Online submissions for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, have now closed.

Any queries about entries for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards should be directed to the Awards Administrator: awards@nzbookawards.org.nz

The 2025 longlist will be announced on 30 January 2025 and the shortlist on 5 March. The 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony will be held in Auckland on 14 May 2025, in collaboration with the Auckland Writers Festival.

If you would like to find out more about how to enter books in future awards, or to see if a book publishing in 2025 will be eligible for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, you can view the 2025 Call for Entries pack here.