and 2018, this award was known as the Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry. From 1997 to 2014, this award was known as the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Prize. In 1996, this award was known as the Best First Book Award, Poetry. Prior to 1996, this award had been presented since 1940 by PEN NZ, and was named for Jessie Mackay, New Zealand's first local-born poet. 2022 – Nicole Titihuia Hawkins, Whai. We Are Babies Press 2021 – Jackson Nieuwland, I Am a Human Being. Compound Press 2020 – Jane Arthur, Craven. Victoria University Press 2019 – Tayi Tibble, Poūkahangatus. Victoria University Press 2018 – Hannah Mettner, Fully Clothed and So Forgetful. Victoria University Press 2017 – Hera Lindsay Bird, Hera Lindsay Bird. Victoria University Press 2016 – Chris Tse, How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes. Auckland University Press 2015 – no award due to change of sponsors 2014 – Marty Smith, Horse with Hat. Victoria University Press 2013 – Helen Heath, Graft. Victoria University Press 2012 – John Adams, Briefcase. Auckland University Press 2011 – Lynn Jenner, Dear Sweet Harry. Auckland University Press 2010 – Selina Tusitala Marsh, Fast Talking PI. Auckland University Press 2009 – Sam Sampson, Everything Talks. Auckland University Press 2008 – Jessica Le Bas, Incognito. Auckland University Press 2007 – Airini Beautrais, Secret Heart. Victoria University Press 2006 – Karlo Mila, Dream Fish Floating. Huia Publishers 2005 – Sonja Yelich, Clung. Auckland University Press 2004 – Cliff Fell, The Adulterer's Bible. Victoria University Press 2003 – Kay McKenzie Cooke, Feeding the Dogs, Kay McKenzie Cooke. University of Otago Press 2002 – Chris Price, Husk. Auckland University Press 2001 – Stephanie de Montalk, Animals Indoors. Victoria University Press 2000 – Glenn Colquhoun, The Art of Walking Upright. Steele Roberts 1999 – Kate Camp, Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars. Victoria University Press 1998 – Kapka Kassabova, All Roads Lead to the Sea. Auckland University Press 1997 – Diane Brown, Before the Divorce We Go To Disneyland. Tandem Press 1996 – James Brown, Go Round Power Please. Victoria University Press General non-fiction General non-fiction award Since 2020, the top prize for general non-fiction has been the General Non-Fiction Award. Between 2016 and 2019, this award was known as the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award. Between 2010 and 2015, this award was known as the General Non-Fiction Prize. Between 1998