How to enter

    Online submissions for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for books published in New Zealand between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, have now closed.

    Any queries about entries for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards should be directed to the Awards Administrator: awards@nzbookawards.org.nz

    The 2023 longlist will be announced on 2 February and the shortlist on 8 March. The 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony will be held in Auckland on 17 May 2023, in collaboration with the Auckland Writers Festival.

    If you would like to find out more about how to enter books to future awards, you can view the 2023 Call for Entries pack here.

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