List of Australian literary awards

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Contents 1 Literature 2 Short stories 3 Poetry 4 Plays 5 Children's books 6 Science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction 7 Crime writing 8 Nonfiction 9 See also 10 External links 11 Notes

A list of Australian literary awards and prizes:

[edit] Literature

• 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
• 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
• 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

• The Age Short Story Award

[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

[edit] Plays

• Patrick White Playwrights' Award
• Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award

[edit] Children's books

• Bilby Awards (CBCA)
• Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards
• Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
• Children's Book of the Year Award Winners (CBCA)
• 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

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

[edit] Crime writing

• CWA Duncan Laurie Dagger Awards
• Ned Kelly Awards

[edit] Nonfiction

• ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
• Walkley Awards
• Whitley Awards (Australia)

[edit] See also

• Australian History Awards
• Australian literature
• The Commonwealth Writers Prize
• List of literary awards
• National Biography Award
• New South Wales Premier's History Awards

[edit] External links

• Association for the Study of Australian Literature
• The Age Short Story Competition
• David Unaipon Award
• Nita Kibble Award

[edit] Notes