The Long List contains all the nominations received, in no particular order.
Best Novel
A New God, by Menilik Henry Dyer, Podium Press
Echoes of Earthshire, by Mel Harding-Shaw, Coruscate Press
Fangs for Nothing, by Steffanie Holmes, Bacchanalia House
The Mires, by Tina Makareti, Ultimo Press
Amiant Soul, by Deborah Makarios
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, by H.G. Parry, Hachette
Ghosts of the Opera, by Janna Ruth
The Eye of Winter, by Jaques Smit
Sun God, by Andy Southall, Amapur Press
The Sunforge, by Sascha Stronach, Simon and Schuster
Shores of a New Horizon, by M. Darusha Wehm
Best Youth Novel
Halloween Hunt : Paw Prints and Lucky Charms by Melissa Gunn
The Moonlight Bridge, by Mike Gwyther, Qualia House
THe Grimmelings, by Rachael King, Allen and Unwin
The Rarkyn’s Fall, by Nikky Lee, Caelestis Books
The Raven’s Eye Runaways, by Claire Mabey, Allen and Unwin
Migration, by steph Matuku, Huia Publishers
Avis and the Call of the Kraken, by Heather McQuillan, The Cuba Press
Hell Hath No Passion, by Janna Ruth, self=published
The Paradise Generation, by Sanna Thompson, umop apisdn press
Best Novella/Novelette
How to Get the Girl (And Not Destroy the World), by Marie Cardno, Paper Road Press
Seers and Salt, by Melissa Gunn, Rose Kowhai Productions
Shilling & Florin Book One: The Jack of Hearts Murders — Kate Haley
Scritch Scratch, the Legend of Teketeke, by E. L Julian
A Twist of Faerie, by K,M. Jackways, Old Souls Press
Hearth and Holiday, by Anna Klein, Bonepunk Press
Doors, by Nikky Lee, Caelestis Books
Maiden’s Dawn, by Nikky Lee, Caelestis Books
Once Upon an Automaton, by Nikky Lee, Caelestis Books
We Who Remain, by Nikky Lee, Caelestis Books
Daisy and Maisie, External Hull Maintenance Experts, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April 2024
WIldest Skies, by Sean Monaghan, published in Asimov’s Nov/Dec 2024.
Heartless, by H.G. Parry, Subterranean Press
Best Short Story
Anahera, by Dave Agnew, Flash Frontier
Heaven is Hungry, by Michael Botur
WorldStar and Son, by Michael Botur, Gingernuts of Horror
Fire Engines, by Gina Butson, Salient
Storm, by Martin Clyde-Wilkie, 365Tomorrows
Surfacing, by Aaron Dick
Crass, by Hiria Dunning, Uncharted Magazine
Fog/Fugue, by Cassie Hart, Takahe Magazine
Lost Girl, by B.T. Keaton, Ironclad Creative
N-spired Learning, by B.T. Keaton, in Artificial Sweetener: Tales of Ai – 100% made by Humans, SpecficNZ
The Hunt, by S.A. McKenzie, Kaleidotrope
Float When We Will, by Sean Monaghan, Analog, May/June 2024
The Sand Witch’s Sandwich by G.B. Ralph, published in The Law of Consequences anthology.
Tomorrow, Dawn, by Sascha Stronach, Long Trek Press
The Next End, by Stevi Sargas, F(r)iction
When Pātti Stayed, by Tehnuka
Whitebait, by Corey Taylor
Intertwined, by Ann WIlkins, self published
And I WIll Carry You to the Edge of the Word, by Tabatha Wood, Midnight Echo #19, AHWA
Salt of the Earth, by Tabatha Wood, Wild Wood Press
Trauma Box, by Tabatha Wood, Wild Wood Press
Best Collected Work
Artificial Sweetener: Tales of AI: 100% Written by Humans, SpecFicNZ
Clocks Locks Corpses!: And Other Epic Horror Poems, by S. Jayne Bradley, Rookery Publishing
A Night So Dark and Full of Stars, by Nikky Lee, Caelestia Books
Fox Spirit on Distant Cloud, by Lee Murray (The Cuba Press)
Best Artwork:
Cover of Dream Factory, by Zak Atea, Huia Press
Cover for How to Get the Girl (And not Destroy the World), by Laya Mutton-Rogers,
The Earth Remembers, by Tabatha Wood, cover of Midnight Echo #19, Australia Horror Writers Assn
Cover of Artificial Sweeteners:Tales of AI – 100% made by Humans, by Melissa Gunn, SpecFicNZ
Cover for Fox Spirit on Distant Cloud, by Kim Lowe.
Dramatic Presentation
The Bostrom Scenario, by Ricky Townsend
Best Production/Publication
Fact, Fiction, and Feeling: Ecological Grief in a Changing World , by Octavia Cade, Clarkesworld, October 2024
The Rider (original song end credits), written by Phoebe Gittins & David Long, from The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Cyborg Manifucksto — Alexandra ‘Sascha’ Stronach, https://badapple.gay/2024/10/25/the-cyborg-manifucksto/
Best Fan Artwork
Photographs from Steampunk Oamaru, Martyn Buyck
Best Fan Production/Publication
Phoenixine, by John and Jo Toon, Phoenix Science Fiction Society
Continuity 2024, Continuity 2024 committee:
Best Fan Writing
Unpaid Green, by Octavia Cade, Journey Planet issue 84
Your Guide to New Zealand Fantasy Romance Novels Coming in 2024 — Melanie Harding-Shaw, published on The Spinoff
SITREP by Alex Lindsay, Phoenixine, Phoenix Science Fiction Society
Submissions for Phoenixine, including On Safari, and GUFF report, by SImon Litten
Massive Organisms Approaching by John Toon
Horror, Healing and PTSD by Tabatha Wood