List of Australian literary awards explained

A list of Australian literary awards and prizes:

Literature

• ABC Fiction Award (2005–2009)
• ACT Book of the Year
• ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
• Ada Cambridge Prize
  • The Age Book of the Year Asher Award (2005–2017)
• Australian Book Industry Awards
• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
• The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
• Banjo Awards (1974–1997)
• Barbara Jefferis Award
• Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, originally Territory Read, from 2009^[1]
• Colin Roderick Award (1967-)
• David Unaipon Award
• Deborah Cass Prize for Writing, established 2015 for writers from a migrant background^[2]
  • Dorothy Hewett Award Fogarty Literary Award
• Indie Book Awards (2008-)
  • MARION Book Awards Melbourne Prize for Literature (2006-)
• Miles Franklin Award (1957-)
  • MUD Literary Prize Nib Literary Award (fiction or nonfiction)
• Ned Kelly Awards (1996-)
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
• Nita Kibble Literary Award
• Patrick White Award
• Prime Minister's Literary Awards
• Queensland Literary Awards (2012–)
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (1999–2011)1
• Readings Prize (2014–)
• S. H. Prior Memorial Prize (1934–1946)
• South Australian Premier's Awards
• Stella Prize (2013-)
  • The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists T. A. G. Hungerford Award
• Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes
• TDK Australian Audio Book Awards (1989–1999)
• Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
• Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, including:
  • Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
• Western Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award (2008 only)
• Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
• Woollahra Digital Literary Award
• Voss Literary Prize

Short stories

• The Age Short Story Award
• Aurealis Awards
  • Best Fantasy Short Story
  • Best Horror Short Story
  • Best Science Fiction Short Story
  • Best Young-Adult Short Story
• Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Poetry

• Anne Elder Award
• Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
• The Blake Poetry Prize
• Christopher Brennan Award
• C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
• Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
• Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize
• Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
• Ipswich Poetry Feast
• Judith Wright Calanthe Award
• Judith Wright Prize
• Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
• MARION Book Awards (ACT)
• Mary Gilmore Award
• Newcastle Poetry Prize
• Peter Porter Poetry Prize
• Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
• Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
• The Roland Robinson Literary Award
• Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize
• Val Vallis Award
• The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
• Wesley Michel Wright Prize

Plays

• NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights (2013–2018; was Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award 1995–2012)
• Patrick White Playwrights' Award (2000–)
• Queensland Premier's Drama Award (2002-2013?)

Youth literature

• Inky Awards

Children's books

Defunct awards

• Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards, awarded by the Office of Multicultural Affairs from 1991 to 1995

Ongoing awards

• Children's Book Council of Australia awards
  • Australian Children's Choice Awards
    • Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY Awards) — CBCA Queensland Branch
    • Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL Awards) — CBCA ACT Branch
  • Children's Book of the Year Awards
    • Early Childhood
    • Younger Readers
    • Older Readers
    • Picture Book of the Year
    • New Illustrator (2019–
    • Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
  • Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration (1988–2018)
  • Dame Annabelle Rankin Award
  • Leila St John Award
  • Nan Chauncy Award
• Children's Peace Literature Award
• Dromkeen Medal
• Environment Award for Children's Literature, awarded by the Wilderness Society^[3]
• Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards^[4]

History

• Australian History Awards
• Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards
• Ernest Scott Prize^[5]
• New South Wales Premier's History Awards (1997–)
• Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History (2007–)
• Victorian Community History Awards (1998–)

Science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction

• Aurealis Award
• Australian Shadows Award
• Chandler Award
• Ditmar Award

Crime writing

• Davitt Award
• CWA Duncan Laurie Dagger Awards
• Ned Kelly Awards

Non-fiction

• ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
• Educational Publishing Awards Australia^[6]
• The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
• Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
• The Iremonger Award (2004–2008)
• National Biography Award (1996–)
• Peter Blazey Fellowship
• Walkley Book Award
• Whitley Awards (Australia)

Other

• Barbara Ramsden Award (fiction or nonfiction) (1971–2015)
• Russell Prize (humour)

See also

• Australian literature
• Commonwealth Writers Prize
• List of literary awards
• List of years in Australian literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Chief Minister's NT Book Awards . NT Writers' Centre . 11 August 2021.
2. Web site: About the Deborah Cass Prize . Deborah Cass Prize for Writing. 8 August 2015. 11 August 2021.
3. Web site: Environment Award For Children's Literature. 11 August 2021. Wilderness Society.
4. Web site: Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. 2021-11-03. AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. en.
5. Web site: Abud-Rouch . Aaron . 2022-05-20 . Ernest Scott Prize — Australian Centre . 2022-10-08 . Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne . en.
6. Web site: Welcome to the Educational Publishing Awards Australia. Educational Publishing Australia. 28 March 2023.