Past Winners

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION
Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka (Huia Publishers, 2021)
MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY
Tumble by Joanna Preston (Otago University Press, 2021)
BOOKSELLERS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 by Claire Regnault (Te Papa Press, 2021)
GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD
Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley (Bridget Williams Books, 2021)
CRYSTAL ARTS TRUST BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2021)
CRYSTAL ARTS TRUST BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY
Whai by Nicole Titihuia Hawkins (We Are Babies Press, 2021)
CRYSTAL ARTS TRUST BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JUDITH BINNEY PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
The Architect and the Artists: Hackshaw, McCahon, Dibble by Bridget Hackshaw (Massey University Press, 2021)
CRYSTAL ARTS TRUST BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – E H MCCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION
The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change by Dave Lowe (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2021)