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The 2008 fifth edition of The Best New Zealand Fiction has this year been edited by the veteran short story writer Owen Marshall. Dame Fiona Kidman began the series in 2004, editing the first three volumes followed by Fiona Farrell in 2007. The latest edition includes a short story by Julian Novitz who won $10,000 for this year’s BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award for his story Three Couples. Previous winners of this award, Charlotte Grimshaw and Carl Nixon also have stories included in this fifth volume of stories, along with Craig Cliff a previous winner in the novice category. The most recently reveived New Zealand fiction can be found on My Library