JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION

The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2022)

MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY

Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised by Alice Te Punga Somerville (Auckland University Press, 2022)

BOOKSELLERS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger (Auckland University Press, 2022)

GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD

The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher (Bridget Williams Books, 2022)

MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION

Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2022)

MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY

We’re All Made of Lightning by Khadro Mohamed (We Are Babies Press, Tender Press, 2022)

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

Kai: Food Stories & Recipes from my Family Table by Christall Lowe (Bateman Books, 2022)

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

Grand: Becoming my Mother’s Daughter by Noelle McCarthy (Penguin, Penguin Random House, 2022)