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...

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

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 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