How to Live by Helen Rickerby (Auckland University Press, 2019)
Illustrated Non-Fiction Award
Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance edited by Stephanie Gibson and Matariki Williams and Puawai Cairns (Te Papa Press, 2019)
General Non-Fiction Award
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter (Victoria University Press, 2019)
MitoQ Best First Book Award – Hubert Church Prize for Fiction
Auē by Becky Manawatu (Mākaro Press, 2019)
MitoQ Best First Book Award – Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry
Craven by Jane Arthur (Victoria University Press, 2019)
MitoQ Best First Book Award – Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction
We Are Here: An Atlas of Aotearoa by Chris McDowall and Tim Denee (Massey University Press, 2019)
MitoQ Best First Book Award – E.H. McCormick Prize for General Non-Fiction
Dead People I Have Known by Shayne Carter (Victoria University Press, 2019)