural landscape|last=Manson|first=Bess|date=18 October 2018|website=Stuff|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}}
In 2009, the Prize was awarded for the first time to a work of creative non-fiction{{Cite web|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/adam-prize-goes-to-exploration-of-awkwardness|title=Adam Prize goes to exploration of 'awkwardness'|last=|first=|date=17 December 2009|website=Creative NZ|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}} and in 2014, a young adult novel, described by Mal Peet as “richly imagined, sinisterly futuristic and morally complex,” was the first of its genre to win the award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2014/young-adult-novel-wins-adam-prize|title=Young Adult novel wins Adam Prize|last=|first=|date=9 December 2014|website=Victoria University of Wellington|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}}
Eligibility and conditions
The prize is awarded annually to the author of the best page-based portfolio for the MA in creative writing in the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/our-students/prize-winners|title=Prize Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Victoria University of Wellington|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}}
It is awarded by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the Heads, School of English, Film and Theatre.
The prize carries a monetary value (currently $3000) which may vary subject to available funds.
List of winners by year
- 1997: Catherine Chidgey. In a Fishbone Church (novel). Published by Victoria University Press (VUP), 1998.{{Cite web|url= https://www.marlboroughbookfest.co.nz/our-authors/2017-authors/catherine-chidgey|title= Catherine Chidgey|last= |first= |date= |website= Marlborough Book Festival|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174218/https://www.marlboroughbookfest.co.nz/our-authors/2017-authors/catherine-chidgey|archive-date= 19 January 2019|access-date= 18 January 2019|url-status= dead}} Also winner of the Best First Book of Fiction at the 1998 Montana Book Awards.
- 1998: William Brandt. Alpha Male (short fiction). Published by VUP, 1999, and subsequently published by Jonathan Cape. Also winner of the Best First Book of Fiction at the 1999 Montana Book Awards.
- 1999: No award made.
- 2000: Tim Corballis. Below (novel). Published by VUP, 2001.
- 2001: Paula Morris. Queen of Beauty (novel). Published by Penguin, 2002. Also winner of the Best First Book of Fiction at the 2003 Montana Book Awards.
- 2002: Cliff Fell. The Adulterer's Bible (poetry). Published by VUP, 2003. Also winner of the Best First Book of Poetry at the 2004 Montana Book Awards.
- 2003: Josh Greenberg. A Man who Eats the Heart (novel). Published by VUP, 2004.
- 2004: Emily Dobson. A Box of Bees (poetry). Published by VUP, 2005.
- 2005: Michele Amas. After the Dance (poetry). Published by VUP, 2006. Also shortlisted for Best First Book of Poetry at the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
- 2006: Anna Taylor. Going Under: Stories (short story collection). Published as Relief by VUP, 2009.
- 2007: Eleanor Catton. The Rehearsal (novel). Published by VUP, 2008 and subsequently by Granta in the UK (2009) and Little Brown in the US (2010). Also winner of the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the 2009 Montana NZ Book Awards, and of the 2009 UK Society of Authors' Betty Trask Award.
- 2008: Lynn Jenner. Dear Sweet Harry (mixed genre). Published by Auckland University Press, 2010.{{Cite web|url= https://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/our-students/phd-graduates/lynn-jenner|title= Lynn Jenner|last= |first= |date= |website= Victoria University of Wellington: International Institute of Modern Letters|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2011/lynn-jenner-interview/|title= Lynn Jenner interview|last= Somerset|first= Guy|date= 22 July 2011|website= NZ Listener|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}} Also winner of the Best First Book of Poetry in the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards.
- 2009: Ashleigh Young. Can You Tolerate This? (personal essays). Also winner of the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction 2017 and the 2017 Windham Campbell Prize in Nonfiction.{{Cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-new-zealand-poet-turns-a-lyrical-eye-on-her-homeland-through-essays-in-can-you-tolerate-this/2018/07/02/80cda46c-7bd6-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html|title= A New Zealand poet turns a lyrical eye on her homeland through essays in 'Can You Tolerate This?'|last= Trapp|first= Maggie|date= 2 July 2018|newspaper= The Washington Post|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}
- 2010: Rayne Cockburn. Someplace for Boys (novel).
- 2011: Hera Lindsay Bird. And Together We Fight Crime (prose poetry collection).
- 2012: Kerry Donovan Brown. Lamplighter (novel). Published by VUP, 2014.
- 2013: Helena Wiśniewska Brow. Give Us This Day: a memoir of family and exile. Published by VUP, 2014.
- 2014: Craig Gamble. The Watch List (young-adult novel).
- 2015: Nick Bollinger. Goneville (music memoir). Published by AWA Press, 2016.{{Cite web|url= https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/201828126/nick-bollinger-on-his-memoir-'goneville'|title= Nick Bollinger on his memoir 'Goneville'|last= |first= |date= 17 December 2016|website= Radio New Zealand|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url= https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/19-12-2016/the-xmas-excerpt-goneville-a-rocknroll-memoir-by-nick-bollinger/|title= The Xmas excerpt: Goneville, a rock'n'roll memoir by Nick Bollinger|last= |first= |date= 19 December 2016|website= The Spinoff|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}
- 2016: Annaleese Jochems. And Lower (novel). Published as Baby, VUP, 2017.{{Cite web|url= https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2016/12/08/bold-new-novel-wins-adam-prize/|title= Bold new novel wins Adam Prize|last= Green|first= Paula|date= 8 December 2016|website= NZ Poetry Shelf|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}
- 2017: Tayi Tibble. In a Fish Tank Filled with Pink Light (poetry collection). Published as Poūkahangatus, VUP, 2018.{{Cite web|url= https://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2017/12/powerful-poetry-collection-wins-adam-foundation-prize|title= Powerful poetry collection wins Adam Foundation Prize|last= |first= |date= 14 December 2017|website= Victoria University of Wellington|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018626404/tayi-tibble-wins-adam-foundation-prize|title= Tayi Tibble wins Adam Foundation Prize|last= |first= |date= 14 December 2017|website= Radio New Zealand|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=18 January 2019}} Also winner of the Best First Book of Poetry at the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.{{cite web |title=Past Winners: 2019 |url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/past-winners/?year=2019 |website=New Zealand Book Awards Trust |access-date=27 February 2021}}
- 2018: Laura Southgate. The Boyfriend (novel).{{Cite web|url= http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/5/328507|title= 'Scalp-prickling dazzler of a novel' wins Adam Foundation Prize|last= |first= |date= 13 December 2018|website= Voxy|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 18 January 2019}} Published by VUP, 2019.
- 2019: Rebecca K Reilly. Vines (novel). Published as Greta & Valdin by VUP, 2021.{{cite web |title=Prize winners |url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/our-students/prize-winners |website=International Institute of Modern Letters |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |access-date=13 August 2021}} Also winner of the Best First Book of Fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.{{Cite web |title=2022 Awards |url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2022-awards/winners/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=New Zealand Book Awards Trust}}
- 2020: Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall. Tauhou.{{Cite web|date=17 December 2020|title=Genre-defying work wins 2020 Adam Foundation Prize|url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/news/1915289-genre-defying-work-wins-2020-adam-foundation-prize|access-date=6 March 2021|website=Victoria University of Wellington}} Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press (THWUP), 2022.
- 2021: Sharron Came. Peninsula (novel).{{cite web |title=Vivid, absorbing story cycle wins 2021 Adam Foundation Prize |url=https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2021/12/vivid-absorbing-story-cycle-wins-2021-adam-foundation-prize |website=Victoria University of Wellington |access-date=11 May 2022 |date=10 December 2021}} Published by THWUP, 2022.
- 2022: Olive Nuttall. Kitten (novel).{{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=“Wholesome, consoling love story” wins Adam Foundation Prize {{!}} New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa |url=https://authors.org.nz/wholesome-consoling-love-story-wins-adam-foundation-prize/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=The New Zealand Society of Authors |language=en-US}} Published by THWUP, 2024.
- 2023: Joseph Trinidad, Lucky Creatures (essay collection).{{cite web |title=The Philippines and Central Otago feature in prize-winning writing |url=https://authors.org.nz/the-philippines-and-central-otago-feature-in-prize-winning-writing/ |website=New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa |access-date=28 March 2024 |date=14 December 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
- List of [https://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/our-students/prize-winners Prize Winners] at International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington.