Queensland Premier's Literary Awards

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The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.

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[edit] Fiction Book Award

[edit] Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award

  • 2007 Life in the Bus Lane by Ian Commins
  • 2006 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
  • 2005 The Long Road of the Junkmailer by Patrick Holland
  • 2004 An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang
  • 2003 The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley Starr
  • 2002 The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton
  • 2001 Mama Kuma: One Woman, Two Cultures by Deborah Carlyon
  • 2000 The Bone Flute by Nicole Bourke
  • 1999 Shoelaces by Jillian Watkinson

[edit] Unpublished Indigenous Writer - The David Unaipon Award

  • 2007 Skin Painting by Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson
  • 2006 Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy
  • 2005 Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt
  • 2004 Dust on Waterglass by Tara June Winch
  • 2003 Whispers of This Wik Woman by Fiona Doyle
  • 2002 Home by Larissa Behrendt
  • 2001 The Mish by Robert Lowe
  • 2000 Bitin’ Back by Vivienne Cleven
  • 1999 Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight by Samuel Wagan Watson
  • 1998 Is That You Ruthie? by Ruth Hegarty
  • 1997 When Darkness Falls by John Bodey
  • 1996 Black Angels Red Blood by Steven McCarthy
  • 1995 Warrigal's Way by Warrigal Anderson
  • 1994 The Sausage Tree by Valda Gee and Rosalie Medcraft
  • 1993 Bridge of Triangles by John Muk Muk Burke
  • 1992 Sweet Water, Stolen Land by Philip McLaren
  • 1991 Broken Dreams by Bill Dodd
  • 1990 Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter by Doris Pilkington Garimara
  • 1989 Holocaust Island by Graeme Dixon

[edit] Non-Fiction Book Award

  • 2007 Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Professor Tom Griffiths
  • 2006 Packer's Lunch by Neil Chenoweth
  • 2005 Papunya - A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
  • 2004 A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
  • 2003 Meeting of the Waters by Margaret Simons
  • 2002 The Boyds: A Family Biography by Dr Brenda Niall
  • 2001 A Fine and Private Place by Brian Matthews

[edit] History Book Award

  • 2007 Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark
  • 2006 Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins by Dr Peter Edwards
  • 2005 The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech by Shane White and Graham White
  • 2004 Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendinnen
  • 2003 Mussolini by Professor Richard Bosworth
  • 2002 Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
  • 2001 The Colonial Earth by Tim Bonyhady
  • 2000 JohnCurtin: A Life by David Day
  • 1999 The Sky Travellers by Bill Gammage

[edit] Children's Book Award

[edit] Young Adult Book Award

[edit] Science Writers - Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Award

  • 2007 Crude by Dr Richard Smith
  • 2006 Good Health in the 21st Century by Dr Carole Hungerford
  • 2005 Stem Cells by Elizabeth Finkel
  • 2004 Genius of Junk by Sonya Pemberton

[edit] Poetry Collection - Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award

[edit] Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award

  • 2007 Every Move You Make by David Malouf
  • 2006 A Funny thing Happened at 27 000 Feet by Craig Cormick
  • 2005 Vincenzo's Garden by John Clancy
  • 2004 Mahjar by Eva Sallis

[edit] Literary Work Advancing Public Debate - the Harry Williams Award

  • 2007 Jonestown by Chris Masters
  • 2006 Asbestos House by Gideon Haigh
  • 2005 Sickness in the System by Hedley Thomas
  • 2004 The History Wars by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark
  • 2003 Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson
  • 2002 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne and Reconciliation: A Journey by Michael Gordon
  • 2001 Borderline: Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Peter Mares and Dossier Inside the ABC by David Fagan and Dossier Team
  • 2000 Why Weren't We Told by Henry Reynolds
  • 1999 The Moment the Laughter Died by Tony Koch

[edit] Film Script - the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award

[edit] Television Script - QUT Creative Industries Award

  • 2007 Bastard Boys by Sue Smith
  • 2006 Unfolding Florence by Katherine Thomson
  • 2005 RAN: Remote Area Nurse - Episode 5 - Blue Hawaii by Sue Smith
  • 2004 The Cooks - Ep 12. Series 1 - Honey and Wounds by Blake Ayshford

[edit] Drama Script (Stage) Award

  • 2007 Embers by Campion Decent
  • 2006 Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noelle Janaczewska
  • 2005 Black Hands/Dead Section by Van Badham
  • 2004 Run Rabbit Run by Alana Valentine
  • 2003 Last Cab to Darwin by Reg Cribb
  • 2002 Old Masters by Beatrix Christian
  • 2001 Meat Party by Duong Le Quy
  • 2000 Box the Pony by Leah Purcell and Scott Rankin
  • 1999 Who's Afraid of the Working Class by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas

[edit] Encouragement and Development Prize

  • 2005 The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary

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