Landfall Essay Competition
The Landfall Essay Competition is an annual competition open to New Zealand writers. It is judged by the current editor of the long-running literary magazine Landfall and the winning entry is published in a subsequent issue of the magazine.
History[]
The Landfall Essay Competition was first held in 1997 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the literary magazine Landfall. It was begun by Chris Price, who was editor at the time, and was sponsored by the Otago University Press. The competition has been awarded annually since 2009 and is judged each year by the current editor.
The aim of the competition is "to encourage New Zealand writers to think aloud about New Zealand culture" and "to revive and sustain the tradition of vivid, contentious and creative essay writing".[1][2]
Eligibility and conditions[]
The competition is open to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
Essays should not exceed 4000 words.
The winner is announced and published in each November issue of Landfall.
The winner receives $3000 and a year’s subscription to Landfall.
Essays can be on any topic but must not have been previously published.
List of winners by year[]
- 1997: Gregory O'Brien and .
- 1999: C. K. Stead and Peter Wells.
- 2002: and Kapka Kassabova.
- 2004: Martin Edmond and Tze Ming Mok.[3]
- 2006: .
- 2008: and Kirsten Warner.
- 2009: Ashleigh Young.[4]
- 2010: Ian Wedde.
- 2011: . Runner-up: . Commended: , Raewyn Alexander, and .
- 2012: Elizabeth Smither. Runners-up: Majella Cullinane and .
- 2013: . Runners-up: and Maggie Rainey-Smith.
- 2014: Diana Bridge. Runners-up: , , and .
- 2015: Tracey Slaughter. 2nd: . 3rd: Louise Wallace. Highly commended: .[5]
- 2016: Airini Beautrais. 2nd: . 3rd: .[6][7]
- 2017: Joint first: Laurence Fearnley and . Shortlisted: Ingrid Horrocks, Lynley Edmeades, Sue Wootton, Kate Camp, and .[8]
- 2018: . 2nd: . 3rd: .
- 2019: Joint first: Tobias Buck and Nina Mingya Powles. 3rd: Sarah Harpur. Joint 4th: Joan Fleming and Jillian Sullivan. Highly commended: Ingrid Horrocks, Himali McInnes, and Derek Schulz. Commended: Justine Jungersen-Smith and Amy Brown.
- 2020: A.M. McKinnon. 2nd: Tan Tuck Ming. 3rd equal: Anna Blair and Siobhan Harvey. Highly commended: Sarah Barnett, Shelley Burne-Field, Anna Knox, Una Cruickshank.[1]
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ a b "Otago University Press: Landfall Essay Competition". University of Otago: Te Whare Wananga o Otago. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Awards and Competitions". Unesco City of Literature Dunedin. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Race you there - Tze Ming Mok co-winner of the 2004 Landfall Essay Prize". The Big Idea. 28 January 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Green, Paula (4 March 2010). "An edition to savour". NZ herald. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Another win for Dr Slaughter". The University of Waikato: Te Whare Wananga o Waikato. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "International Institute of Modern Letters: Airini Beautrais wins 2016 Landfall Essay Competition". Victoria University of Wellington. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Landfall Essay Competition Winner: Umlaut". Pantograph Punch. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Landfall Essay Competition winners share prize for radically different topics". Booksellers NZ. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019.
- New Zealand non-fiction literary awards
- 1997 establishments in New Zealand
- Awards established in 1997