Hazel Rowley Fellowship shortlist announced
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Nine Australian writers have been shortlisted for this year’s $20,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Della Rowley, sister of the late biographer Hazel Rowley, said, “We had a record number of...
Local authors feature in UK and US shortlists
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Clark recognised on Duff Cooper shortlist In the UK, Oxford-based Australian historian Christopher Clark is among the finalists in the 2025 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize. The prize recognises the...
Libraro and Hachette UK launch £50,000 “reader-led” prize
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Hachette UK and community-driven digital platform Libraro have launched a “reader-led” prize that aims “to discover the next big English-language fiction author,” reported the Bookseller yesterday. The winner is set...
Indie Book Awards 2026 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
The shortlists for the 2026 Indie Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from the longlist announced in December, the shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)...
Newcastle Short Story Award 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners for this year’s Newcastle Short Story Award. First prize ($3000) “Solastalgia” by Liz Allan Second prize ($1500) “Migration” by Cassie Hamer Third...
Sharwood’s ‘Kosciuszko’ recognised in Polish awards
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Anthony Sharwood’s Kosciuszko: The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain (Hachette) has received 3rd prize in a competition launched by Poland’s foreign affairs minister to recognise history books...
Sussex story awards shortlists released
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
The shortlisted writers in the 2 divisions of the 2025 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition, run by the Queensland Branch of the English-Speaking Union (ESU, have been announced. The $10,500...
Contestable Fund recipients announced
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
In New Zealand Aotearoa, the Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the recipients of the Copyright Licensing New Zealand Contestable Fund Grants. Of the 59...
Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist
Monday, 12 January 2026
Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. Chosen from a longlist announced in December 2025, the shortlisted poets are: J Andros (United States)...
2025 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers winners announced
Monday, 12 January 2026
Express Media and Hachette Australia have announced the winners of the 2025 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers. The winners, selected from 15 shortlisted pieces, are: Fiction Abigail Koh (WA)...
Gunaydin named Parramatta’s laureate in literature
Monday, 12 January 2026
Eda Gunaydin has been named the 2025 Parramatta Laureate in Literature. Gunaydin is a Turkish-Australian essayist and fiction writer who grew up in Western Sydney’s Blacktown. Her first essay collection, Root...
Poetry in Translation Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 12 December 2025
Publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize. Chosen from 259 submissions in more than 55 languages, the shortlisted titles...
2026 Faber Writing Scholarships announced
Thursday, 11 December 2025
The Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has named the recipients of the 2026 Faber Writing Scholarships. The recipients are: Paff Evara (to attend Writing a Creative Nonfiction), a Black lesbian writer...
Arts Queensland Poetry Award winners announced
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Queensland Poetry Awards. The winners in each category are: Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry Winner ($3500...
Indie Book Awards 2026 longlists announced
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
The longlist for the 2026 Indie Book Awards has been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Lyrebird (Jane Caro, A&U) Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, Fourth...
Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2026 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The longlisted poets are: J Andros (United States) Jamil Badi (Vic.) Daragh Byrne (NSW) Elena Croitoru-Reed...
Copyright Agency announces latest Cultural Fund grants
Thursday, 4 December 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of funding in its final round for 2025, including 3 new publishing fellowships. Launched earlier this year, the revamped publishing fellowships “are...
2025 Wolfson History Prize goes to Durkin’s “Survivors”
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
In the UK, historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 (A$100,570) Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins), reported the Bookseller. The...
Waterstones names 2025 books of the year
Monday, 1 December 2025
In the UK, the Waterstones bookselling group has named Lucy Steeds’s The Artist (John Murray) as its Book of the Year, with Mikey Please’s The Café at the Edge of...
MidnightSun Publishing launches picture book prize
Monday, 1 December 2025
MidnightSun Publishing has announced the MidnightSun Picture Book Prize, a new manuscript prize for emerging or established picture book writers across Australia. Entries are open until 25 December, with the...
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak”
Monday, 1 December 2025
Mean Streak (Fourth Estate), Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal, has won this year’s Walkley Book Award. Judges said, “Mean Streak is a riveting and detailed exposition of government...
Majumdar named RMIT’s non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellow
Thursday, 27 November 2025
RMIT has announced Soolagna Majumdar as the winner of the inaugural non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship for her graphic novel “Food Bird”. Chosen from 48 applicants, Majumdar receives $15,000 in prize...
Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2025 winners announced
Thursday, 27 November 2025
The winners of the 2025 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winning works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) Nadia Mahjouri for The Miracle (published in Island Magazine) Nonfiction ($2500)...
Thom-Jones takes out top Scarlet Stiletto Award
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Author Sandra Thom-Jones has won first prize in Sisters in Crime’s 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards for her short story “Der Hölle Rache”. Thom-Jones, who identifies as neurodivergent, said, “I’m still...
Beveridge receives lifetime achievement award
Monday, 24 November 2025
Poet Judith Beveridge has been named one of this year’s recipients of Creative Australia Awards for Lifetime Achievement. Born in London in 1956, Beveridge moved to Sydney in 1960. Her...
The Next Chapter 2026 recipients announced
Monday, 24 November 2025
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 2026 recipients of The Next Chapter fellowship program. The fellowships aim to encourage “voices who aren’t getting heard through conventional publishing channels”, according the...
2025 National Book Awards announced
Monday, 24 November 2025
In the US, the National Book Foundation (NBF) has announced the five winners of this year’s National Book Awards. The winners are: Fiction The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and...
Spiers Prize winners announced
Thursday, 20 November 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the winners of the inaugural Spiers Prize as Zahina Maghrabi for “The Girl, The Calico and The Soldier” (young adult) and Rebeca Green for “A...
James, Bradley win business book of the year award
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Glen James and Nick Bradley have won the 7th Australian Business Book Award for The Quick Start Guide to Investing (Wiley). Founders Michael Hanrahan and Andrew Griffiths announced James, Bradley...
Langton awarded inaugural Rechnitz Memorial Award
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has announced academic, author and activist Marcia Langton as the inaugural winner of the Rechnitz Memorial Award, which recognises “excellence in research...
