Margaret Mahy Book of the Year

Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press, 2019)

Picture Book Award

Abigail and the Birth of the Sun by Matthew Cunningham, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2019)

Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction

Lizard's Tale by Weng Wai Chan (Text Publishing, 2019)

Young Adult Fiction Award

Aspiring by Damien Wilkins (Massey University Press (Annual Ink), 2020)

Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction

Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press, 2019)

Russell Clarke Award for Illustration

The Adventures of Tupaia illustrated by Mat Tait (Allen & Unwin with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, 2019)

Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori

Tio Tiamu by Kurahau (Huia Publishers, 2019)

Best First Book

#Tumeke! by Michael Petherick (Massey University Press (Annual Ink), 2019)