NZ Book Month
From 2006 to 2008, NZ Book Month ran a national competition calling for any New Zealand writer – published or unpublished – to submit their best piece of new writing (fiction, non-fiction, essay or poetry) for inclusion in "The Six Pack"; a collectable book that saw the six best pieces of work put together in an annual anthology. Each winner also received $5,000. Five of the winning entries were chosen by a panel of judges and the sixth winner was chosen by New Zealand readers in an online poll. The Six Pack retailed for 6 and thousands of copies were distributed free to libraries and schools all over the country. The 2006 winners were:



The 2007 winners were:
The Six Pack
NZ Book Month was a non-profit initiative started in 2006, with the goal of increasing readership of New Zealand books.