The Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award

Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024

Entries close 31 October 2024

The Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award is for a manuscript written originally in te reo Māori.

It was established by Storylines in 2019 in association with Huia and Massey University Te Pūtahi-a-Toi: School of Māori Knowledge, which provided the inaugural monetary award of $1,500 for the winning author. It is also supported by the Māori Literature Trust.

The award recognises Te Kahurangi (Dame) Kāterina's outstanding contribution to New Zealand literature in te reo Māori, in her publishing output for children, young adults and adults, and her tireless work to promote the use of te reo Māori.

The award, which carries a $1,500 prize as well as assurance of publication by Huia, is open to any New Zealand writer, published or unpublished, who meets the eligibility criteria on the entry form. (If in doubt, please seek a ruling from the Storylines Awards Administrator.) It is made annually, when merited, to the New Zealand author of an unpublished work written originally in te reo Māori.

The manuscript may not be a translation of a previously published work. The writer can submit work in any genre: picture book, junior fiction, young adult, or non-fiction.

Entries close 31 October each year.

The award winner is announced each year at the Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day, and the published book launched the following year.

Find out more: Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust