First Nations Writers Festival award winners announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
The First Nations Writers Festival (FNWF) has announced the 2025 winners of the festival's book awards and short story awards. Winning titles are: Book award 'Dual' (Marshall Ericho, PNG) 'Resilient...
ASLA DANZ Children’s Book Award winners announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) has announced the 2025 Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) Children's Book Award winners. Winning titles, chosen from a shortlist announced in...
2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlists
Thursday, 5 June 2025
The 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA) shortlists have been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from 156 entries, are: The BookHub Picture Book Award Beddy...
The 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship shortlist announced
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Matilda Bookshop, in partnership with Writers South Australia, and in association with Ultimo Press, has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship. The annual fellowship is offered...
Reid wins 2025 Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essay Prize
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Ava Reid has been announced the Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner for her essay ‘Two and a Half Mealworms’. An Ōtepoti resident, Reid is an anthropology student at Ōtakou...
Slatter announced as 2025 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence
Thursday, 5 June 2025
The University of Tasmania has announced author Angela Slatter as the 2025 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence, running from 4 August to 12 December 2025. Slatter receives a $20,000 stipend, three months of...
Raven wins 2025 Fogarty Literary Award for ‘Glimmers in the Sea Glass’
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Chuckie Raven has won the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award for their novel Glimmers in the Sea Glass. Raven receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation, a publishing contract...
Roberts-Orr wins 2024 Anne Elder Award
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Raw Salt (Vagabond Press) by Izzy Roberts-Orr has been announced the winner of the 2024 Anne Elder Award. The prize is awarded annually for a debut, solo-authored collection of poetry,...
Disher, Bishop on CWA Dagger shortlists
Monday, 2 June 2025
Garry Disher and DV Bishop have been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) 2025 Dagger Awards. Disher and Bishop were shortlisted from longlists announced earlier this year. The shortlisted...
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...
