Storylines invites submissions to the Storylines Notable Book Awards
By Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand | Posted:
Entries close at 5pm on 31 August 2023 for the 2023 awards.
You are encouraged to submit titles as they are published. The 2023 Awards cover books published from 16 November 2022 to 15 November 2023.
Advance or reading copies are acceptable if received before 31 August 2023 and include a firm assurance that the book will be published before 15 November 2023.
The entry fee is $30 per title (incl. GST).
For print books, THREE copies of the submitted title are required.
For e-books, please provide details on the entry form to enable access.
Please read the eligibility criteria (below) and then complete an entry form for each submission. If in doubt regarding the eligibility of a book, please seek clarification by emailing the Awards administrator at awardentries@storylines.org.nz
Eligibility Criteria
- Entries are open to books written in English or te reo Māori on first publication in New Zealand in print or as an e-book.
- Principal authors (and principal illustrators of books with significant illustrative content: picture books and photographic non-fiction) must be normally resident in New Zealand and be New Zealand citizens by birth, naturalisation or immigration, or hold Permanent Residency status for TWO years at the closing date for submissions. New Zealand Citizens or Permanent Residents as defined here, but who are living overseas temporarily, are eligible if their absence has been for no more than TWO consecutive years at the closing date for submissions.
- Entries of junior and young adult fiction must contain 48 pages or more, non-fiction must contain 36 pages or more, and picture books must contain at least 24 pages.
- Printed books originally written in English or te reo Māori (from mainstream/independent publishers or self-published) must have a print run of no fewer than 500 copies and be available to the public for sale through normal retail outlets and/or online. E-books should be widely available online at the time of submission. A print-on-demand book is eligible to enter the Storylines Notable Book Awards.
- For the Storylines Te Reo Māori Notable Book Awards only, both trade books and books published primarily as school readers (with evident literary quality) are eligible. School readers submitted for the Storylines Te Reo Māori Notable Book Awards should be readily available to schools, kura kaupapa, kōhanga reo or early childhood centres.
- Books by individual or multiple authors, including anthologies, are eligible if they meet the judging criteria. Anthologies must contain sufficient new work to meet the criteria for a new book in its own right.
- Books published with the assistance of grants or subsidies are eligible.
- Books will be accepted as e-book-only publication [i.e. no print edition exists]. Where both e-book and print book are available the print book should be submitted.
- An e-book submitted must have originated as an e-book. An e-book created out of an earlier print book is not eligible.
- An e-book will not be in a separate category but will be judged alongside print editions of the same category.
- A book entered for the Awards must be a single, stand-alone entry.
Books that are not eligible
- An e-book created out of an earlier print book series or boxed sets are not considered as single, stand-alone book entries, and are therefore not eligible, unless submitted as individual titles
- Books in English published primarily for an educational market, e.g. textbooks, resource kits, literacy texts, reading schemes etc. (except for the te reo Māori category where educational material is eligible)
- Reprints and re-issues of previously published works
- Books by deceased authors or illustrators, unless the death occurred after the book has been submitted.
Please note
Once the judging process has been completed Storylines will use your submitted copies to distribute to deserving schools, kura kaupapa, early childhood centres, kōhanga reo and libraries, and to thank Storylines’ volunteers for their support.
The Storylines Notable Books judging panels reserve the right to invite submissions. No correspondence regarding the Awards will be entered into.
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