The Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize

The New Animals by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2017)

Poetry Award

Night Horse by Elizabeth Smither (Auckland University Press, 2017)

Illustrated Non-Fiction Award

Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds by Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins (Bridget Williams Books, 2017)

Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction

Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father by Diana Wichtel (Awa Press, 2017)

The Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction

Baby by Annaleese Jochems (Victoria University Press, 2017)

The Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Fully Clothed and So Forgetful by Hannah Mettner (Victoria University Press, 2017)

Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction

Caves: Exploring New Zealand’s Subterranean Wilderness by Marcus Thomas and Neil Silverwood (Whio Publishing, 2017)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction

Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father by Diana Wichtel (Awa Press, 2017)