‘Personal Score’ longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal
Monday, 28 October 2024
Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity by local author Ellen van Neerven (UQP) is among the titles longlisted for the American Library Association’s (ALA) Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction...
Bancroft awarded 2024 Lady Cutler Award
Monday, 28 October 2024
Bronwyn Bancroft is the recipient of the 2024 Lady Cutler Award, a biennial award presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished...
City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2024 winner announced
Friday, 25 October 2024
Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes has won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for his manuscript የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope. The author receives $15,000 in prize money, a publishing contract with Fremantle...
Pi-O wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award
Friday, 25 October 2024
Victorian-based poet, publisher and editor π.ο. (Pi-O) has won the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award. Born in Greece in 1951, π.ο. immigrated with his family in 1954 to Australia, where they...
Whitley Awards 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winners of the 2024 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...
Australian, Aotearoa New Zealand titles on 2024 White Ravens list
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been included in the 2024 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. Among the works listed in 2024...
Readings Prize 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Readings has announced the winners of the 2024 Readings Prize in each category and the winner of the Gab Williams Prize. The winning titles are: New Australian Fiction Prize Thanks...
Nix wins best novel at 2024 Ditmar Awards
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced on 7 October, as part of the Australian national science fiction convention ‘Conflux 18’ in Canberra. The winning works include: Best novel The...
Kitching, Pickens awarded in Laurel Prize
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among prize recipients for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The 2024 winners are:...
‘Edenglassie’ wins 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University in Townsville has announced Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (UQP) is the winner of the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary...
Nakata Brophy Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for the best poem by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted works, selected by judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia...
Rossell wins 2024 Albert Ullin Award
Monday, 21 October 2024
Melbourne author and illustrator Judith Rossell is the recipient of the 2024 Albert Ullin Award, worth $10,000. The prize judging panel said: ‘It is Rossell’s profound love for creating stories...
Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hush (Ciella Williams, Playlab Theatre) Nonfiction Living in Tin: The...
Richell Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Hachette Australia and the Richell family, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The...
James awarded 2024 ASA Medal
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann James is the recipient of the 2024 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian...
McGregor, Sakr, Apolonio awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the three recipients of its 2024 writing fellowships, sharing a prize pool of $170,000, which aim to ‘usher in new Australian writing from both...
Marahuyo awarded 2024 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Writing NSW has awarded its 2024 Varuna fellowship to J Marahuyo for her poetry manuscript ‘Disclosure of Violence’. ‘Disclosure of Violence’ was described by the judges as a ‘deeply affecting...
Karajia and Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2024 winners announced
Monday, 14 October 2024
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2024 Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Karajia Award for First Nations children’s storytelling. Winners in each category are: Environment...
Flanagan shortlisted for 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 14 October 2024
In the UK, Question 7 by Australian author Richard Flanagan (Knopf) has been shortlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, worth £50,000 (A$96,907). The six titles shortlisted for...
Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 longlist
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Odd Couple: The Australia-America Relationship (Allan Behm, Upswell) Quarterly Essay...
Kitching, Pickens shortlisted in Laurel Prize
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among those shortlisted for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The shortlisted titles are:...
Derby wins 2024 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Mark Derby has won the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award, worth...
UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2024 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
The shortlist for this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing has been announced. Shortlisted pieces are: ‘Of Moths and Marsupials’ by Kate Evans ‘The World’s Oldest Story Is...
Van Neerven receives 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature
Monday, 7 October 2024
Author Ellen van Neerven is the recipient of the 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000. Van Neerven’s fellowship ‘will allow for the creation of new work over two...
ARA Historical Novel Prize shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Shortlisted titles, selected from longlists announced last month, are: Adult The Unearthed (Lenny...
Paice wins ACU Poetry Prize
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Kiama-based poet and author Christine Paice has won the $10,000 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Poetry for a poem about the death of her mother. The winning poem, ‘Gabriel...
Matuku wins inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award
Monday, 30 September 2024
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) (NZSA) has announced Steph Matuku as the inaugural winner of the $5000 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award....
Ned Kelly Awards 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 26 September 2024
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards winners. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Best crime fiction Darling...
Hage Award for First Nations Writers 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 26 September 2024
Sweatshop Literacy Movement has announced the winners of the inaugural Hage Award for First Nations Writers. The winners of the award are Murrawarri hip hop artist DOBBY and Wiradjuri writer...
Newcastle Poetry Prize 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize. Winning pieces include: First prize ($15,000) ‘Dombóvár’ by Christopher (Kit) Kelen Second prize ($5000) ‘Welcome Swallow’...




