| Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Short stories |
| Sponsored by | Bank of New Zealand |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Reward(s) | $10,000 for premier award |
| First awarded | 1959 |
| Last awarded | 2014 |
| Website | www |
The Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award was a competition for short stories in New Zealand that ran every two years from 1959 to 2003, and every year from 2004 to 2014. The competition had multiple categories, including an essay section until 1963, a supreme award for short stories, and awards for novice and young writers. It was sponsored by the Bank of New Zealand and in 2010 was renamed the BNZ Literary Awards. Since the competition's disestablishment in 2015 the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society has presented the annual Mansfield Short Story Award to high-school students in Wellington.