Nelson City Council

NZ Post Young Adult Fiction Awards

Note: Prior to 1997 the awards were known as the AIM Children's Book Awards

2009 Winner - The 10 PM Question - a novel by by Kate De Goldi

Finalists

• Chronicles of Stone, Series 1: Scorched Bone by Vincent Ford
• Gool by Maurice Gee
• Juno of Taris Fleur Beale
• The Tommorow code by Brian Falkner

2008 winner

• Salt by Maurice Gee

Finalists

• The Sea-wreck Stranger by Anna Mackenzie (Honour Award)
• Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful by Brigid Lowry
• The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves by Fleur Beale
• Zillah by Penelope Todd

2007 winner

• Genesis by Bernard Beckett

Finalists

• A Respectable Girl by Fleur Beale
• Shooting the Moon by V. M. Jones
• Single Fin by Aaron Topp
• Thieves by Ella West

2006 winner

• With Lots of Love from Georgia - Brigid Lowry

Finalists

• Kaitangata Twitch by Margaret Mahy (honour award)
• Deep Fried by Bernard Beckett & Clare Knighton
• Running Hot by David Hill
• The Unknown Zone by Phil Smith

2005 Winner

• Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett

2004 Winner

• Thunder Road by Ted Dawe

2003 Winner

• Alchemy Margaret Mahy

2002 Winner

• Owl a novel by Joanna Orwin

2001 Winner

• Voyage with Jason by Ken Catran;

• Twenty-four hours by Margaret Mahy (Honour book)

2000 Winner

• The Tiggie Tompson Show by Tessa Duder

• Closed, stranger by Kate De Goldi (Honour book)

1999 Winner

• Taur by Jack Lasenby

• I am not Esther by Fleur Beale (Honour book)

1998 Winner

• Dare truth or promise by Paula Boock

• Because we were the travellers by Jack Lasenby (Honour book)

1997 Winner

• Sanctuary by Kate De Goldi