Creative writing tutor rewarded

School of English and Media Studies creative writing tutor Dr Pip Adam has been presented with a $25,000 award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation for her fiction writing.

Dr Adam was presented with a New Generation Award, which recognises an artist’s independence, individuality and outstanding promise. The foundation was established 11 years ago to support the generation of more creative work by New Zealand artists.

Dr Adam's first collection of short stories, Everything We Hoped For, won last year's New Zealand Society of Authors Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction.

She has also had work appear in numerous literary journals and publications produced in conjunction with two exhibitions at Wellington's City Gallery, as well as reviews in Metro magazine.

She graduated from Victoria University with a PhD in creative writing earlier this year. She teaches creative writing, life writing and creative non-fiction at the Wellington campus.