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Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards

Get to know our Judges! Meet Tim Jones, noted Wellington poet and cli-fi author and discover what made him fall in love with the speculative genre. tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...

• Outstanding Achievement for Adult Fiction • Outstanding Achievement for Middle Grade Fiction • Outstanding Achievement for Young Adult Fiction • Outstanding Achievement for a Novella (7,500-40,000 words) • Outstanding Achievement for a Short Story (up to 7,500 words) 2/3

• Outstanding Achievement for a Collection or Anthology (fiction, poetry, essays) • Outstanding Achievement for a Graphic Novel (award to writer and illustrator) • Outstanding Service to Speculative Fiction (free to nominate). Find out more and enter at tepaetawhitiawards.nz 3/3

We're officially in the final countdown! 4 days left! tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/ Authors of Aotearoa & the Pacific Islands, if your work is Fantasy, Scifi or Horror & was published in 2025, you need to hurry to enter Te Pae Tawhiti, New Zealand's premier judged speculative fiction awards

Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries! We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories: 1/3

Help shape the future of Aotearoa Speculative Fiction and be a judge for our inaugural year! All you need is a love of speculative works! We especially encourage diverse voices to apply! Put your name down by filling in an application here: tepaetawhitiawards.nz/te-pae-tawhi... #nzbooks

Te Pae Tawhiti is proud to present the finalists of the 2025 awards! See the full list at: tepaetawhitiawards.nz/2025-te-pae-... Thank you to the committee and our judges for making these awards possible! #NZBooks