Gentill among 2025 Edgar Award winners
Monday, 5 May 2025
Australian crime writer Sulari Gentill has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel The Mystery Writer (Ultimo) at the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. In 2023, Gentill was...
Aurealis Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 5 May 2025
The winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in April, are: Best fantasy novel Thoroughly Disenchanted (Alexandra Almond, Voyager) Best science...
The Age Book of the Year 2025 shortlists announced
Thursday, 1 May 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) This Kingdom of Dust (David...
black&write! shortlist announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 black&write! Writing Fellowships. The shortlisted authors are: Marilyn ‘Marly’ Hooper, for the children's novel ‘Moodu Gutta Will...
Bin Salleh wins Pixie O’Harris Award
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Rachel Bin Salleh has been named the recipient of 2025 Pixie O’Harris Hall of Fame Award, presented at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) by the Australian Publishers Association (APA)....
Gibb wins Lloyd O’Neil Award
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Ross Gibb has been named the recipient of the 2025 Lloyd O’Neil Hall of Fame Award, presented at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) by the Australian Publishers Association (APA)....
ABR announces new editorial cadetship
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship to honour outgoing CEO and editor Peter Rose's ‘extraordinary contribution to the training of publishing professionals’. In its...
Mrozinski wins 2025 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has named Jeanette Mrozinski as the 2025 winner of the $5000 Calibre Essay Prize for her essay 'Eucharist'. 'Eucharist' was chosen from a shortlist of...
NSW Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 New South Wales Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) One Another (Gail Jones, Text) Heartsease (Kate...
Cultivate 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Writing NSW has announced the winners of the 2025 Cultivate Mentorship Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Emerging Writers. The annual program was developed by Writing NSW to 'help build equity and diversity...
Sheppard wins 2025 McCraith House Residency
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Blak & Bright Festival has announced performing artist and creator Jackie Sheppard as the recipient of its 2025 McCraith House Residency. The festival said in its announcement: ‘Based in Naarm,...
Open Book 2025 interns announced
Monday, 28 April 2025
The successful interns for the 2025 Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship have been announced. Chosen from over 450 applications, the 2025 interns and their placements are: Olivia De La Mare...
Sir Julius Vogel Award 2025 winners announced
Monday, 28 April 2025
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand Inc. (SFFANZ) has announced the winners of the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. This year's winners include: Best novel Echoes of...
Perentie Press launches graphic novel prize
Monday, 28 April 2025
New Australian publisher Perentie Press has announced the Perentie Prize for a graphic novel manuscript. Calling for text-only manuscripts for graphic novels, Perentie Press has opened the prize to junior...
2025 Storylines Awards announced
Thursday, 24 April 2025
The Storylines Trust has announced the 2025 winners of the Storyline Awards in Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2025 winners are: Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award (NZ$2000) Paula Green...
New Voices of Aotearoa competition launched
Thursday, 24 April 2025
The Coalition for Books has launched the inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa competition. This promotional program will 'highlight up and coming New Zealand authors' and 'is aimed at identifying, nurturing...
Blue on Jhalak Prize shortlist
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Melbourne-based author Maame Blue has been shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize. The shortlisted titles are: Everest (Ashani Lewis, Dialogue) Manny and the Baby (Varaidzo, Scribe) My Friends (Hisham Matar, Penguin)...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. The books shortlisted for the...
BookPeople Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
BookPeople has announced the 2025 shortlist for the BookPeople Awards. The shortlisted titles for the awards are: BookPeople BookData Adult Fiction Book of the Year Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador) Juice (Tim...
Local authors on 2025 CWA Daggers longlists
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Several Australia-based and Aotearoa New Zealand-based authors have been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) 2025 Dagger Awards. The local longlisted authors are: Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Sanctuary...
Bacon wins Nebula 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
Thursday, 17 April 2025
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced Eugen Bacon as winner of the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. Created in 2008, the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award is...
Winners announced, anthology launched for 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award
Thursday, 17 April 2025
The Hunter Writers' Centre (HWC) has announced Omar Musa and Lisa Lang as the winners of the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award. Omar Musa, a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist, rapper...
2025 Faber Writing Academy inaugural alumni award winners announced
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has announced Rachel Bonnar and Lawrence Parmenter as the inaugural winners of the 2025 FWA Alumni Award. In total, six graduates of FWA programs will win...
Aurealis Awards 2024 finalists announced
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The 2024 finalists for the Aurealis Awards, which recognise 'the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers', have been announced. Awards are presented across 15 categories. The finalists...
2025 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers longlist announced
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF), in partnership with RMIT, has announced the longlist for the 2025 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers. The prize is open to any short work from...
Regional shortlist released for 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Three Aotearoa New Zealand writers and three Australian writers are among the finalists for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The writers shortlisted for the Pacific region are: ‘Crab Sticks...
2025 Calibre Essay Prize shortlist announced
Monday, 14 April 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize shortlist. Shortlisted essays include: ‘Tracing Threads’ (Anneke Bender, US) ‘Consolation of Clouds’ (Robin Boord, SA) ‘Inner World Supertramp’ (Chris...
Ang wins Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
Monday, 14 April 2025
Overland has announced Rachel Ang as the winner of the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for their story ‘Thalassophobia’. Ang's story, chosen from a shortlist of ten, will be published in...
Silcox wins inaugural KYD Flash Fiction Prize
Monday, 14 April 2025
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Beejay Silcox as the inaugural winner of the KYD Flash Fiction Prize, for her story '‘Mefloquine’. As the winner, Silcox receives $1000. ‘Mefloquine’ has been...
Australian editors, illustrators among Hugo finalists
Monday, 14 April 2025
Two Australian editors and two Australian illustrators are among the 2025 Hugo Award finalists. Perth-based editor and podcaster Jonathan Strahan is nominated for two awards – Best Editor Short Form...
