New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers and artists with respect and understanding, the community will be more likely to do the same."[1] Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction.
Note: no awards were presented in 1998.
Christina Stead Prize for fiction
Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction
- 2009 The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
- 2008 Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Tom Griffiths
- 2007 Things I Didn't Know: a Memoir by Robert Hughes
- 2006 East of Time by Jacob G. Rosenberg
- 2005 The Idea of Home: autobiographical essays by John Hughes
- 2004 Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendinnen
- 2003 Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place by Mark McKenna
- 2002 The Poison Principle by Gail Bell
- 2001 Craft for a Dry Lake by Kim Mahood
- 2000 Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska
- 1999 H M Bark Endeavour by Ray Parkin
- 1997 The Europeans in Australia: A History, Volume One by Alan Atkinson
- 1996 Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia by Tom Griffiths
- 1995 The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska
- 1994 Australia's Spies and Their Secrets by David McKnight; The Scandalous Penton by Patrick Buckridge
- 1993 Robert Menzies Forgotten People by Judith Brett; Put Your Whole Self In by Meme McDonald
- 1992 Patrick White by David Marr
- 1991 Sitting In by Barry Hill; Poppy by Drusilla Modjeska
- 1990 The Snowy by Siobhan McHugh
- 1989 His Mother's Country by Maslyn Williams
- 1988 Louisa by Brian Matthews
- 1987 The Irish In Australia by Patrick O'Farrell
- 1986 A Paper Prince by George Munster; The Kurnai of Gippsland, Volume One by Phillip Pepper with Tess De Araugo
- 1985 The Moon Man by Elsie Webster
- 1984 The Archibald Paradox by Sylvia Lawson
- 1983 Robert J. Hawke by Blanche d'Alpuget
- 1982 Rebels and Precursors by Richard Haese
- 1981 A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
- 1980 Barwick by David Marr
- 1979 A History of Australia Volume IV by Manning Clark
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
NSW Premier's Biennial Prize for Literary Scholarship
- 2008 Samuel Taylor Coleridge: a Literary Life by William Christie
- 2006 Postcolonial Conrad: Paradoxes of Empire by Terry Collits
- 2004 Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession by Barry Hill
Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature
Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature
(Note from 1980 to 2000 called the Ethnic Affairs Commission Award)
Ethnic Affairs Commission Award
In 2001 superseded by the Community Relations Commission Award.
- 2000 The Binna-Binna Man by Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor
- 1999 Mortal Divide: the Autobiography of Yiorgos Alexandroglou by George Alexander
- 1997 The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker
- 1996 Caravanserai by Hanifa Deen
- 1995 The First Book of Samuel by Ursula Dubosarsky
- 1994 Aphrodite and the Others by Gillian Bouras
- 1993 The Crocodile Fury by Beth Yahp
- 1992 Inside Outside by Andrew Riemer
- 1991 Jewels and Ashes by Arnold Zable
- 1987 Dreamtime Nightmares by Bill Rosser
- 1986 No Snow In December by Maria Lewitt
- 1985 Oh Lucky Country by Rosa Cappiello
- 1984 A Universe of Clowns by Serge Liberman
- 1983 Faith of Our Fathers by Spiro Zavos
- 1982 The Long Farewell by Don Charlwood
- 1981 For the Patriarch by Angelo Loukakis
- 1980 Australia through Italian Eyes by Stephanie Lindsay Thompson
Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing
UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
Award renamed in 2008 from the UTS Award for New Writing to honour Glenda Adams.[2]
Play Award
Script Writing Award
(Note: in 1990 the Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards were amalgamated in this one award)
Film Writing Award
In 1990 the Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards were superseded by the single Script Writing Award
Radio Writing Award
In 1990 the Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards were superseded by the single Script Writing Award
- 1989 The Story of Anger Lee Bredenza by Alana Valentine
- 1988 Australia-Japan: A Love Story by Keith Gallasch and Virginia Baxter
Television Writing Award
In 1990 the Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards were superseded by the single Script Writing Award
NSW Premier's Translation Prize & PEN Medallion
- 2009 David Colmer
- 2007 John Nieuwenhuizen
- 2005 Chris Andrews
- 2001 Mabel Lee
Book of the Year
People's Choice Award for Fiction
This award was established in 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the awards.[3] The award is based on votes by New South Wales residents from the works shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for fiction.
Special Award
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