A list of Australian literary awards and prizes:

Literature

* ABC Fiction Award (2005–2009) *

ACT Book of the Year The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), k ...

* ACT Writing and Publishing Awards * Ada Cambridge Prize * The Age Book of the Year – discontinued after 2012; reinstituted in 2021 * Asher Award – 2005–2017 * Australian Book Industry Awards *

Australian Literature Society Gold Medal The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by th ...

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award ''The Australian''/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in ...

* Banjo Awards – 1974–1997 * Barbara Jefferis Award * Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, originally Territory Read, from 2009 * Colin Roderick Award * David Unaipon Award * Deborah Cass Prize for Writing, established 2015 for writers from a migrant background * Fogarty Literary Award * Melbourne Prize for Literature * Miles Franklin Award * MUD Literary Prize (since 2018) * The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature
Currently the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
* Ned Kelly Awards *

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...

Nita Kibble Literary Award The Kibble Literary Awards comprise two awards—the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, and the Dobbie Literary Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer. The Awar ...

* Patrick White Award *

Prime Minister's Literary Awards The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.Queensland Literary Awards The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the QLAs ...

(2012–) * Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (1999–2011) * S. H. Prior Memorial Prize (1934–1946) * South Australian Premier's Awards * Stella Prize * The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists award * 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 The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...

, including: ** Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing * Western Australian Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award *

Western Australian Premier's Book Awards The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an annual book award provided by the Government of Western Australia The Government of Western Australia, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government of Western Australia, is the Australi ...

* Woollahra Digital Literary Award as noted in the list of electronic literature authors, critics, and works * Viva la Novella * 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

* ACU Prize for Poetry * ACT Writing and Publishing Awards * Anne Elder Award * Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize * The Blake Poetry Prize *

Christopher Brennan Award The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established in 1973, takes the form of a bronze plaque which is presented to a poet who produces ...

* C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry *

Grace Leven Prize for Poetry The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress ...

* Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize * Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize * Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award * Ipswich Poetry Feast * Judith Wright Calanthe Award * Judith Wright Prize * Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry * Mary Gilmore Award * Newcastle Poetry Prize * Noel Rowe Poetry Award * Peter Porter Poetry Prize * Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal *

Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry is awarded for a book of verse published by someone in any of the Commonwealth realms. Originally the award was open only to British subjects living in the United Kingdom, but in 1985 the scope was extended to i ...

* The Roland Robinson Literary Award * Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize * Val Vallis Award * The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize

Plays

* Patrick White Playwrights' Award (2000–) * Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award (1995–2012), renamed NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights (2013–2018) * 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, and endorsed by the Children's Book Council of Australia. ;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 Early childhood is a stage in human development following infancy and preceding middle childhood. It generally includes toddlerhood and some time afterward. Play age is an unspecific designation approximately within the scope of 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 * Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards

History

* Australian History Awards * Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards * Ernest Scott Prize *

New South Wales Premier's History Awards The NSW Premier's History Awards honour distinguished achievement in the interpretation of history, through both the written word and non-print media by Australian citizens and permanent residents of Australia. History The State Government of Ne ...

(1997–) *

Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History was created by the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard following the Australian History Summit held in Canberra on 17 August 2006. The Summit looked at how the Australian government could stre ...

(2007–) *

Victorian Community History Awards The Victorian Community History Awards are held annually to recognise the contributions made by Victorians in the preservation of the State's history, and to recognise excellence in historical research. The effect of the VCHA over the period from ...

(1998–)

Science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction

* Aurealis Award * Australian Shadows Award * Chandler Award *

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise ...

Crime writing

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

Non-fiction

* ACT Writing and Publishing Awards * Educational Publishing Awards Australiahttp://edpubawards.com/ *

The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing was established in 2012 to recognise excellence in Australian science writing. The annual prize of A$7,000 is awarded to the best short non-fiction piece of science fiction with the aim of a general au ...

* Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship * The Iremonger Award (2004–2008) *

National Biography Award The National Biography Award, established in Australia in 1996, is awarded for the best published work of biographical or autobiographical writing by an Australian. It aims "to encourage the highest standards of writing biography and autobiography ...

(1996–) * Peter Blazey Fellowship * Walkley Book Award * Whitley Awards (Australia)

Other

* Barbara Ramsden Award (Fiction or Nonfiction) * Nib Literary Award (Fiction or Nonfiction) * Russell Prize (Humour)

Notes

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