Past Winners

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION
Lioness by Emily Perkins (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023)
MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY
Chinese Fish by Grace Yee (Giramondo Publishing, 2023)
BOOKSELLERS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Don Binney: Flight Path by Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press, 2023)
GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD
An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays by Damon Salesa (Bridget Williams Books, 2023)
MŪRAU O TE TUHI MĀORI LANGUAGE AWARD
Te Rautakitahi o Tūhoe ki Ōrākau by Tā Pou Temara (Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, Auckland University Press, 2023)
MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – HUBERT CHURCH PRIZE FOR FICTION
Ruin and Other Stories by Emma Hislop (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2023)
MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY
At the Point of Seeing by Megan Kitching (Otago University Press, 2023)
MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JUDITH BINNEY PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Rugby League in New Zealand: A People’s History by Ryan Bodman (Bridget Williams Books, 2023)
MĀTĀTUHI FOUNDATION BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – E H MCCORMICK PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION
There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir by Emma Wehipeihana (Penguin, Penguin Random House, 2023)