Entries are open for the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Awards

Posted: Tuesday Jun 18, 2024

Entries close at 5pm on 31 August 2024

About the Awards

Since 1999 Storylines has produced an annual list of outstanding books for children and young people published by New Zealand authors and illustrators during the previous calendar year.

This annual lists of Storylines Notable Books ensures that children, whānau, teachers, librarians and the public are aware of the large range of high quality New Zealand books being published.

Books are categorised as: Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult, Non-fiction and Te Reo Māori. There are up to ten awards in each category. 

Storylines Notable Books are selected by expert panels in each category. These panels include children’s and YA librarians, authors, illustrators, teachers, academics and whānau; several members have served as judges for the previous New Zealand Book Trust, New Zealand Post and LIANZA Book Awards.

The Storylines Notable Book Awards are presented at Storylines’ annual event in November at which the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for services to children’s literature is also presented. (Until 2020, they were presented at the annual Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day each April.)

Find out more and apply: Storylines Notable Book Awards - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust