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215:(novel). Published by VUP, 2008 and subsequently by Granta in the UK (2009) and Little Brown in the US (2010). Also winner of the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction at the 2009 Montana NZ Book Awards, and of the 2009 UK Society of Authors' 45:
Denis and Verna Adam were art collectors and philanthropists who established the Adam Foundation in 1975 to house their art collection and later to support the arts in general, believing that art “nurtures the finer instincts of human beings”.
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The Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing was set up in 1996 by Denis and Verna Adam (through the Victoria University Foundation), to further their wish of encouraging and supporting the development of creative writing in New Zealand.
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The prize is awarded annually to the author of the best page-based portfolio for the MA in creative writing in the International Institute of Modern Letters at
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In 2009, the Prize was awarded for the first time to a work of creative non-fiction and in 2014, a young adult novel, described by
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as “richly imagined, sinisterly futuristic and morally complex,” was the first of its genre to win the award.
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It is awarded by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the Heads, School of English, Film and Theatre.
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was set up in 1996 by benefactors Denis and Verna Adam. It is awarded to an outstanding MA student at the
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by VUP, 2021. Also winner of the Best First Book of Fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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The prize carries a monetary value (currently $ 3000) which may vary subject to available funds.
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International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington Prize
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at International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington.
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Victoria University of Wellington: International Institute of Modern Letters
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New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa
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Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press (THWUP), 2022.
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Index

International Institute of Modern Letters
Victoria University of Wellington
Denis Adam
Mal Peet
Victoria University of Wellington
Catherine Chidgey
Montana Book Awards
Paula Morris
Michele Amas
Anna Taylor
Eleanor Catton
Betty Trask Award
Lynn Jenner
New Zealand Post Book Awards
Ashleigh Young
Windham Campbell Prize
Hera Lindsay Bird
Annaleese Jochems
Tayi Tibble
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Rebecca K Reilly
List of New Zealand literary awards




"Prize Details"
"Philanthropist Denis Adam believed art 'nurtured the finer instincts of human beings'"
"Godfather of the arts Denis Adam changed cultural landscape"

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