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Hussein named 2025 Kat Muscat Fellow

Thursday, 13 March 2025
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Custodial Committee have announced Adalya Nash Hussein as the 10th and final Kat Muscat Fellow. Selected from a shortlist of three, Hussein is a...

UWA Publishing announces Spiers Prize

Wednesday, 12 March 2025
UWA Publishing has announced the establishment of a new national children’s fiction manuscript prize in honour of Australian primary school teacher and philanthropist Gail Spiers. Announced to coincide with UWA...

Morton wins 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award

Thursday, 6 March 2025
UQP has announced Rachel Morton as the winner of the 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award, worth $5000, for her novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The award, which recognises The...

‘Amma’ longlisted for 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Wednesday, 5 March 2025
In the UK, Sri Lankan Pākehā writer Saraid de Silva’s novel Amma has been longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Published in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand by...

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 finalists announced

Wednesday, 5 March 2025
The finalists for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from longlists announced in January, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize...

Victorian Community History Awards shortlist announced

Wednesday, 5 March 2025
The shortlist for this year‘s Victorian Community History Awards has been announced. A total of 39 publications and projects were shortlisted for 10 prizes ranging from $500 to $2000 each,...

Stella Prize 2025 longlist announced

Tuesday, 4 March 2025
The longlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: A Language of Limbs (Dylin Hardcastle, Picador) Always Will Be (Mykaela...

Australian Jewish Writer Awards expanded for 2025

Monday, 3 March 2025
The Shalom Collective has expanded its Australian Jewish Writer Awards (formerly Australian Jewish Book Awards). Four prizes – including the two new awards – will be presented in August for...

Woods wins 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize

Monday, 3 March 2025
Georgina Woods has been announced the winner of the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘Augury: Sea surface temperature charts'. Two other poets were named runners-up: Julie Janson...

Abbott wins 2025 IPEd Student Prize

Thursday, 27 February 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University, is the winner of the 2025 IPEd...

NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Monday, 24 February 2025
The NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced by the organisation. Shortlisted titles include: Best Adult Fiction Book Award Better Left Dead (Catherine Lea, Bateman Books) The Call (Gavin Strawhan,...

Stewart wins 2025 MUD Literary Prize

Monday, 24 February 2025
Cameron Stewart's Why Do Horses Run? (Allen & Unwin) has been announced as the 2025 winner of the $10,000 MUD Literary Prize. The prize, now in its eighth year, is...

Major wins 2025 Louie Award

Thursday, 20 February 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has named KT Major as the winner of the 2025 Louie Award, worth $500, for her story 'Bitter'. The judges also highly commended two...

Stricker wins 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prizea

Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Meredith Stricker was awarded the 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, run by the Australian Book Review (ABR) and worth $6000, at a ceremony in Melbourne last night. ABR outgoing editor Peter...

DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 longlists announced

Thursday, 13 February 2025
The 2025 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...

‘Tracker’ longlisted for 2025 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

Thursday, 13 February 2025
In the UK, Alexis Wright’s book Tracker (Giramondo) has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. Published in the UK in January by Other Stories, the book is one...

Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize 2025 shortlist announced

Monday, 10 February 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems, chosen from almost 500 entries, are: ‘Whistling Space’ by Chris Andrews ‘Finding Pan’ by Jonathan...

MUD Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 4 February 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 MUD Literary Prize, worth $10,000, has been announced. The shortlisted works, selected from 31 submissions, are: Translations (Jumaana Abdu, Vintage) The End and Everything Before...

Ockham 2025 longlists announced

Thursday, 30 January 2025
The longlists for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction (NZ$65,000) All That We...

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 29 January 2025
The Wheeler Centre has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted and highly commended works in each category are: Fiction ($25,000) The Burrow (Melanie Cheng,...

Local author, voice actor among Audie Awards finalists

Thursday, 23 January 2025
In the United States, the Audio Publishers Association has announced the finalists for the 2025 Audie Awards for audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand finalists include:...

2025 Sargeson Fellows announced

Tuesday, 21 January 2025
The Frank Sargeson Trust has announced the recipients of the 2025 Sargeson Fellowship. The 2025 fellows and their projects are: Rachael King, who will work on YA fantasy novel ‘Song...

Local authors on Dublin Literary Award 2025 longlist

Thursday, 16 January 2025
Several works by authors from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have been longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000 (A$165,236). The Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand longlisted titles...

Singleton on 2024 Novel Prize shortlist

Thursday, 16 January 2025
Publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced the 2024 shortlist for the Novel Prize. Local author Hollen Singleton is among those shortlisted for the prize, for their novel...

Green wins 2025 Margaret Mahy Medal

Thursday, 16 January 2025
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki has announced poet Paula Green as the 2025 recipient of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. Said Publishers Association of New...

Indie Book Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 15 January 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Indie Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador) Cherrywood (Jock Serong, Fourth Estate) The Ledge (Christian White, Affirm)...

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