This horizon isn't so distant ;) Join us for the inaugural Te Pae Tawhiti Awards at our showcase gala! An evening of connection, celebration and communication! Moderator Lee Murray (ONZM) & expert panellists Pip Adam, Jade Kake, David Hair and Gareth Ward discuss how Aotearoa's speculative (1/2)

Build your reading list! Check out the diverse and inspiring titles that made our judges must-read list in the Collection/Anthology category and bump them up on your TBR. Winners will be announced at the Hamilton Book Month Award Gala, 22nd August. Ticket link in bio.

Build your reading list! Check out which books our judges raved about in the Adult Fiction category and bump them up on your to-be-read list. Winners announced at the Hamilton Book Month Award Gala, 22nd August. Ticket link: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2026/te-pae-...

Congrats to all the finalists! My TBR has grown🤘

I received my finalist certificate and bookmark for the Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards today, chur @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social

Ooh, @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social mail, courtesy of my dear friend and co-finalist, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social Thank you!! The motherboard ‘bookmark’ finalist trophy is very cool, indeed. Have a great day, everyone xxx

I’m really honoured to be a finalist for Outstanding Achievement for a Short Story for the Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards here in New Zealand. Certificate has arrived, plus I get a cool bookmark! @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social

I love my beautiful certificate and trophy bookmark for Hound of Annwn being a Finalist in Outstanding Achievement for a Short Story in this year's Te Pae Tawhiti awards, NZ's new judged awards for speculative fiction! @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social @plotthoundmag.bsky.social

Look at this shiny bookmark-trophy I got as a @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social finalist!

FINALISTS ARE ANNOUNCED!!!

Delighted to be shortlisted in the novella category for the Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards! Congrats to everyone shortlisted.

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

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