JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION

Bug Week & Other Stories by Airini Beautrais (Victoria University Press, 2020)

MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY

The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia (Victoria University Press, 2020)

BOOKSELLERS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso (Godwit, Penguin Random House, 2020)

GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD

The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere A Biographical Portrait by Vincent O'Sullivan (Penguin, Penguin Random House, 2020)

MŪRAU O TE TUHI – MĀORI LANGUAGE AWARD

Mātāmua ko te Kupu! by Tā Tīmoti Kāretu (Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, Auckland University Press, 2020)

MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY

I Am a Human Being by Jackson Nieuwland (Compound Press, 2020)

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

Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso (Godwit, Penguin Random House, 2020)

MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – E H MCCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION

Specimen: Personal Essays by Madison Hamill (Victoria University Press, 2020)

MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION

Victory Park by Rachel Kerr (Mākaro Press, 2020)