List of Australian literary awards
A list of Australian literary awards and prizes:
Literature
- ABC Fiction Award
- ACT Book of the Year
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- Ada Cambridge Prize
- The Age Book of the Year
- ARA Historical Novel Prize
- Asher Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
- Banjo Awards
- Barbara Jefferis Award
- Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, originally Territory Read, from 2009
- Colin Roderick Award
- David Unaipon Award
- Deborah Cass Prize for Writing, established 2015 for writers from a migrant background
- Dorothy Hewett Award
- Fogarty Literary Award
- Indie Book Awards
- MARION Book Awards
- Melbourne Prize for Literature
- Miles Franklin Award
- MUD Literary Prize
- Nib Literary Award
- Ned Kelly Awards
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
- Nita Kibble Literary Award
- Patrick White Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- Queensland Literary Awards
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 1
- Readings Prize
- S. H. Prior Memorial Prize
- South Australian Literary Awards
- Stella Prize
- The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists
- T. A. G. Hungerford Award
- Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes
- TDK Australian Audio Book Awards
- Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, including:
- *Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
- Western Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
- Woollahra Digital Literary Award
- Voss Literary Prize
Short stories
- The Age Short Story Award
- Albury City Short Story Award
- Aurealis Awards
- * Best Fantasy Short Story
- * Best Horror Short Story
- * Best Science Fiction Short Story
- * Best Young-Adult Short Story
- Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Poetry
- Anne Elder Award
- Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
- The Blake Poetry Prize
- Christopher Brennan Award
- C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
- Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
- Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize
- Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
- Ipswich Poetry Feast
- Judith Wright Calanthe Award
- Judith Wright Prize
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- MARION Book Awards
- Mary Gilmore Award
- Newcastle Poetry Prize
- Peter Porter Poetry Prize
- Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
- The Roland Robinson Literary Award
- Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize
- Val Vallis Award
- The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
- Wesley Michel Wright Prize
Plays
- NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights
- Patrick White Playwrights' Award
- Queensland Premier's Drama Award
Youth literature
Children's books
Defunct awards
- Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards, awarded by the Office of Multicultural Affairs from 1991 to 1995
Ongoing awards
- Children's Book Council of Australia awards
- *Australian Children's Choice Awards
- ** Books I Love Best Yearly — CBCA Queensland Branch
- ** Canberra's Own Outstanding List — CBCA ACT Branch
- *Children's Book of the Year Awards
- ** Early Childhood
- ** Younger Readers
- ** Older Readers
- ** Picture Book of the Year
- ** New Illustrator
- * Dame Annabelle Rankin Award
- * Leila St John Award
- * Nan Chauncy Award
- Children's Peace Literature Award
- Dromkeen Medal
- Environment Award for Children's Literature, awarded by the Wilderness Society
- Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
History
- Australian History Awards
- Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards
- Ernest Scott Prize
- New South Wales Premier's History Awards
- Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
- Victorian Community History Awards
Science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction
Crime writing
Non-fiction
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- Educational Publishing Awards Australia
- The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
- Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
- The Iremonger Award
- National Biography Award
- Peter Blazey Fellowship
- Walkley Book Award
- Whitley Awards (Australia)