Current literary awards in New Zealand include:
New Zealand Post Book Awards
Robert Burns Fellowship (a residency)
Adam Award for the best portfolio in Victoria University of Wellington's MA in Creative Writing course
Sir Julius Vogel Award for science fiction and fantasy
Artists to Antarctica programme
Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate, Icon and New Generation Awards
Auckland University Literary Fellowship
A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature (in conjunction with the Montana Awards)
Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Short Story Awards (superseded by Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship)
The Betty Gilderdale Award
Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award
Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
Bruce Mason Playwriting Award
Copyright Licensing Limited Writer's Award for non-fiction writers
Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency
Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship
Dan Davin Literary Award
Department of Conservation Artists in Residence Programme
Elsie Locke Award
Embassy Theatre Trust Prize for Scriptwriting
Esther Glen Award for children's literature
Foxton Fellowship
Gaelyn Gordon Award
Glenn Schaeffer Prize in Modern Letters
Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award (now defunct)
Jack Lasenby Award for children's literature or child writers
Joy Cowley Award for children's literature
LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award
Lilian Ida Smith Award
Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship (a residency)
Macmillan Brown Prize for Writers
Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award for children's literature
Michael King Writers' Centre annual residency programme (four supported residencies)
Maori Literature Awards
Nestle Write Around New Zealand
New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
Randell Cottage Writers' Residency
Robert Lord Writers Cottage Residency
Russell Clark Award for illustrations in children's literature
Spectrum Print Book Design Award
Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List
Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition
Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written in Māori
Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate
Tom Fitzgibbon Award for children's literature
Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing
Victoria University Writers' Fellow
Waikato University Writer-in-Residence
Whitcoulls Travcom Travel Books of the Year
