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Smith wins 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize

22 February 2024
Yasmin Smith has won Island magazine’s 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize for the poem ‘The Burial Feathers’. Smith’s poem was chosen from about 500 entries. The two runners-up were Emilie...

Funder longlisted for inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

Cover of Wifedom 19 February 2024
Anna Funder is longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), for her book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life (Hamish Hamilton). The fifteen other titles longlisted for the award...

Rodrick wins inaugural Pearl Prize

19 February 2024
Spencer M F Rodrick has won the inaugural Pearl Prize, presented by queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma. Rodrick, who was chosen from a list of 15 finalists, and was...

DANZ Children’s Book Award shortlists announced

15 February 2024
The shortlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from longlists announced last month, the shortlisted titles in each...

Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration

Cover of Concrete Garden by Bob Graham 14 February 2024
In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with...

Ena Noël Award 2024 shortlists announced

12 February 2024
The shortlists for the biennial Ena Noël Award has been announced by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The shortlisted authors and illustrators are:...

McKenzie wins Victorian Premier’s History Award

5 February 2024
Carmel McKenzie received the 2023 Victorian Premier’s History Award for the book St Kilda 1841–1900: Movers and shakers and money-makers (Manneton Publishing). St Kilda 1841–1900 explains how St Kilda was...

Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist announced

The logo for Overland, with the word written in green font. 5 February 2024
Overland has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. Shortlisted stories are: ‘Ad Nauseam’ by Gillian Hagenus ‘Committal’ by Bridget Webster ‘Fledgling’ by Madison Godfrey ‘Mandarin...

Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist announced

The logo for Overland, with the word written in green font. 5 February 2024
Overland has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Shortlisted poems include: ‘Because a Wind Blazes’ by Dženana Vucic ‘Celestial Tree’ by Andrew Brooks ‘Febrile’ by William...

Yee wins 2024 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs

Cover of Chines Fish 2 February 2024
Grace Yee has won Australia’s single richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for her poetry collection Chinese Fish (Giramondo) at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs)....

Ockham 2024 longlists announced

1 February 2024
The longlists for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction (NZ$65,000) Audition (Pip Adam,...

Forrest wins Newcastle Short Story Award

31 January 2024
Western Sydney writer Patrick Cruz Forrest has taken first place in the 2023 Newcastle Short Story Award for his short story ‘Kuya’. The winners, which will be published in an...

Bacon nominated for Philip K Dick Award

Cover image for Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon 29 January 2024
Local author Eugen Bacon is among the six nominees for the 2024 Philip K Dick Awards. Nominated titles include: Danged Black Thing (Eugen Bacon, Apex Book Company) The Museum of...

Hogan wins 2024 ABR Peter Porter Poetry Prize 

24 January 2024
Australian poet Dan Hogan has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) 2024 Peter Porter Poetry Prize for their poem ‘Workarounds’. Hogan receives $6000, while the other four shortlisted poets—Judith Nangala Crispin,...

ANZ authors among 2024 Dublin Literary Award longlistees

19 January 2024
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the €100,000 (A$166,000) International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work...

DANZ Children’s Book Award longlists announced

18 January 2024
The longlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Echo (Lisa...

Indie Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced

logo for the Indie Book Awards 17 January 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced

8 January 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Poem of the Dead Woman’ by Judith Nangala Crispin (NSW) ‘Immigration Triction’...

Murphy awarded 2024 Peter Blazey Fellowship

15 December 2023
Author, editor and accessibility consultant Fiona Murphy has won the 2024 Peter Blazey Fellowship. Murphy will use the fellowship to work on her second book, 'Livelihood', a narrative nonfiction essay...

Writers Victoria announces 2023 Writeability fellows

11 December 2023
Writers Victoria has announced the 2023 Writeability fellowship recipients. This year’s recipients are: Grace Hall for ‘Off Track’, ‘a young adult novel exploring how physical pain changes a person’s world’...