The sage of Westport wins richest story prize

The sage of Westport wins richest story prize

Becky Manawatu has won the $15,000 Sargeson Prize. The sage of Westport was announced as the winner of New Zealand’s richest short story prize at a ceremony in Hamilton on Saturday night. The beauty of the prize is its blind judging. Elizabeth Knox, this year’s judge, had no idea the winning entry she judged in first place was by the author of Auē, the most celebrated New Zealand novel of the past 10 years. Her story ‘The Vase’ will be published…