Sue Wootton is a poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist. She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Publications
Sue's fiction and poetry is widely published and anthologised in New Zealand and internationally. Some of her work has been translated into Hungarian, Romanian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Her children's book, Cloudcatcher, was published in 2010.
She has published five collections of poetry, most recently The Yield.
Her fiction for adults includes the short story collection The Happiest Music on Earth, and her debut novel, Strip.
March 2020: Strip has now been published in Bulgaria under the title of Fleur.
Awards
Sue has received a number of accolades for her work.
- Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems 2025
- Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship 2020
- Shortlisted — University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2019
- NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2018
- The Yield shortlisted — 2018 Ockham NZ Book Award for Poetry
- Strip longlisted — 2017 Ockham NZ Book Award for Fiction
- Winner — 2015 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize
- Runner-up — 2015 Gwen Harwood Prize (Australia)
- Winner — 2015 Takahē Poetry Competition
- Winner — 2013 Cancer Council Victoria Arts Awards (Poetry)
- NZSA Mid-Career Writers Grant 2012
- Winner — 2011 NZ Poetry Society International Poetry Competition
- Robert Burns Fellowship 2008
- Winner — 2007 Inverawe Poetry Competition (Tasmania)
Sue Wootton is a poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist.
She lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Publications
Sue’s fiction and poetry is widely published and anthologised in New Zealand and internationally. Some of her work has been translated into Hungarian, Romanian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Her children’s book, Cloudcatcher, was published in 2010.
She has published five collections of poetry, most recently The Yield.
Her fiction for adults includes the short story collection The Happiest Music on Earth, and her debut novel, Strip.
March 2020: Strip has now been published in Bulgaria under the title of Fleur.
Awards
Sue has received a number of accolades for her work.
- Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems 2025
- Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship 2020
- Shortlisted for the University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 2019
- NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2018
- The Yield shortlisted for 2018 Ockham NZ Book Award for Poetry
- Strip longlisted for 2017 Ockham NZ Book Award for Fiction
- Winner 2015 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize
- Robert Burns Fellowship 2008