Lilian Ida Smith Award


The Lilian Ida Smith Award also known as the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award is a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors. The award is named after Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher from Whanganui. She granted the New Zealand Society of Authors funds to ‘assist people aged 35 yrs and over to embark upon or further a literary career’.
From 1986–1990 the award consisted of three categories, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, with each recipient awarded $1000. From 1992 the award became biennial award with a prize fund of $3000 for a project in any genre.
Between 1986 and 1990 recipients of the award were:
YearPoetryFictionNon-fiction
1985Michael MorrisseyOwen MarshallDaphne de Jong
1987Lauris EdmondBill ManhireRosemary Wildblood
1988Mavis WentworthOwen MarshallGraeme Lay
1989Bill ManhireMichael GifkinsElizabeth Smither
1990Jan McAllumJames NorcliffeGreg Newbold

From 1992 the recipients of the award are:
YearWinner
1992Debra Daley
1994Joy McKenzie
1996Katrina Willoughby
1998Carolyn McCurdie
2000Jackie Davis
2003Mary McCallum
2005Rachael King
2008Sue Orr
2009Leanne Radojkovich
2011John MacKinven
2015Caroline Barron