Awards are offered in five categories:
Writing Award : for unpublished, completed manuscripts
Young Writer Award : for writers aged between 18 and 25
Writing Mentorship Award : for uncompleted manuscripts
Screenplay Award : for scriptwriters with a completed screenplay
Book Award : for authors with a published book, mainstream or independently published
All Awards accept fiction and non-fiction in all genres
Shelf Unbound Competition For Best Indie/Self-Published Book
Any independently published book in any genre is eligible for entry. "Independently Published" books include self-published books and e-books (such as...
New Zealand Book Awards
The New Zealand Book Awards celebrate excellence, identifying the very best books for adult readers written by New Zealanders. From 2016, in a partne...
Betty Trask Prize & Awards
The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. T...