Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced Archive
Friday, 9 July 2021
The winners of the 2020 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The winners are: Best horror novel None Shall Sleep (Ellie...
Online Storytime pilot extended, awarded $30,000 funding Archive
Friday, 9 July 2021
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced its Online Storytime pilot will be extended by a further 12 months to December 2022, with the Australia Council providing $30,000...
West awarded 2021 Reading Australia Fellowship Archive
Thursday, 8 July 2021
The Copyright Agency has named Edwina West, from Sydney’s Oakhill College, as the 2021 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English Literacy. West receives a grant of $15,000, which will...
Griffith Review announces emerging voices competition longlist Archive
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Griffith Review has announced the longlist for its inaugural emerging voices writing competition. The longlisted writers are: Claire Aman Brendan Colley Sonja Dechian Nicholas Duddy Declan Fry Alison Gibbs Lucas...
ACT Book of the Year 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 ACT Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Acting Like a Girl (Sandra Renew, Recent Work Press) Bodies of Men...
Centre for Stories announces Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship Archive
Monday, 5 July 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has announced a new fellowship, the Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers. Open to mid-career writers under the age of 40, the annual fellowship is awarded to...
‘A Kind of Spark’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Archive
Friday, 2 July 2021
In the UK, Scottish author Elle McNicoll has won the overall £5000 (A$9215) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights of Media), reports the...
‘The Animals in that Country’ shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award Archive
Thursday, 1 July 2021
In the UK, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. McKay’s novel, which won the...
Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...
Colin Roderick Award 2021 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The 15 longlisted titles are: The...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients announced Archive
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the sixth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Round six was delayed in early 2020 due to Covid-19 and travel restrictions, and...
Desperate Literature Prize 2021 winner announced, Australians shortlisted Archive
Monday, 28 June 2021
London writer Paige Cowan-Hall has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australia-based writers Phillippa Finkemeyer, Campbell Andersen and Erin Scudder made the...
Holland-Batt awarded $100,000 Judy Harris fellowship Archive
Monday, 28 June 2021
Australian poet, writer and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship at the Charles Perkins Centre. Holland-Batt, who is associate...
Nicholls wins 2021 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award Archive
Friday, 25 June 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jan Nicholls as the winner of the 2021 Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to children’s literature. Nicholls was a teacher...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced Archive
Friday, 25 June 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in April, the winners in each...
Jakob wins 2021 IPEd Rosie award Archive
Thursday, 24 June 2021
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Johannes Jakob as the winner of the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie, for his work on The Bluffs (Kyle...
Chow wins 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction Archive
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Keshe Chow has won the 2021 Lip magazine Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her story ‘Lady Finger’. Judge Nicola Redhouse said Chow’s story ‘achieved a wonderful balance of surprise,...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 21 June 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Nonfiction The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants (Philip...
ABA 2021 Booksellers’ Choice winners announced Archive
Monday, 21 June 2021
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Adult Fiction Book of...
Lui wins Russell Prize for Humour Writing, Bunting wins inaugural writing for young people award Archive
Friday, 18 June 2021
Nakkiah Lui has won the $10,000 biennial Russell Prize for Humour Writing for Black is the New White (A&U), the book of her play of the same name. Judges Mark...
ALS Gold Medal 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 18 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cadaver Dog (Luke Best, UQP) The...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 18 June 2021
The shortlists for this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000) Father of the...
Watson wins 2021 Penguin Literary Prize Archive
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced that Denizen by James McKenzie Watson has won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize. Dubbo-based Watson receives $20,000 as an advance against royalties, with...
Miles Franklin 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The six shortlisted novels, chosen from a longlist of 12, are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott,...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the shortlist for the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished...
Oratia Media named Bologna publisher of the year, Oceania Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Independent New Zealand/Aotearoa publisher Oratia Media has won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The winner's citation describes Oratia Media as...
IPEd announces shortlist for 2021 Rosie Award Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, also known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Johannes Jakob, for his...
Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award has been announced. Selected from 100 submissions, including short story collections and novellas of up to 30,000 words, the 12...
Walker named 2021 UQP Quentin Bryce Award winner Archive
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Sarah Walker has been named the winner of the 2021 UQP Quentin Bryce Award for her essay collection The First Time I Thought I Was Dying. Established in 2020, the...
Akec, Kemp win UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript Archive
Friday, 11 June 2021
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced Kgshak Akec and Joshua Kemp as this year’s joint winners of the Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript, for their respective manuscripts ‘Hopeless Kingdom’...
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