Online submissions for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for New Zealand books published between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, have now closed.

Any queries about entries for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults should be directed to the Awards Administrator: childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz

The finalists for the 2025 Awards will be announced on Thursday 5 June 2025, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in Wellington on 13 August 2025.

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 2025 will be eligible for the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, you can view the 2025 Call for Entries pack here.