[1] The prize includes a monetary award, a medal depicting Pegasus, and translation into English and subsequent publication of the work by Louisiana State University Press.
[2] As at 2024 the Louisiana State University Press lists the Pegasus Prize as an inactive series.
[4] Representatives to the country selection committee have included Mona Simpson, Alan Cheuse, and William Jay Smith.
[citation needed] In 1984 Mobil focussed on New Zealand alongside its sponsorship of the Te Maori exhibition in New York.
[5] The selection panel came from outside the "literary establishment" and included both Māori and non-Māori (pākehā): Sidney Mead, Peter Sharples, Anne Salmond, Terry Sturm, Elizabeth Murchie and Wiremu Parker.