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was a competition for short stories in New
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In 2001, competition entrants were able to submit their entries online for the first time. At that time there were four categories: the
Katherine Mansfield Award ($ 5,000), the Novice Writers Award ($ 1,500), the Young Writers Award ($ 1,000), and the Essay Award ($ 1,000). In 2004 the prize money
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caused some controversy by commenting that it was "shocking" that "123 years after the Treaty of
Waitangi there is not one Maori in the room". He called it a "sad comment" on the literary circles represented by the audience. His comments were sparked by an earlier speech by the competition's judge
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was the first woman to win the short story award. In 1971 word count restrictions were introduced, and in 1981 a second-place award was introduced as well as an award for novice writers of any age (with the Young
Writers Award now being for secondary school students). In 1993 a non-fiction essay
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In 1963, the essay section was removed and in 1967 a new category was added, of the Young
Writers Award for writers under the age of 25. Changes were also made to provide that work would only be eligible for the award if it had not previously been published. At the awards ceremony in 1963, New
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in a single tweet. The awards were disestablished in 2015. Since 2016 the
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society has presented the annual Mansfield Short Story Award for year 12 and 13 high school students in Wellington.
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for the top award was doubled to $ 10,000, and the Young
Writers Award recipients received $ 1,500 as well as $ 1,500 for their school. From 2005 onwards the awards took place annually rather than once every two years.
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had been a member of the board of directors of the bank from 1898 to 1935. The prizes for the first award were 50
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