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 – discontinued after 2012
- Asher Award – 2005–2017
- Australian Book Industry Awards
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
- Banjo Awards
- Barbara Jefferis Award
- Colin Roderick Award
- David Unaipon Award
- Deborah Cass Prize for Writing
- Melbourne Prize for Literature
- Miles Franklin Award
- MUD Literary Prize
- The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature
- Ned Kelly Awards
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
- Nita Kibble Literary Award
- Patrick White Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
- S. H. Prior Memorial Prize
- South Australian Premier's Awards
- Stella Prize
- The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists award
- T. A. G. Hungerford Award
- Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes
- TDK Australian Audio Book Awards
- Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award
- Western Australian Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
- Voss Literary Prize
Short stories
- The Age 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
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- 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
- Mary Gilmore Prize
- 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
Plays
- Patrick White Playwrights' Award
- Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award
Youth literature
- Inky Awards
Children's books
- 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
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- * Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration
- * Dame Annabelle Rankin Award
- * Leila St John Award
- * Nan Chauncy Award
- Children's Peace Literature Award
- Dromkeen Medal
History
- Australian History Awards
- Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards
- 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
- Aurealis Award
- Australian Shadows Award
- Chandler Award
- Ditmar Award
Crime writing
- Davitt Award
- CWA Duncan Laurie Dagger Awards
- Ned Kelly Awards
Nonfiction
- ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
- The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
- The Iremonger Award
- National Biography Award
- Peter Blazey Fellowship
- Walkley Awards
- Whitley Awards
Other
- Barbara Ramsden Award
- Nib Literary Award
- Russell Prize