Dorothy Hewett Award 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 2 June 2025
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from over 300 entries, are: ‘Clutch Feathers, Draw Breath’ by...
Ganner awarded 2025 Janet Mackenzie Medal
Thursday, 29 May 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) announced Julie Ganner as the winner of its 2025 Janet Mackenzie Medal. Ganner has worked in the editing and publishing industry for over 35...
Fogarty receives 2025 Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Yugambeh poet and activist Lionel Fogarty has been recognised with a Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards. Born on Wakka Wakka...
Mary Gilmore Award 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Mary Gilmore Award, a prize for a poet's first book of poetry. Judges Kate...
Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
In the UK and Ireland, the 2025 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize shortlist has been announced. Judges – Joanna Biggs, Brian Dillon, Sheila Heti, Joanna Kavenna and Jacques...
King wins EWF Speculate Prize
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), in partnership with RMIT University, has announced Melissa King as the winner of the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers for her short work 'The...
ABDA 2025 winners announced
Monday, 26 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The winners in each category are: Designer's Choice Award Eat...
‘The Adversary’ named 2025 Dublin Literary Award winner
Monday, 26 May 2025
The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey (Knopf) has won the €100,000 (A$174,939) international Dublin Literary Award. This is the 30th iteration of the awards, ‘the world’s largest prize for...
The Luna Foundation launches new NZ residency
Monday, 26 May 2025
The Luna Foundation has launched an inaugural writers residency for Aotearoa New Zealand women writers. Running 3–7 November 2025, the Luna Foundation Writers Residency will be awarded to a woman writer...
De Kretser wins 2025 Stella Prize for ‘Theory & Practice’
Friday, 23 May 2025
Michelle de Kretser has won the 2025 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for her seventh novel, Theory & Practice (Text). In their joint report, the judges said: ‘Michelle de Kretser’s Theory...
SLQ rescinds Wyld ‘black&write!’ fellowship, postpones winner announcement
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Author KA Ren Wyld’s place in the black&write! fellowship program has been rescinded by the State Library of Queensland (SLQ), the author said on X (Twitter). The 2025 black&write! writing...
Raisin wins Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Perth-based writer Rebecca Raisin has won the Contemporary Romance Novel Award for her book A Love Letter to Paris (Boldwood) in the 2025 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards. Chosen...
Mushtaq, Bhasthi win 2025 International Booker Prize for ‘Heart Lamp’
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi (Scribe) has won the 2025 International Booker Prize, the first collection of short stories to win the £50,000 (A$95,325)...
NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorships announced
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa has announced the recipients of the NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorship Programme. The four secondary school students selected for...
Le wins NSW Literary Book of the Year Award
Monday, 19 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 NSW Literary Awards have been announced. Nam Le's poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Scribner) won the overall $10,000 Book of the...
BookPeople 2025 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Monday, 19 May 2025
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2025 Bookseller of the Year awards. The shortlisted booksellers include: BookPeople Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Bookseller of the Year Jennifer Jackson, Paper Bird...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) Theory...
Ockham New Zealand 2025 Book Awards winners
Thursday, 15 May 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the winners of the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles, chosen from shortlists announced in March, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn...
Gray, Master win humour writing prizes
Thursday, 15 May 2025
The NSW State Library has announced the winners of the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. Winners are: Russell Prize for Humour...
ALS Gold Medal 2025 longlist announced
Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. Longlisted works are: 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Nam Le, Scribner) The Burrow (Melanie...
NZSA announce 2025 mentees
Thursday, 15 May 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa – Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of the NZSA Ngā Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki...
UQP launches writing mentorship prize
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has launched a mentorship prize for under-represented writers. ‘This prize will enrich the diversity of Australian stories by supporting and mentoring under-represented writers towards book...
Fogarty Literary Award 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 12 May 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award has been announced. Shortlisted titles, chosen from 38 entries, include: ‘Boy Friends’ by Seth Malacari ‘Glimmers in the Sea Glass’ by Chuckie...
2025 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers shortlist announced
Monday, 12 May 2025
The shortlist for the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers has been announced. Shortlisted writers include: Emma Rayward for ‘An economy of tubes’ Lily Davidson for ‘Honey’ Melissa King for...
Hall, Blaine win 2025 Age Book of the Year awards
Friday, 9 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Rodney Hall won the fiction award for his novel Vortex (Picador), and Lech Blaine won the...
Wheeler Centre 2025 Hot Desk Fellows announced
Thursday, 8 May 2025
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 22 emerging writers who will receive Hot Desk Fellowships in 2025. This year's recipients are: Jamil Badi for 'New Ancient Folktales' (fiction, short stories)...
Farnham wins ABIA Book of the Year
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced, with The Voice Inside (John Farnham with Poppy Stockell, Hachette) taking out the overall Book of the...
ASA, Arts Tasmania relaunch mentorship program
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and Arts Tasmania have announced the return of the Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program. This program for authors and illustrators based in Tasmania...
Local author shortlisted in UK CrimeFest Awards
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand author Tom Baragwanath has been shortlisted for the UK CrimeFest Debut Crime Novel Award for Paper Cage (Text). Originally from Masterton in Aotearoa New Zealand, Baragwanath currently...
Fresh Off the Books winners announced
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Sweatshop Literacy Movement and NewSouth Publishing have announced the recipients of Fresh Off the Books: The Pasifika Australian Literary Initiative. The 14 recipients are: Christine Afoa Sela Ahosivi Taulogomai Aii...
