The Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature comprise a group of biennially-granted literary awards established in 1986 by the

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, announced during Adelaide Writers' Week, as part of the Adelaide Festival. The awards include national as well as state-based prizes, and offer three fellowships for South Australian writers. Several categories have been added to the original four.

History and description

The Awards were created by the South Australian government in 1986. They are currently administered by the

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and awarded during Writers' Week as part of the Adelaide Festival. The Premier's Award is the richest prize, worth , and awarded for the best overall published work which has already won an award in one of the other categories. Other national awards, worth each as of 2018, are the Fiction Award, Children's Literature Award, Young Adult's Fiction Award, John Bray Poetry Award, and the Non-Fiction Award. South Australian awards and fellowships are the

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Playwright's Award, the Arts South Australia/ Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award, the Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship, the

Max Fatchen Maxwell Edgar Fatchen, AM (3 August 192014 October 2012) was an Australian children's writer and journalist. Early life Fatchen was born at "Narma" private hospital, South Terrace, Adelaide, the only son of Cecil William Fatchen and Isabel ...

Fellowship and the Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Fellowship.

National awards

Premier's Award

Winners: * 1996 ''The Future Eaters'' by Tim Flannery (Reed Books) * 1998 ''The Drowner'' by Robert Drewe ( Pan MacMillan) * 2000 ''

Mr Darwin's Shooter ''Mr Darwin's Shooter'' is a 1998 novel by Roger McDonald. It describes the life of Syms Covington, manservant to Charles Darwin during Darwin's voyage aboard HMS ''Beagle''. The book deals with three periods of Covington's life: childhood, adol ...

'' by

Roger McDonald Hugh Roger McDonald (born 23 June 1941 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian award-winning author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter. Life and career The middle son of ...

(

Vintage Books Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954. The company was purchased by Random House in April 1960, and a British division was set up in 1990. After Random Hous ...

) * 2002 '' True History of the Kelly Gang'' by Peter Carey ( University of Queensland Press) * 2004 ''

Wild Surmise ''Wild Surmise'' is a 2002 verse novel by Australian poet Dorothy Porter which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Award. Notes * Dedication: For Andy * Epigraph: 'There felt I like some watcher of the skies, When a new planet swims ...

'' by Dorothy Porter ( Picador) * 2006 '' Sixty Lights'' by Gail Jones (

) * 2008 ''Urban Myths: 210 Poems'' by

John Tranter John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has published more than twenty books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program ''Books and Writing''; and founding in 1997 ...

( University of Queensland Press) * 2010 ''Tales from Outer Suburbia'' by Shaun Tan (

Allen and Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ...

) * 2012 ''

That Deadman Dance ''That Deadman Dance'' is the third novel by Western Australian author Kim Scott. It was first published in 2010 by Picador (Australia) and by Bloomsbury in the UK, US and Canada in 2012. It won the 2011 Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize, t ...

'' by Kim Scott (Picador Australia) * 2014 '' Cold Light'' by Frank Moorhouse * 2016 ''Figgy in the World'' by

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* 2018 ''The Last Garden'' by

Eva Hornung Eva Sallis (also Eva HornungDog’s ...

*2020 ''Nevermoor: The trials of Morrigan Crow'' by

Jessica Townsend Jessica Townsend (born 18 April 1985 in Caloundra, Queensland) is an Australian author known for the children's fantasy novel series, '' The Nevermoor series''. Her debut novel ''Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow '' won the Book of the Year ...

(Lothian) *2022 '' The Yield'' by Tara June Winch

Fiction Award

Winners: * 1986 ''

The Children's Bach ''The Children's Bach'' (1984) is a novella by Australian writer Helen Garner. It was her third published book and her second novel. It was well received critically both in Australia and abroad. Plot summary The novel, set in Melbourne, concer ...

'' by

Helen Garner Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, ''Monkey Grip (novel), Monkey Grip'', published in 1977, immediately established her as an origina ...

(McPhee Gribble) * 1988 ''Julia Paradise'' by

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(McPhee Gribble) * 1990 '' Oscar and Lucinda'' by Peter Carey ( University of Queensland Press) * 1992 ''

The Great World ''The Great World'' is a 1990 Miles Franklin literary award-winning novel by the Australian author David Malouf. It is an epic novel telling the story of two Australians during the turmoil of World War I & II; and second and the imprisonment of J ...

'' by David Malouf (Chatto & Windus) * 1994 ''Grand Days'' by Frank Moorhouse (William Heinemann Australia) * 1996 '' Death of a River Guide'' by

Richard Flanagan Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel '' The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Flanagan was described by the ''Washing ...

(McPhee Gribble/Penguin) * 1998 ''The Drowner'' by Robert Drewe ( Pan MacMillan) * 2000 ''

'' by

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) * 2002 '' True History of the Kelly Gang'' by Peter Carey ( University of Queensland Press) * 2004 '' Moral Hazard'' by Kate Jennings ( Picador) * 2006 '' Sixty Lights'' by Gail Jones (

) * 2008 ''

The Ballad of Desmond Kale ''The Ballad of Desmond Kale'' is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Roger McDonald Hugh Roger McDonald (born 23 June 1941 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian award-winning author of several novels and a number ...

'' by

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) * 2010 ''

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by David Malouf (Knopf/Random House) * 2012 ''

'' by Kim Scott (Picador Australia) * 2014 '' Cold Light'' by Frank Moorhouse * 2016 ''To Name Those Lost'' by Rohan Wilson * 2018 ''The Last Garden'' by

Eva Hornung Eva Sallis (also Eva HornungDog’s ...

*2020 '' The Death of Noah Glass'' by Gail Jones (Text) *2022 '' The Yield'' by Tara June Winch

Children's Literature Award

Winners: * 1986 ''The Long Night Watch'' by Ivan Southall ( Methuen) * 1988 ''

Space Demons Space Demons is a Young-Adult Novel, young adult novel written by Gillian Rubinstein, first published in 1986. It details the story of five children playing a video game which both affects and is affected by their real lives. It is the first of a ...

'' by

Gillian Rubinstein Gillian Rubinstein (born 29 August 1942) is an English-born children's author and playwright. Born in Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, Rubinstein split her childhood between England and Nigeria, moving to Australia in 1973. As ...

( Omnibus Books) * 1990 ''Beyond the Labyrinth'' by

(Hyland House) * 1992 ''The House Guest'' by Eleanor Nilsson ( Viking Penguin) * 1994 ''Angel's Gate'' by

Gary Crew Gary David Crew (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. Awards Crew has won the Australian Children's Book of the Year on four occasions. Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers * 1991 '' Strange ...

(

William Heinemann Australia William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann. Their first published book, 1890's ''The Bondman'', was a huge success in the United Kingdom and launched the company. He was joined ...

) * 1996 ''The Third Day, The Frost'' by John Marsden ( Pan MacMillan) * 1998 ''The Listmaker'' by Robin Klein (Viking Penguin) * 2000 ''Deadly, Unna?'' by

Phillip Gwynne Phillip Gwynne (born 1958) is an Australian author. He is best known for his 1998 debut novel, ''Deadly, Unna?'', a rites-of-passage story which uses Australian rules football as a backdrop to explore race relations in a small town in South Austr ...

( Puffin Penguin) * 2002 '' Lirael'' by Garth Nix ( HarperCollins) * 2004 ''Abyssinia'' by Ursula Dubosarsky ( Viking Penguin) * 2006 ''It's Not All About You, Calma!'' by

Barry Jonsberg Barry Jonsberg (born 1951) is an Australian author and teacher who was born in Liverpool. He earned two degrees in English and Psychology from Liverpool University and was a college lecturer in Crewe, Cheshire before moving to Australia in 1999. ...

(

) * 2008 ''

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'' by

Michael Gerard Bauer Michael Gerard Bauer (born 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian full-time children's and young adult author, and was formerly an English teacher. Biography Bauer was born in Brisbane and attended Marist College Ashgrove before attending the Univ ...

(Omnibus Scholastic) * 2010 ''Tales from Outer Suburbia'' by Shaun Tan (

) * 2012 ''Taj and the Great Camel Trek'' by Roseanne Hawke ( University of Queensland Press) * 2014 ''A Very Unusual Pursuit'' by

Catherine Jinks Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the A ...

* 2016 ''Figgy in the World'' by Tamsin Janu * 2018 ''Dragonfly Song'' by

Wendy Orr Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer born in Edmonton, Alberta. She is probably best known as the author of ''Nim's Island'', which was made into a film in 2008 starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler Gerard Ja ...

*2020 ''Nevermoor: The trials of Morrigan Crow'' by

(Lothian) *2022 ''We are Wolves'' by

Katrina Nannestad Katrina Nannestad is an Australian writer of books for children. Career Following her graduation from the University of New England, Armidale with qualifications in English and education, Nannestad began her career as a school teacher. Her ...

Young Adult Fiction Award

(Offered 2012– ) Winners: * 2012 ''All I Ever Wanted'' by

Vikki Wakefield Vikki Wakefield (born 1970) is an Australian author who writes young adult fiction. Career After a career working in banking, journalism and graphic design, Wakefield studied at TAFE and began writing. Her first book, ''All I Ever Wanted'', ...

* 2014 ''Friday Brown'' by

* 2016 ''Are You Seeing Me?'' by

Darren Groth Darren is a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from an Anglicisation of the Irish first name Darragh or Dáire, meaning "Oak Tree". According to other sources, it is thought to come from ...

* 2018 ''My Sister Rosa'' by Justine Larbalestier *2020 ''Small Spaces'' by Sarah Epstein (Walker Books) *2022 ''The Gaps'' by

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John Bray Poetry Award

Honours John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995),

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, academic and poet for his distinguished services to Australian poetry. Winners: * 1986 ''Selected Poems – 1963–1983'' by Robert Gray (Angus & Robertson) * 1988 ''The Daylight Moon'' by Les Murray (Angus & Robertson) * 1990 ''Bone Scan'' by Gwen Harwood (Angus & Robertson) * 1992 ''Last Poems'' by Vincent Buckley (McPhee Gribble) * 1994 ''Between Glances'' by Andrew Lansdown (Fremantle Arts Centre Press) * 1996 ''The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony'' by John Kinsella (Fremantle Arts Centre Press) * 1998 ''The Blue Cloud of Crying'' by

Peter Boyle Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. Known as a character actor, he played Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and the comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof ''Young Fra ...

(Hale & Ironmonger) * 2000 ''The Harbour'' by Dimitris Tsaloumas ( University of Queensland Press) * 2002 ''Around Here'' by Cath Kenneally ( Wakefield Press) * 2004 ''

'' by Dorothy Porter ( Picador) * 2006 ''Totem'' by

Luke Davies Luke Davies (born 1962) is an Australian writer of poetry, novels and screenplays. His best known works are '' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction'' (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film '' Lion'', which e ...

(

) * 2008 ''Urban Myths: 210 Poems'' by

( University of Queensland Press) * 2010 ''The Other Way Out'' by

Bronwyn Lea Bronwyn Lea is a contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor. Biography Born in Tasmania, Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University. She completed a PhD titled "The way ...

(Giramondo poets) * 2012 ''Taller When Prone'' by Les Murray (Black Inc) * 2014 ''The Sunlit Zone'' by Lisa Jacobson (Five Islands Press) * 2016 ''Waiting for the Past'' by Les Murray * 2018 ''Missing up'' by Pam Brown *2020 ''Archival-Poetics'' by Natalie Harkin (Vagabond) *2022 ''Fifteeners'' by Jordie Albiston

Non-Fiction Award

Winners: * 1986 ''A History of Prince Alfred College'' by R M Gibbs (Peacock Publications) * 1988 ''The Myriad Faces of War'' by Trevor Wilson (Polity/Blackwells) * 1990 ''Satura'' by John Bray ( Wakefield Press) * 1992 ''Patrick White – A Life'' by David Marr ( Random House Australia) * 1994 ''Sort of a Place Like Home: Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement'' by

Susan Maushart Susan Maushart (born 1958) is an American author, journalist and feminist. She lived in Perth, Western Australia, for over 20 years and now lives in New York City. Maushart's journalistic career in Australia varied between working for the Austral ...

(Fremantle Arts Centre Press) * 1996 ''The Future Eaters'' by Tim Flannery (Reed Books) * 1998 ''Claiming a Continent: A History of Australia'' by David Day ( HarperCollins) * 2000 ''Throw'im Way Leg: An Adventure'' by Tim Flannery ( Text Publishing) * 2002 ''Leviathan: the unauthorised biography of Sydney'' by John Birmingham ( Random House Australia) * 2004 ''Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island'' by Rebe Taylor ( Wakefield Press) * 2006 ''Velocity'' by

Mandy Sayer Mandy Sayer (born 1963) is an Australian novelist and narrative non-fiction writer. She was born in 1963 in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, New South Wales, Marrickville, the third of three children. She began writing poetry and stories at th ...

(

) * 2008 ''Sunrise West'' by Jacob G Rosenberg ( Brandl & Schlesinger) * 2010 ''Stella Miles Franklin'' by Jill Roe (Fourth Estate / HarperCollins) * 2012 ''An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark'' by

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* 2014 ''Madness: A Memoir'' by Kate Richards * 2016 ''What Days Are For'' by

Robert Dessaix Robert Dessaix (born 17 February 1944) is an Australian novelist, essayist and journalist. Biography Robert Dessaix was born in Sydney and adopted at an early age by Tom and Jean Jones, after which he was known as Robert Jones. Tom Jones, a ...

* 2018 ''The Boy Behind the Curtain'' by Tim Winton *2020 ''The Bible in Australia'' by Meredith Lake (NewSouth) *2022 ''Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography'' by

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South Australian awards & fellowships

Jill Blewett Playwright's Award

(Offered 1992− ) Winners: * 1992 '' Bran Nue Dae'' by Jimmy Chi (Kuckles and Bran Nue Dae Productions) * 1994 ''Sweetown'' by Melissa Reeves (Red Shed) * 1996 ''Because You Are Mine'' by

Daniel Keene Daniel Keene (born 1955) is an Australian playwright whose work has been performed throughout the world. Career Keene's plays have been performed in Australia, France, Poland and the United States. Many of his plays have been published in Fr ...

(Red Shed) * 1998 ''Wolf Lullaby'' by Hilary Bell (Griffin Theatre Company) * 2000 ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class?'' by Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves & Christos Tsiolkas (Melbourne Workers Theatre) * 2002 ''Small Faith'' by Josh Tyler * 2004 '' Beautiful Words: A Trilogy'' by Sean Riley * 2006 ''This Uncharted Hour'' by Finegan Kruckemeyer * 2008 ''Merger – art, life and the other thing'' by Duncan Graham * 2010 ''This Place'' by Nina Pearce * 2012 ''A Cathedral'' by Nicki Bloom * 2014 ''Replay'' by Philip Kavanagh * 2016 ''Cut'' by Duncan Graham AND ''Blessed'' by Fleur Kilpatrick (joint winners) * 2018 ''19 weeks'' by Emily Steel *2020 ''Forgiveness'' by Piri Eddy *2022 ''Calendar Days'' by Peter Beaglehole

Arts SA/Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award

(Offered 1998– ) * 1998 ''Counting The Rivers'' by Pearlie McNeil * 2000 (No winner) * 2002 ''The Black Dream'' by Corrie Hosking * 2004 ''Goddamn Bus of Happiness'' by Stefan Laszczuk * 2006 ''The Quakers'' by Rachel Hennessy * 2008 ''The Second Fouling Mark'' by Stephen Orr * 2010 ''End of the Night Girl'' by Amy T Matthews * 2012 ''The First Week'' by Margaret Merrilees * 2014 ''Here Where We Live'' by Cassie Flanagan-Willanski * 2016 ''Mallee Boys'' by Charlie Archbold * 2018 ''A New Name for the Colour Blue'' by Annette Marner *2020 ''In the Room with the She Wolf'' by Jelena Dinic *2022 ''The Comforting Weight of Water'' by Roanna McClelland

Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship

(Offered 1994– ) Winners: * 1994

Barry Westburg Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 195 ...

* 1996 Moya Costello * 1998 Cath Kenneally * 2000 Jan Owen * 2002

Graham Rowlands Graham John Rowlands (born 1947) is an Adelaide-based poet who has published widely in magazines and newspapers since the late 1960s. He was awarded the Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship in 2002. Rowlands is originally from Brisbane, moving to South Aus ...

* 2004

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* 2006 Mike Ladd (poet) * 2008 Steve Evans * 2010

Patrick Allington Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...

* 2012 Nicki Bloom * 2014 Jennifer Mills * 2016 Carol Lefevre * 2018

Jude Aquilina Jude may refer to: People Biblical * Jude, brother of Jesus, who is sometimes identified as being the same person as Jude the Apostle * Jude the Apostle, an apostle also called Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, the patron saint of lost causes in the C ...

*2020 Aidan Coleman *2022 Rachel Mead

Max Fatchen (formerly Carclew) Fellowship

(Carclew Fellowship 1988–2012; renamed Max Fatchen Fellowship from 2014, in honour of children's writer

, who died in 2012.) Winners: * 1988 Geoff Goodfellow * 1990 Anne-Marie Mykyta * 1992 Anne Brookman * 1994 Peter McFarlane * 1996

Chris Tugwell Chris Tugwell is an Australian dramatist, screenwriter, and author. Best known as a playwright, his most successful play was ''X-Ray'', which he also produced. He was a dancer and actor before turning to writing full-time. He also teaches scre ...

* 1998

Phil Cummings Phil Cummings is a South Australian children's fiction author. Born in Port Broughton, his first book, "Goodness Gracious", was published in 1989.Heuzenroeder, Catherine (1 July 2012).Children's author draws from book of life. ABC RiverRetrieved ...

* 2000 Ian Bone * 2002 Ruth Starke * 2004 Marguerite Hann-Syme * 2006 Christine Harris * 2008 Rosanne Hawke * 2010 Nicole Plüss * 2012 Janeen Brian * 2014 Helen Dinmore (writing as Catherine Norton) * 2016 Marianne Musgrove * 2018

Danielle Clode Danielle Clode is an Australian author of literary nonfiction, history and children's books. Life Clode was born in Adelaide in 1968 and spent her early years in Port Lincoln, South Australia. She later lived on a boat with her parents travell ...

*2020 Sally Heinrich *2022 Poppy Nwosu

Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Fellowship

(Offered 2014– ; full name Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship) Winners: * 2014 Ali Cobby Eckermann for ''Hopes Crossing'' * 2016

Ali Cobby Eckermann Ali Cobby Eckermann (born 1963) is an Australian poet of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. She is a Yankunytjatjara woman born on Kaurna land in South Australia. Eckermann has written poetry collections, verse novels and a memoir, and has been sh ...

for ''Too Afraid to Cry'' * 2018 Edoardo Crismani * 2022 Karen Wyld

Historic awards

Innovation award

(Offered 2004–2010)
Winners: * 2004 ''The Eastern Slope Chronicle'' by

Ouyang Yu Ouyang Yu (; born 1955) is a contemporary Chinese-Australian author, translator and academic. Ouyang Yu was born in the People's Republic of China, arriving in Australia in 1991 to study for a Ph. D. at La Trobe University which he completed in ...

(Brandl and Schlesinger) * 2006 by

MTC Cronin M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963) is a contemporary Australian poet. MTC Cronin has published more than twenty books (poetry, prose poems and essays) including several collections jointly written with the Australian poet and translator, Peter Boyle a ...

(Shearsman Books) * 2008 ''Someone Else: Fictional Essays'' by John Hughes ( Giramondo Publishing) * 2010 ''Barley Patch'' by Gerald Murnane ( Giramondo Publishing)

The Mayne Award for Multimedia

Formerly the Faulding Award for Multimedia (offered 1998 to 2004).
Winners: * 1998 FlightPaths: Writing Journeys by Julie Clarke, Rob Finlayson, Tom Gibson, Denise Higgins, Bernie Jannsen, Nazid Kimmie and Adrian Marshall * 2000 Carrier by Melinda Rackham (www.subtle.net/carrier) * 2002 Poems in a Flash @ The Stalking Tongue website Jayne Fenton Keane and David Keane (www.poetinresidence.com) * 2004 Concatenation by Geniwate

References

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History and description

National awards

Premier's Award

Fiction Award

Children's Literature Award

Young Adult Fiction Award

John Bray Poetry Award

Non-Fiction Award

South Australian awards & fellowships

Jill Blewett Playwright's Award

Arts SA/Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award

Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship

Max Fatchen (formerly Carclew) Fellowship

Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Fellowship

Historic awards

Innovation award

The Mayne Award for Multimedia

See also

References