The quest for outstanding books for children and young adults begins!

Submissions are now open for the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Publishers are invited to send in their books for consideration.

The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (merged from late 2015 with the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards) promote excellence in literature for children and young adults and provide recognition for the best books in six categories – plus Children’s Choice awards – published annually in New                              Zealand. The six categories are:

• Young Adult Fiction
• Junior Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Picture Book
• Illustration
• Te Reo

The awards are governed by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and administered by the New Zealand Book Council.

Key Dates

First submission deadline                   Friday 11 December 2015
(books published 1 April 2015 – 30 Nov 2015)

Second submission deadline               Friday 26 February 2016

                                                            (books published 1 Dec 2015 – 31 Mar 2016)
           

Finalists announced                            Tuesday 7 June 2016

Awards ceremony in Wellington       August 2016 (exact date TBC)

Details of the submission process, eligibility criteria and conditions of entry can be found here – .

For further information please contact the awards administrator on 04 801 5546 or email childrensawards@nzbookawards.org.nz.