Deutz Medal For Fiction
The Shag Incident, Stephanie Johnson (Vintage)
Fiction runners-up
The Hopeful Traveller, Fiona Farrell (Vintage)
When Gravity Snaps, Owen Marshall (Vintage)
Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Wine Atlas of New Zealand, Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett)
Poetry
Playing God, Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts)
History
No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840 - 1914, Jim McAloon (University of Otago Press)
Biography
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields, Philip Temple (Auckland University Press)
Environment
Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail, Geoff Chapple (Random House New Zealand)
Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Wine Atlas of New Zealand, Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett)
Illustrative
Len Castle: Potter, Nancy Pel and Len Castle (Ron Sang Publications)
Reference & Anthology
Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse, Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts and Mike Grimshaw (Eds.)
Readers' Choice Award
Playing God, Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts)
Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Queen of Beauty, Paula Morris (Penguin)
Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke (University of Otago Press)
E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Year of the Horse, Sam Mahon (Longacre Press)
Review Page of the Year Award
The Listener
Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton
