USP Press Prize
Purakanui poet David Howard is joint winner of the Poetry section in the University of South Pacific Press Competition. Other winners include Albert Wendt (Overall) and Lani Wendt Young (Fiction).
The Competition is designed to launch the publishing arm of the University of the South Pacific. The stated goal of the Press is 'to publish high quality research and writing on issues related to the Pacific Islands, or the islands commonly known as Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.'
USP Press Literature Prize for Overall Winner ($3,000): Ancestors by Albert Wendt (collection of short stories)
Fiction ($1,000): Sleepless in Samoa by Lani Wendt Young (collection of short stories)
Commendable Mention ($300): Maiden Fiji by Samantha Peckham-Togiatama (novel)
Poetry ($1,000): '14 Degrees South' by John Enright ($500) and When Things are Dirty ($500) by David Howard
Drama or Screenplay ($1,000): The Cycle by Andrew Porteus
Commendable Mention ($300): The Visitors by Larry Thomas
USP Press Non-Fiction Prize for Overall Winner ($3,000): Mystery Islands: Discovering Ancient Pacific by Tom Koppel
History/Autobiography ($1,000): My Memories of David by Ilaisaane Kakala Taumoefolau
USP Press Best Children's Book ($2,000): Killer Waves by Sereima Lumelume
Commendable Mention: Hair Raising Cut by Emma Kruse Vaai ($300)
Welcome to Our Islands by Leslie Hayashi and Lori Philips ($300)
and Friends of Joji by Nicole Daniels ($300).
The USP Press will publish the winning titles.
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to the panel of judges and everyone who made submissions.
Professor Vilsoni Hereniko, Chair, Editorial Board of the USP Press
About David Howard
Born in Christchurch (1959), David Howard co-founded Takahe magazine (1989) and the Canterbury Poets Collective (1990). He spent his professional life as a pyrotechnics supervisor whose clients included the All Blacks, Janet Jackson and Metallica. In 2003 he retired to Purakanui in order to write. David was the inaugural recipient of the New Zealand Society of Authors Mid-Career Writer's Award (2009) for a body of poetry that has been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Slovene and Spanish.
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David HowardBorn in Christchurch (1959), David co-founded Takahe magazine (1989) and the Canterbury Poets Collective (1990). He spent his professional life as a pyrotechnics supervisor whose clients included the All Blacks, Janet Jackson and Metallica. In 2003 he retired to Purakanui in order to write. David was the inaugural recipient of the New Zealand Society of Authors Mid-Career Writer's Award (2009) for a body of poetry that has been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Slovene and Spanish. In September 2011 David was joint winner of the poetry section in University of South Pacific Press Literature Prize.
