The 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults judges have been announced!

Two highly experienced panels that include bestselling and award-winning authors, illustrators, editors, book reviewers,...

Posted: Wednesday Dec 11, 2024

2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement

Heartfelt congratulations to our very own Neville Peat, who has been recognised with the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for...

Posted: Thursday Dec 05, 2024

2025 Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award - Call for Nominations

Nominations close 13 Dec 2024

Posted: Tuesday Dec 03, 2024

Submissions Now Open for 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Books released between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 can be entered. There are two submission deadlines!

Posted: Thursday Nov 21, 2024

2025 NZ Booklovers Awards

NZ Booklovers are still accepting entries - Entries close 10 December 2024

Posted: Wednesday Nov 20, 2024

Congratulations to all the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Award winners

Check out all the winners here.

Posted: Thursday Nov 14, 2024

Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award

Nominations close 30 November 2024

Posted: Wednesday Nov 13, 2024

NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 - now open for entries

Entries close 10 December 2024

Posted: Wednesday Nov 13, 2024

NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 – open for applications

Award for fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ - Applications close 15 March 2024

Posted: Tuesday Nov 12, 2024

Congratulations to Alison Wong

2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate, recipient of the Burr/Tatham Trust Award recognising her contributions to lit...

Posted: Tuesday Nov 05, 2024

Adam NZ Play Award Submissions are open

Submissions close on 1 December

Posted: Thursday Oct 31, 2024

Otago poets praised at prestigious International awards

Two University of Otago alumni have won awards in the prestigious Laurel Prize for poetry.

Posted: Wednesday Oct 30, 2024

Storylines Joy Cowley Award

Entries Close 31 October 2024

Posted: Thursday Oct 24, 2024

Call for judges of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Applications to judge are now open to all those with suitable qualifications and experience, and will close on 31 Octobe...

Posted: Friday Oct 18, 2024

Entries are open for the Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award

This opportunity to share your original manuscript in te reo Māori closes 31 October

Posted: Friday Oct 11, 2024

Two wonderful Ōtepoti poets longlisted for the The Laurel Prize 2024!

A massive congratulations to Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens for being longlisted.

Posted: Friday Sep 27, 2024

Winners of the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards announced

Congratulations to all the clever designers of these beautiful books

Posted: Friday Sep 20, 2024

2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Entries are now open for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2024...

Posted: Monday Sep 09, 2024

Winner of the 2024 Janet Frame Prize

Multitalented Whanganui author Airini Beautrais has won the 2024 Janet Frame Prize worth $10,000.

Posted: Thursday Aug 29, 2024

2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards longlist revealed

Congratulations to the 15 fantastic Kiwi storytellers who are this year's finalists, across three categories.

Posted: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024

Winners of the 2024 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced

Congratulations to all the winners!

Posted: Thursday Aug 15, 2024

New Zealand's most beautifully designed books revealed

The most beautifully designed books in Aotearoa have been revealed with the announcement today of the 2024 PANZ Book Des...

Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024

The Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award

Entries close 31 October 2024

Posted: Monday Jul 08, 2024

Call for nominations: Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award!

Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to children’s literature and literacy? Now is your chance t...

Posted: Thursday Jul 04, 2024

New award for mid-career children's writer in Aotearoa New Zealand

The Arts Foundation has introduced the Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award

Posted: Wednesday Jul 03, 2024

Entries are open for the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award

Applications close 31 October 2024

Posted: Monday Jul 01, 2024

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

Make a nomination by 1:00 pm Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Posted: Monday Jun 24, 2024

Entries are open for the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Awards

Entries close at 5pm on 31 August 2024

Posted: Tuesday Jun 18, 2024

NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award

Applications close 14 July

Posted: Tuesday Jun 11, 2024

Arts Pasifika Awards

Annual awards that celebrate and recognise excellence in Pacific arts across a range of arts practices and career stages...

Posted: Friday Jun 07, 2024

2024 $25,000 Writers' Award now open

Applications are now open for the 2024 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award. Applications close at 4pm on Monday 1 July

Posted: Friday Jun 07, 2024

Big Names Feature on National Children's Book Award Shortlist

Check out all the finalists for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Posted: Thursday Jun 06, 2024

2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Winners announced

Posted: Wednesday May 15, 2024

Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2024

Entries close 31 May 2024

Posted: Friday May 10, 2024

Entries for the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open!

Entries close Friday 31 May 2024

Posted: Thursday May 02, 2024

Congratulations Kimberley Fridd!!

Winner of the Drama NZ Life Membership Award for 2024

Posted: Monday Apr 29, 2024

Poetry Shelf Ockham NZ Book Award feature

Megan Kitching – a reading, a review, a poem

Posted: Wednesday Apr 24, 2024

Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day

Congratulations to Elizabeth Jones - winner of the 2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for a lifetime achievement and co...

Posted: Friday Apr 12, 2024

Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book

Nominate now! Nominations close 29 Feb 2024

Posted: Monday Feb 26, 2024

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD

Submissions close 1 December 2024

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

City’s theatre scene celebrated

Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards

Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024

National Library’s Elizabeth Jones wins Storylines’ top Award

National Library’s Director, Elizabeth Jones, has been named the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner 2024. The award i...

Posted: Friday Feb 09, 2024

Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills

Longlisted for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024

Awards finalists announced

The Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective has announced the finalists for this month’s 12th Dunedin Theatre Awards.

Posted: Thursday Feb 08, 2024

The Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 longlist is announced!

Congratulations to all the nominees

Posted: Thursday Feb 01, 2024

The 2024 #DublinLitAward longlist has been revealed!

With 70 books nominated by 80 libraries from 35 countries, this year's longlist is a treasure trove of stories and world...

Posted: Thursday Jan 18, 2024

Psychological thriller wins inaugural Phoenix Prize

A pacy psychological thriller set in contemporary Sydney has won the inaugural Phoenix Prize for its author Rachel Paris...

Posted: Friday Dec 15, 2023

Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2023

Submissions close 15 December

Posted: Wednesday Nov 29, 2023