Applications
are now open for two $35,000 awards for writers of non-fiction or
educational works.
New
Zealand writers of non-fiction books are invited to apply for grants worth
$35,000 each in this year’s Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL) Writers’ Awards.
The CLL
Writers’ Awards - among the highest monetary prizes for works of non-fiction
available in New Zealand - have been running since 2002. They are financed from copyright licensing revenue
received by CLL on behalf of authors and publishers and enable successful
applicants to devote time to their specific non-fiction project.
Awards
have been provided to the following winners and a number of works
published. Two to three more works are
likely to be published by past winners this year.
Year
|
Award
|
Project
|
|||
Sarah Quigley
|
2002
|
$30,000
|
Charles
Brasch biography
|
||
Paul
Millar
|
2003
|
$35,000
|
No
Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson
|
||
2004
|
$35,000
|
Contemporary
Culture
|
|||
Lloyd
Spencer Davis
|
2004
|
$35,000
|
Looking
for Darwin
|
||
Rowan
Taylor
|
2005
|
$35,000
|
Allan
Wilson biography
|
||
Jill
Trevelyan
|
2005
|
$35,000
|
Rita
Angus biography
|
||
Judith
Dell Panny
|
2006
|
$35,000
|
CK
Stead biography
|
||
Stevan
Eldred-Grigg
|
2006
|
$35,000
|
Diggers,
Hatters & Whores (NZ Gold Rush)
|
||
Martin
Edmond
|
2007
|
$35,000
|
The
Zone of the Marvellous
|
||
2007
|
$35,000
|
Best
of Both Worlds
|
|||
Hazel
Riseborough
|
2008
|
$35,000
|
Shear
Hard Work
|
||
Philip
Norman
|
2008
|
$35,000
|
Rise
of NZ Composition 1946-2006
|
||
Peter
Wells
|
2009
|
$35,000
|
The
Hungry Heart: The Enquiring Mind
|
||
Damien
Skinner
|
2009
|
$35,000
|
Maori
Carvers in the 20th Century
|
||
Steve
Braunias
|
2010
|
$35,000
|
New
Zealand: The Biography
|
||
Christine Cole Catley
|
2010
|
$35,000
|
Getting Ready
|
||
Melissa
Williams
|
2011
|
$35,000
|
Te Rarawa in the City
|
||
Malcolm
McKinnon
|
2011
|
$35,000
|
The 1930s Depression in New Zealand
|
||
The
Board of Copyright Licensing Ltd (made up of authors and publishers) encourages
all established writers of non-fiction to consider applying for one of the two
awards on offer this year. It is hoping
to encourage applications from writers with interests in the sciences,
business, Māori and Pacific studies, the arts and beyond. Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or
permanent residents and writers of proven merit.
Applicants
must submit details of a project planned or under way to a selection committee. Applications must be received by 5.00pm on Tuesday 26 June
2012. The two winners of this
year’s awards will be announced at a special ceremony to be held on Thursday 6th
September 2012.
Full application details for the CLL
Writers’ Awards are available on the website www.copyright.co.nz.
1 comment:
It's good to see private enterprise stepping in to make up for the government's lack in the area of history research grants.
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