Awarded every two years to a writer over 35 years of age at the beginning of their career. The next award opens in August 2011, deadline 1 November 2011. The award is $3,000. Applicants must be members of the NZ Society of Authors. For entry forms and rules contact the NZSA national office.
Leanne Radojkovich is the recipient of the 2009 NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award.
Leanne has recently completed the Master of Creative Writing at AUT University. Her stories have been published in the School Journal, broadcast on Radio New Zealand, were shortlisted twice for the Reed Fiction Award, and have been shortlisted five times for Ireland's prestigious Fish Short Story Award. She lives in Auckland.
