Vucic awarded 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship
Dženana Vucic, a Bosnian-Australian writer, editor, critic and 2020 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow, is the recipient of the 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which ‘offers support and development to a...
Island launches nonfiction prize
Island magazine has launched a new nonfiction prize. With support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize will award the winner $3000, a subscription to Island...
ABIA 2021 longlists announced
The longlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Bluffs (Kyle Perry, Michael...
McKay wins $100k Victorian Prize for Literature
Laura Jean McKay has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut novel The Animals in That Country (Scribe), at this year’s Victorian Premier’s...
McDougall wins NZ Sunday Star-Times short story prize
Wellington author Kirsten McDougall has won the NZ$5000 (A$4672) New Zealand Sunday Star-Times short story competition open category for her story ‘Walking Day’. McDougall, a publicist and literary manager whose...
Song wins inaugural Spark Prize
Youjia Song has won the inaugural Spark Prize for her book proposal, ‘The Pursuit of Impossible Dreams’. Song’s proposal was chosen from over 200 entries for the biennial developmental prize...
Six Australian nominees for 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Six Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s literature. The Australian candidates are: Jeannie...
Inaugural $50k Historical Novel Prize shortlist announced
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize. The shortlisted novels are: Master of My Fate (Sienna Brown, Vintage) Shepherd (Catherine...
McClymont receives Danger Lifetime Achievement Award
Walkley Award–winning investigative journalist Kate McClymont is the winner of the 2020 Danger Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bad: Sydney Crime Writers Festival. ‘Kate McClymont is a genuine investigative journalist....
McLean receives inaugural $10k Albert Ullin Award
Andrew McLean is the winner of the inaugural Albert Ullin Award. The $10,000 biennial award, created with a bequest from the late The Little Book Room co-founder Albert Ullin, is...
CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced
The winners of the 2020 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category are: Older...
New $10k Albert Ullin Award for children’s book creators
The Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will administer a new $10,000 award for children's book creators, established with a bequest from the late Albert Ullin,...
Fenster wins 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize
Gigi Fenster has won the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel for ‘A Good Winter’. Chosen from a shortlist of three, the winning manuscript was announced during an...
Davitt Awards 2020 winners announced
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 winners announced
The winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work...
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 winners announced
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Promoting Literacy Development (PLD) was awarded the 2020 Publisher of the Year for...
‘Tiberius with a Telephone’ wins National Biography Award
Patrick Mullins has won the 2020 National Biography Award for Tiberius with a Telephone: The life and stories of William McMahon (Scribe). Mullins receives $25,000, while the other shortlisted authors...
Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2020 Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) awards have been announced. The shortlisted poets in each category are: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript Hailey Bonner...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 longlist announced
The longlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: 'Mood' by Roz Bellamy (nonfiction) 'Abomination' by Ashley Goldberg...
Papertalk Green wins 2020 ALS Gold Medal
Charmaine Papertalk Green has won the 2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her poetry collection Nganajungu Yagu (Cordite). Papertalk Green’s work was chosen from a shortlist that included...