Australia’s best Book Week costume competition: It’s time to cast your votes

Aussie mums and dads took their kids’ creative costumes to another level for Book Week this year. See all the finalists in our competition and vote for your favourite.

Some of the brilliantly creative entries from around the nation for our Book Week 2025 competition. Now it's time for you to pick your favourites!

Australia’s brilliantly crafty mums and dads have done it again – and now we want your help to select the best Book Week costume in each state.

Go to the links below to see the finalists for each state in our 2025 Book Week competition and vote for your favourite. Votes are limited to one per subscriber for each state.

NEW SOUTH WALES

See the NSW/ACT finalists and vote for your favourite

VICTORIA

See the Victorian finalists and vote for your favourite

QUEENSLAND

See the Queensland finalists and vote for your favourite

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

See the SA finalists and vote for your favourite

Read the full terms and conditions here.

Public voting will close at 8.30am AEST Monday, September 1, 2025.

Voting will be open only to digital subscribers and one vote per subscriber will be allowed for each state’s poll. We did not receive enough entries to run a competition for Tasmania or the Northern Territory.

Originally published as Australia’s best Book Week costume competition: It’s time to cast your votes