Australian Literary Awards
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