Age Book of the Year: (Fiction & Poetry)

• 2007 – David Malouf - Every Move You Make; Robert Adamson - Goldfinches of Baghdad
• 2006 – Christos Tsiolkas - Dead Europe; Jennifer Maiden - Friendly Fire
• 2005 – Gail Jones - Sixty Lights; Gay Bilson: Plenty
• 2004 –
• 2003 – Sonya Hartnett - Of a Boy
• 2002 –
• 2001 – Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
• 2000 –
• 1999 –
• 1998 – Elliott Perlman - Three Dollars, John Kinsella - The Hunt
• 1997 – Roberta Sykes - Snake Cradle, Peter Carey - Jack Maggs, Peter Porter - Dragons in their Pleasant Places, Emma Lew - The Wild Reply
• 1996 – Thea Astley - The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow
• 1995 – Chris Wallace-Crabbe - Selected Poems 1956-1994, Rod Jones - Billy Sunday
• 1994 – Peter Carey - The Unusual Life of Tristam Smith, Dorothy Porter - The Monkey’s Mask
• 1993 – Elizabeth Jolley - The Georges’ Wife, John Tranter - At the Florida
• 1992 – Marion Halligan - Lover’s Knots
• 1991 – Brian Castro - Double Wolf, David Marr - Patrick White: A Life
• 1990 – Gwen Harwood - Blessed City, Glenda Adams - Longleg
• 1989 – Elizabeth Jolley - My Father’s Moon
• 1988 – Frank Moorhouse - Forty-seventeen
• 1987 – Jessica Anderson - Stories from the Warm Zone
• 1986 – Joan London - Sister Ships
• 1985 – Peter Carey - Illywhacker
• 1984 – Nicholas Hasluck - The Bellarmine Jug
• 1983 – Elizabeth Jolley - Mr Scobie’s Riddle
• 1982 – David Malouf - Fly Away Peter
• 1981 – Blanche d’Alpuget - Turtle Beach
• 1980 – David Ireland - A Woman of the Future, Murray Bail - Homesickness
• 1979 – Roger McDonald - 1915
• 1978 – Christopher Koch - The Year of Living Dangerously
• 1977 – Graham Freudenberg - A Certain Grandeur
• 1976 – A. D. Hope - A Late Picking
• 1975 – Thea Astley - A Kindness Cup

David Unaipon:

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

Miles Franklin:

• 2007 – Alexis Wright - Carpentaria
• 2006 – Roger MacDonald - The Ballad of Desmond Kale
• 2005 – Andrew McGahan - White Earth
• 2004 – Shirley Hazzard - Great Fire
• 2003 – Alex Miller - Journey to Stone Country
• 2002 – Tim Winton - Dirt Music
• 2001 – Frank Moorhouse - Dark Palace
• 2000 – Thea Astley - Drylands; Kim Scott - Benang
• 1999 – Murray Bail - Eucalyptus
• 1998 – Peter Carey – Jack Maggs
• 1997 – David Foster – The Glade Within the Grove
• 1996 – Christopher Koch – Highways to a War
• 1995 – Helen Demidenko – The Hand That Signed the Paper
• 1994 – Rodney Hall – The Grisly Wife
• 1993 – Alex Miller – The Ancestor Game
• 1992 – Tim Winton – Cloudstreet
• 1991 – David Malouf – The Great World
• 1990 – Tom Flood – Oceana Fine
• 1989 – Peter Carey – Oscar and Lucinda
• 1988 – Date of Award Changed
• 1987 – Glenda Adams – Dancing on Coral
• 1986 – Elizabeth Jolley – The Well
• 1985 – Christopher Koch – The Doubleman
• 1984 – Tim Winton – Shallows
• 1983 – No Award
• 1982 – Rodney Hall – Just Relations
• 1981 – Peter Carey – Bliss
• 1980 – Jessica Anderson – The Impersonators
• 1979 – David Ireland – A Woman of the Future
• 1978 – Jessica Anderson – Tirra Lirra by the River
• 1977 – Ruth Park – Swords and Crowns and Rings
• 1976 – David Ireland – The Glass Canoe
• 1975 – Xavier Herbert – Poor Fellow My Country
• 1974 – Ronald McKie – The Mango Tree
• 1973 – No Award
• 1972 – Thea Astley – The Acolyte
• 1971 – David Ireland – The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
• 1970 – Dal Stivens – A Horse of Air
• 1969 – George Johnston – Clean Straw for Nothing
• 1968 – Thomas Keneally – Three Cheers for the Paraclete
• 1967 – Thomas Keneally – Bring Larks and Heroes
• 1966 – Peter Mathers – Trap
• 1965 – Thea Astley – The Slow Natives
• 1964 – George Johnston – My Brother Jack
• 1963 – Sumner Locke Elliott – Careful He Might Hear You
• 1962 – Thea Astley – The Well Dressed Explorer
• 1962 – George Turner – The Cupboard Under the Stairs
• 1961 – Patrick White – Riders in the Chariot
• 1960 – Elizabeth O’Connor – The Irishman
• 1959 – Vance Palmer – The Big Fellow
• 1958 – Randolph Stow – To the Islands
• 1957 – Patrick White – Voss

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards:

• 2006 – Brian Castro - The Garden Book
• 2005 – Tim Winton - The Turning
• 2004 – J.M Coetzee - Elizabeth Costello
• 2003 – Janette Turner Hospital - Due Preparations For The Plague
• 2002 – Venero Armanno - The Volcano
• 2001 – Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
• 2000 – Thea Astley - Drylands
• 1999 – Les Murray - Freddy Neptune

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards:

Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:

• 2007 – John Tranter, Urban Myths: 210 Poems (University of Queensland Press)
• 2006 – Jaya Savige, Latecomers (University of Queensland Press)
• 2005 – Samuel Wagan Watson, Smoke Encrypted Whispers(University of Queensland Press)
• 2004 – Pam Brown, Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems (Salt Publishing)
• 2003 – Jill Jones, Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems (Salt Publishing)
• 2002 – Alan Wearne, The Lovemakers (Penguin Books Australia)
• 2001 – Ken Taylor, Africa (Five Islands Press)

Christina Stead Prize for Fiction:

• 2007 – Peter Carey, Theft: a Love Story (Random House Australia Pty Ltd)
• 2006 – Kate Grenville, Secret River (Text Publishing)
• 2005 – Tim Winton, The Turning (Pan Macmillan)
• 2004 – Brian Castro, Shanghai Dancing (Giramondo Publishing)
• 2003 – Kate Jennings, Moral Hazard (Picador)
• 2002 – Tim Winton, Dirt Music (Pan Macmillan Australia)
• 2001 – Alex Miller, Conditions of Faith (Allen & Unwin)

Patrick White Award:

• 2006 – Morris Lurie
• 2005 – Fay Zwicky
• 2004 – Nancy Phelan
• 2003 – Janette Turner Hospital
• 2002 – TAG Hungerford
• 2001 – Geoff Page
• 2000 – Thomas Shapcott
• 1999 – Gerald Murnane
• 1998 – Alma de Groen
• 1997 – Vivian Smith
• 1996 – Elizabeth Harrower
• 1995 – Elizabeth Riddell
• 1994 – Dimitris Tsaloumas
• 1993 – Amy Witting
• 1992 – Peter Cowan
• 1991 – David Martin
• 1990 – Robert Gray
• 1989 – Thea Astley
• 1988 – Roland Robinson
• 1987 – William Hart-Smith
• 1986 – John Morrison
• 1985 – Judah Waten
• 1984 – Rosemary Dobson
• 1983 – Marjorie Barnard
• 1982 – Bruce Beaver
• 1981 – Dal Stivens
• 1980 – Bruce Dawe
• 1979 – Randolph Stow
• 1978 – Gwen Harwood
• 1977 – Sumner Locke Elliott
• 1976 – John Blight
• 1975 – David Campbell
• 1974 – Christina Stead

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards:

Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction:

• 2007 - Alexis Wright, Carpentaria (Giramondo)
• 2006 – Peter Carey, Theft: A Love Story (Knopf/Random House)
• 2005 – Sonya Hartnett, Surrender (Viking/Penguin)
• 2004 – Annamarie Jagose, Slow Water (Vintage/Random House)
• 2003 – Brian Castro, Shanghai Dancing (Giramondo)

C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry:

• 2007 - Judy Johnson, Jack (Pandanus)
• 2006 – John Tranter, Urban Myths: 210 Poems (University of Queensland Press)
• 2005 – MTC Cronin, <More Or Less Than>1-100  (Shearsman Books)
• 2004 – Judith Beveridge, Wolf Notes (Giramondo)
• 2003 – Emma Lew, Anything the Landlord Touches (Giramondo)

Prize for Indigenous Writing: (biennial)

• 2006 – Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air (University of Queensland Press)
• 2005 – none given
• 2004 – Vivienne Cleven, Her Sister’s Eye (University of Queensland Press)

 

Australian Vogel Award:

• 2007 – Stefan Laszczuk - I Dream of Magda
• 2006 – Belinda Castles - The River Baptists
• 2005 – Andrew O'Connor - Tuvalu
• 2004 – Julienne van Loon - Road Story
• 2003 – Nicholas Angel - Drown Them in the Sea; Ruth Balint - Troubled Waters
• 2002 – Danielle Wood - The Alphabet of Light and Dark
• 2001 – Sarah Hay - Skins
• 2000 – Stephen Gray - The Artist is a Thief
• 1999 – Hsu-Ming Teo - Love and Vertigo
• 1998 – Jennifer Kremmer - Pegasus in the Suburbs
• 1997 – Eva Sallis - Hiam
• 1996 – Bernard Cohen - The Blindman's Hat
• 1995 – Richard King - Kindling Does For Firewood
• 1994 – Darren Williams - Swimming In Silk
• 1993 – Helen Demidenko - The Hand That Signed The Paper
• 1992 – Fotini Epanomitis - The Mule's Foal
• 1991 – Andrew McGahan - Praise
• 1990 – Gillian Mears - The Mint Lawn
• 1989 – Mandy Sayer - Mood Indigo
• 1988 – Tom Flood - Oceana Fine
• 1987 – Jim Sakkas - Ilias
• 1986 – Robin Walton - Glace Fruits
• 1985 – No prize awarded
• 1984 – Kate Grenville - Lilian's Story
• 1983 – Jenny Summerville - Shields Of Trell
• 1982 – Brian Castro - Birds of Passage - Joint Winner; Nigel Krauth - Matilda, My Darling - Joint Winner
• 1981 – Chris Matthews - Al Jazzar - Joint Winner; Tim Winton - An Open Swimmer - Joint Winner
• 1980 – Archie Weller - The Day Of The Dog (Shortlisted); Paul Radley - Jack Rivers and Me (Winner Disqualified)

Western Australian Premier's Literary Awards (Fiction & Poetry):

• 2006 – Simone Lazaroo - The Travel Writer (Pan Macmillan Australia); Poetry: Dennis Haskell - All the Time in the World (Salt)
• 2005 – Carrie Tiffany - Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living (Picador); Poetry: Rod Moran - The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970-2005 (Salt)
• 2004 – Gail Jones - Sixty Lights (Random House Australia); Poetry: Miriam Wei Wei Lo - Against Certain Capture (Five Islands Press)
• 2003 – Brett D'Arcy - The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks (Vintage); Poetry: John Kinsella - Peripheral Light (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 2002 – Gail Jones - Black Mirror (Picador); Poetry: Barbara Temperton - Going Feral (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 2001 – Tim Winton - Dirt Music (Picador); Poetry: Dorothy Hewett - Halfway up the Mountain (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 2000 – Simone Lazaroo - The Australian Fiancé (Pan Macmillan); Poetry: Mark Reid - Parochial (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1999 – Kim Scott - Benang: from the Heart (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Tracy Ryan - The Willing Eye (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1998 – Pat Jacobs - Going Inland (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: John Kinsella - The Hunt (Fremantle Arts Centre) & Fay Zwicky - The Gatekeeper's Wife (Brandl & Schlesinger)
• 1997 – Robert Drewe - The Drowner (Pan Macmillan) & Gail Jones - Fetish Lives (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Alec Choate - The Wheels of Hama (Victor Publishing)
• 1996 – Heather Grace - The Lighthouse Spark (Fremantle Arts Centre) & Dave Warner - City of Light (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Dorothy Hewett - Collected Poems (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1995 – Simone Lazaroo - The World Waiting to be Made (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Andrew Taylor - Sandstone (University of Queensland Press)
• 1994 – Joan London - Letter to Constantine (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Dorothy Hewett - Peninsula (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1993 – Gail Jones - House of Breathing (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: John Kinsella - Full Fathom Five (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1992 – Philip Salom - Playback (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Mudrooroo - The Garden of Gethsemane: Poems from the Lost Decade (Hyland House)
• 1991 – Nicholas Hasluck - The Country Without Music (Penguin) & Tim Winton - Cloud Street (McPhee Gribble); Poetry: Fay Zwicky - Ask Me (University of Queensland Press)
• 1990 – Vasso Kalamaras - The Same Light (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Caroline Caddy - Beach Plastic (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1989 – Marion Campbell - Not Being Miriam (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Mudrooroo - Dalwurra: The Black Bittern (Centre for Studies in Australian Literature)
• 1988 – Tim Winton - Minimum of Two (McPhee Gribble/Penguin); Poetry: Philip Salom - Sky Poems (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1987 – Joan London - Sister Ships (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Lee Knowles - Dial Marina (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1986 – Peter Cowan - The Color of the Sky (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Alec Choate - A Marking of Fire (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1985 – Tim Winton - Shallows (Allen & Unwin) & Tim Winton - Scission (McPhee Gribble/Penguin); Poetry: Andrew Lansdown- Windfalls (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1984 – T. A. G. Hungerford - Stories from Suburban Road (Fremantle Arts Centre); Poetry: Philip Salom - The Projectionist (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1983 – Elizabeth Jolley - Mr Scobie's Riddle (Penguin); Poetry: Alan Alexander - Scarpdancer (Fremantle Arts Centre)
• 1982 – Archie Weller - Day of the Dog (Allen & Unwin); Poetry: Andrew Lansdown - For Phillip (published in "Artlook")

Children's Book of the Year Awards

Aurealis Awards - Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction