How to enter

Online submissions for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for New Zealand books published between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, have now closed.

Any queries about the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults should be directed to the Awards Administrator: childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz.

The finalists for the 2024 Awards will be announced on Thursday 6 June 2024, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in Wellington on Wednesday 14 August 2024.

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