ninotaziz
Book Awards & Recognitions
Over the years, ninotaziz's work has received several awards and recognition in Malaysia.
HIKAYAT
From The Ancient
Malay Kingdoms
ONANGKIU
The Warrior Princess
of Gellangui
NIK
The Secrets of the Sunset Ship
In 2012, HIKAYAT was shortlisted for the PNM RTM Inaugural Book Awards. Nominated by home audience as one of the most popular books in Malaysia, it rose from No 20 to Top 5. HIKAYAT finally won 1st Runner-Up placing in the English fiction category and the only English publication in the Popular Choice category.
Revamped and updated in 2014, ONANGKIU received rave reviews as it was shortlisted for the Writers Unleashed Best Manuscripts Contest.
ONANGKIU was awarded grand prize winner.
(Calistro 2012 Short Llist)
FROM THE WRITTEN STONE
SITI
The Regnant Queen
Calistro 2014 Grand Prize winner
SITI tells the story of Che Siti Wan Kembang, the renowned queen of Kelantan. The story is set in the 16th century and is a vivid retelling of Champa, Patani, Johor, Inderapura and Kelantan.Shortlisted for the Calistro Prize 2013, SITI was rewritten for the Writers Unleashed 2014 and received consolation prize.
FROM THE WRITTEN STONE is ninotaziz's first ever book and it was nominated for the Malaysian Books for Youth Award 2007. Comprising a collection of legends and popular folklores, the book received good reviews in Malaysia and Singapore.
FTWS received special mention at the MBBY.