Tessa Duder Award facts for kids

The Storylines Tessa Duder Award is a New Zealand award made to the author of a work of fiction for young adults aged 13 and above.

Eligibility and conditions

• The award is open to all New Zealand writers, published and unpublished
• The award is made biennially; however, if no entry is judged to be of publishable standard, no award is made that year
• Manuscripts are submitted by the end of October; the award is announced the following March, and the winning manuscript is published the following year.

List of winners by year

2011: Hugh Brown; manuscript published as Reach

Finalist in New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2013

2012: Rachel Stedman; manuscript published as A Necklace of Souls

Winner of Best First Book in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2014

2013: No award

2015: No award

2016: Gareth Ward; manuscript entitled The Sin Chronicles: New Blood, published as The Traitor and the Thief

Finalist in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2018

2018: Tina Shaw; manuscript entitled Ursa

2020: Cristina Sanders; manuscript entitled Displaced