MARGARET MAHY BOOK OF THE YEAR

Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2017)

ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2017)

PICTURE BOOK AWARD

I am Jellyfish by Ruth Paul, illustrated by Ruth Paul (Penguin Random House (Puffin), 2018)

RUSSELL CLARK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION

Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts illustrated and written by Craig Phillips (Allen & Unwin (A & U Children), 2017)

WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION ESTHER GLEN AWARD FOR JUNIOR FICTION

How to Bee by Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin (A & U Children), 2017)

WRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION TE KURA POUNAMU AWARD FOR TE REO MĀORI

Tu Meke Tūī! by Malcolm Clarke, translated by Evelyn Tobin, illustrated by Hayley King (Mary Egan Publishing (Little Love), 2017)

COPYRIGHT LICENSING NZ AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION

In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black (Hardie Grant Egmont, 2017)

BEST FIRST BOOK

My New Zealand Story: Dawn Raid by Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith (Scholastic New Zealand, 2018)