ACORN FOUNDATION FICTION PRIZE

This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman (Vintage, Penguin Random House, 2018)

MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY

Are Friends Electric? by Helen Heath (Victoria University Press, 2018)

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION AWARD

Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing by Sean Mallon and Sébastien Galliot (Te Papa Press, 2018)

ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION

Hudson and Halls: The Food of Love by Joanne Drayton (Otago University Press, 2018)

TE MŪRAU O TE TUHI – MĀORI LANGUAGE AWARD

He Kupu Tuku Iho: Ko te Reo Māori te Tatau ki te Ao by Tīmoti Kāretu and Wharehuia Milroy (Auckland University Press, 2018)

MitoQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION

The Sound of Breaking Glass by Kirsten Warner (Mākaro Press, 2018)

MitoQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY

Poūkahangatus by Tayi Tibble (Victoria University Press, 2018)

MitoQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JUDITH BINNEY PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

Whatever It Takes: Pacific Films and John O’Shea 1948-2000 by John Reid (Victoria University Press, 2018)

MitoQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – E H McCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION

We Can Make a Life by Chessie Henry (Victoria University Press, 2018)