How to enter

    Online submissions for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, have now closed.

    Any queries about entries for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards should be directed to the Awards Administrator: awards@nzbookawards.org.nz

    The 2024 longlist will be announced on 1 February 2024 and the shortlist on 6 March. The 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony will be held in Auckland on 15 May 2024, in collaboration with the Auckland Writers Festival.

    If you would like to find out more about how to enter books in future awards, or to see if a book publishing in 2024 will be eligible for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, you can view the 2024 Call for Entries pack here.