Nominations for 2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awards now open!
Nominations for the 2026 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31 March 2026.
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 2025 calendar year. Anyone can make a nomination and it is free!
To make a nomination please fill in this form. 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.
2025 Sir Julius Vogel Award winners announced
The winners for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards can be found on the Sir Julius Vogel Award Winners – 2025 page.
The winners page also has links to the Finalists list and the Long List.
Congratulations to our winners!
2025 Sir Julius Vogel Award Voting Now Open!
Voting for the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel awards is now open.
The voting paper can be found on the 2025 SIr Julius Vogel Award finalists page
Voting will take place electronically. All votes must be received by 11.59pm on Thursday 17 April 2025. To be eligible to vote, you must be a current member of SFFANZ. You can find more about joining SFFANZ here.
The awards will be presented at the SFFANZ Annual General Meeting /SJV awards event hosted by Concatenation 2025.
2025 Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards can be found on Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists 2025
The finalists page also has links to the Long List, information about the SJV Voter Packet, and information about Voting.
Congratulations to our finalists!
2025 Sir Julius Vogel award nominations now open.
Nominations for the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel awards have now opened.
You can find all details about nominating, and a link to the nomination form here at the SJV 2025 Nominations page.
2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award winners announced
The winners for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards can be found on the Sir Julius Vogel Award Winners – 2024 page.
The winners page also has links to the Finalists list and the Long List.
Congratulations to our winners!
2024 SFFANZ Annual General Meeting Information
Please find below the notice of meeting for the 2024 SFFANZ AGM, the new constitution for ratification at the AGM and a copy of the 2023 SFFANZ AGM minutes.
The 2024 AGM will be held at 1pm, July 7th at The West Plaza Hotel, Wellington during Conitnuity, this year’s national science fiction convention.
2024 Sir Julius Vogel award paper now available!
The 2024 voting paper is now available.
Voting is now open and will close at Midnight (11.59pm) on June 22nd. Electronic and postal voting is accepted.
THe winners will be announced at a ceremony on June 6 at Continuity 2024
As a reminder:
Here are the details of the finalists
Here are the details about how to access the voter packet, which contains a number (but not necessarily all) of the finalist works.
2024 Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists announced.
The finalists for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards can be found on Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists – 2024.
The finalists page also has links to the Long List, information about the SJV Voter Packet, and information about Voting.
Congratulations to our finalists!
Continuity 2024 Update!
Continuity 2024 convention – 6-7 July 2024, Wellington
SFFANZ is pleased to announce that Continuity, the 2024 New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention, will be held on 6-7 July 2024 at the West Plaza Hotel in Wellington, as well as online.
As the name suggests, Continuity aims to restart the New Zealand NatCons, building on last year’s reConnect virtual convention, with a number of the reConnect team working on Continuity too.
To that end, with the support of SFFANZ and SFFCONZ, prices for Continuity will be held down. However, donations towards to the costs of running Continuity will be gratefully accepted.
Continuity’s first Guest of Honour is noted horror author Allyson Bird. Allyson has won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel [2011], The British Fantasy Society Award for Best Collection [2009]. She will be joining us in person, having moved to New Zealand from the United Kingdom in 2011.
In addition, Bill Geradts, founder of the Armageddon Expos, has agreed to be Fan Guest of Honour.
Discussions are in progress for other guests, both in-person and virtual.
Work is underway on the convention programme which will start mid-Saturday and end Sunday afternoon. The programme will include the presentation of the Sir Julius Vogel Awards and SFFANZ Annual General Meeting; should you have ideas for programme items you would like to see or participate in, please do get in touch.
Similarly, volunteers to help organise the con and run it on the day would also be greatly appreciated.
Continuity’s policy on masking will follow the guidelines from the New Zealand Ministry of Health at the time of the convention. At present, masking is recommended but not mandatory.
To register for Continuity, please go to:
For any enquiries, offers of assistance or to get in touch in general, email enquiries@continuity2024.sffanz.nz
Please also feel free to share information about Continuity with anyone you feel might be interested.
More information will follow soon, including details of lead-in events. We very much look forward to seeing you at Continuity, whether in person or online.