List of Australian literary awards
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A list of Australian literary awards and prizes:
[edit] Literature
- ABC Fiction Award
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- The Age Book of the Year
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
- Banjo Awards[1]
- Barbara Jefferis Award
- Colin Roderick Award
- David Unaipon Award
- Henry Lawson Literary Awards
- Miles Franklin Award
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
- Nita Kibble Literary Award
- Patricia Weickhardt Award
- Patrick White Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards[2]
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
- S. H. Prior Memorial Prize (1935 - 1956)
- South Australian Premier's Awards
- T. A. G. Hungerford Award
- TDK Australian Audio Book Awards (1989-1999)
- Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award
- Western Australian Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award[3]
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
[edit] Short stories
[edit] Poetry
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- Anne Elder Award
- Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize[4]
- Christopher Brennan Award
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
- Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
- Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- Mary Gilmore Prize
- Newcastle Poetry Prize
- Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
- The Roland Robinson Literary Award
- The Val Vallis Award
- The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
[edit] Plays
[edit] Children's books
- Bilby Awards (CBCA)
- Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards
- Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
- Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration (CBCA)
- Dame Annabelle Rankin Award (CBCA)
- Leila St John Award (CBCA)
- Multi-Cultural Children's Literature Award
- Nan Chauncy Award (CBCA)
[edit] Science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction
[edit] Crime writing
[edit] Nonfiction
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- Australian History Awards
- National Biography Award
- New South Wales Premier's History Awards
- Walkley Awards
- Whitley Awards (Australia)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature
- The Age Short Story Competition
- David Unaipon Award
- Nita Kibble Award
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Banjo Awards". Dymocks Booksellers. http://dymocksbuilding.com.au/contentstatic/literarymatter/awards/banjo.asp. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- ^ Australia and Asia's richest literary award launched
- ^ "The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize". UQS Australia Faculty of the Arts. http://www.usq.edu.au/arts/community/poetryprize/default.htm. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
