Past Winners

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

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)
THE 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)
THE 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)