Awards Roundup
The Writing & Society Research Centre is proud to list the below 2023 achievements from our staff, alumni, and from Giramondo Publishing’s list of authors.
Praiseworthy
by Alexis Wright
Giramondo Publishing
WINNER The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
FINALIST The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
Salonika Burning
by Gail Jones
Text Publishing
SHORTLISTED Fiction Award
2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Best Designed Literary Fiction/Poetry Cover
2023 Australian Book Design Awards
LONGLISTED 2023 ALS Gold Medal
LONGLISTED 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award
LONGLISTED ARA Historical Novel Prize
2023 Historical Novel Society Australasia
LONGLISTED 2023 Voss Literary Prize
Critic Swallows Book
by Catriona Menzies-Pike
Sydney Review of Books
Fool’s Gold
by Catriona Menzies-Pike
Sydney Review of Books
WINNER 2023 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism
The Walkley Foundation Arts Journalism Prizes
Losing Face
by George Haddad
University of Queensland Press
WINNER Best Young Australian Novelist
2023 Sydney Morning Herald
SHORTLISTED Fiction Award
2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Book of the Year
2023 Small Press Network
LONGLISTED 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award
LONGLISTED Favourite Australian Book Award
2023 Booktopia
Bon and Lesley
Shaun Prescott
Giramondo Publishing
FINALIST The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
Harvest Lingo
by Lional Fogarty
Giramondo Publishing
WINNER Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Poetry Award
2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Indigenous Writing Award
2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Indigenous Writing Award
2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
LONGLISTED 2023 ALS Gold Medal
Googlecholia
Michael Farrell
Giramondo Publishing
FINALIST Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
LONGLISTED 2023 ALS Gold Medal
The Drama Student
Autumn Royal
Giramondo Publishing
FINALIST Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection
2023 Queensland Literary Awards
Cold Enough For Snow
by Jessie Au
Giramondo Publishing
WINNER Fiction Award
2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
WINNER Fiction Award
2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
WINNER Victorian Prize for Literature
2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Fiction Award
2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Fiction Award
2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
SHORTLISTED Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year
2012 ABIA Awards
SHORTLISTED Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2023
2023 BookPeople Nielsen Awards
LONGLISTED 2023 Dublin Literary Award
LONGLISTED 2023 ALS Gold Medal
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