Congratulations to all authors who entered the awards. The message from our judges:

Please keep writing. There is certainly a lot of talent out there. 

English Language Awarded Entries

First Place
The Last Place I’ll Look by James MacTaggart from Christchurch (Ngāi Tahu)

Second Place
A Toast to the First Girl I Never Kissed by Mary Mosteller from Onehunga

Third Place 
Pakohe by Angela Cuddihy from Waiheke Island

Shortlisted
The Last Visit - Ko te haerenga whakamutunga by Paul Maunder from Blackball
Pou Tuna by Robert Gilbert​ from Tauranga
The Spaces In Between by Tim Saunders from Palmerston North
​Yellow in the Dark by Anissa Ljanta from Auckland
The End by Tracy Solea from Auckland
The Barber by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Samoa, Pākehā) from Takapau
The Island by Emma Harris from Auckland

Te Reo Māori Awarded Entries

First Place
He iti te kōpara kai tākirikiri ana ki runga i te kahikatea by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin (Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri, Pāhauwera, Ruapani, Tūhoe, Tāmanuhiri, Rangitāne) from Palmerston North

Equal Second Place
Rapirapi te pāpaka by Waiariki Parata-Taiapa (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Hine) from Dunedin

Haere Poka Noa by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin


Equal Third Place
Ka Mātātupu by Hēmi Tūtiri (Te Arawa) from Whanganui

Waiho Kia Whana Atu Ana by Ngawiki-Aroha Rewita (Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te
Whakatōea) from Pōkeno

Shortlisted
Ko Te Rongopai e ai ki a Māmā by Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga) from Auckland
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Mate Māoritanga by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin