Sir Julius Vogel Award nominations for the 2022 calendar year are now open

Nominations for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31st March 2023. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2022 calendar year. Anyone can make a nomination and it is free!

To make a nomination please see the form below. See the website for the categories and get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies.

You can click through to the Rules and Criteria for the Awards.

And here is a link for Guidelines for nominations.

The awards ceremony will be held later in the year, full details to be announced.

Sir Julius Vogel Award nomination form

2022 Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists announced

SFFANZ is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. Congratulations to all our finalists.

Ordinarily, voting for the awards would occur at our national convention, but as there is no national convention this year, voting will be conducted via email and post. Voting will open on May 1 and close on May 31. Details of the presentation ceremony will be released in due course. Please note that you must be a member of SFFANZ to vote for the Sir Julius Vogel awards this year.

All Finalists have been asked to provide links either to their works or, if this is not possible, to descriptions or reviews. We include below all the links that we have received. We will continue to update this page as more information is made available to us.

The SJV Voter Packet will be available in a few weeks. Details will be at the page for 2022 SJV Finalists.

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations for 2020 calendar year are now being accepted

Nominations for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31st March 2021. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2020 calendar year. Anyone can make a nomination and it is free!

To make a nomination please see the form below. See the website for the categories and get busy reading NZ authors and watching NZ movies.

You can click through to the Rules, Criteria and Categories for the Awards.

And here is a link for Guidelines for nominations.

The awards ceremony will be held later in the year, full details to be announced.

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations for 2018 calendar year are now being accepted

Nominations for the 2019 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 8.00pm on 30th March 2019. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2018 calendar year. Anyone can make a nomination and it is free!

You can click through to the Rules, Criteria and Categories for the Awards.

And here is a link for Guidelines for nominations.

The awards ceremony will be held at GeyserCon in Rotorua on Queen’s Birthday weekend (May 31st to June 3rd 2019)