Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
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The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.
[edit] Fiction Book Award
- 2010 Summertime, J.M. Coetzee
- 2009 Wanting by Richard Flanagan
- 2008 The Spare Room by Helen Garner
- 2007 Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
- 2006 The Garden Book by Brian Castro
- 2005 The Turning by Tim Winton
- 2004 Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetzee
- 2003 Due Preparations For The Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
- 2002 The Volcano by Venero Armanno
- 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
- 2000 Drylands by Thea Astley
- 1999 Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse by Les Murray
[edit] Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award
- 2010 RPM, Noel Mengel
- 2009 No Award. The prize was shared between four shortlisted authors: Inga Simpson, Rachel Claire, Chris Somerville and Pamela Douglas. Extracts from the shortlisted works were published in the 09:05 issue of Perilous Adventures: The Writer's Magazine.
- 2008 Omega Park by Amy Vought Barker
- 2007 Life in the Bus Lane by Ian Commins
- 2006 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
- 2005 The Long Road of the Junkmailer by Patrick Holland
- 2004 An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang
- 2003 The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley Starr
- 2002 The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton
- 2001 Mama Kuma: One Woman, Two Cultures by Deborah Carlyon
- 2000 The Bone Flute by Nike Bourke
- 1999 Shoelaces by Jillian Watkinson
[edit] Unpublished Indigenous Writer - The David Unaipon Award
- 2010 Purple Threads, Jeanine Leane
- 2009 The Boundary by Nicole Watson
- 2008 Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
- 2007 Skin Painting by Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson
- 2006 Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy
- 2005 Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt
- 2004 Dust on Waterglass by Tara June Winch (published as Swallow the Air)
- 2003 Whispers of This Wik Woman by Fiona Doyle
- 2002 Home by Larissa Behrendt
- 2001 The Mish by Robert Lowe
- 2000 Bitin’ Back by Vivienne Cleven
- 1999 Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight by Samuel Wagan Watson
- 1998 Is That You Ruthie? by Ruth Hegarty
- 1997 When Darkness Falls by John Bodey
- 1996 Black Angels Red Blood by Steven McCarthy
- 1995 Warrigal's Way by Warrigal Anderson
- 1994 The Sausage Tree by Valda Gee and Rosalie Medcraft
- 1993 Bridge of Triangles by John Muk Muk Burke
- 1992 Sweet Water, Stolen Land by Philip McLaren
- 1991 Broken Dreams by Bill Dodd
- 1990 Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter by Doris Pilkington Garimara
- 1989 Holocaust Island by Graeme Dixon
[edit] Non-Fiction Book Award
- 2010 The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir, Mark Tredinnick
- 2009 The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
- 2008 Muck by Craig Sherborne
- 2007 Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Professor Tom Griffiths
- 2006 Packer's Lunch by Neil Chenoweth
- 2005 Papunya - A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
- 2004 A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
- 2003 Meeting of the Waters by Margaret Simons
- 2002 The Boyds: A Family Biography by Dr Brenda Niall
- 2001 A Fine and Private Place by Brian Matthews
[edit] History Book Award - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
- 2010 Sydney Harbour: A history, Ian Hoskins
- 2009 Stella Miles Franklin by Jill Roe
- 2008 Drawing the Global Colour Line by Professor Marilyn Lake and Professor Henry Reynolds
- 2007 Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark
- 2006 Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins by Dr Peter Edwards
- 2005 The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech by Shane White and Graham White
- 2004 Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendinnen
- 2003 Mussolini by Professor Richard Bosworth
- 2002 Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
- 2001 The Colonial Earth by Tim Bonyhady
- 2000 John Curtin: A Life by David Day
- 1999 The Sky Travellers by Bill Gammage
[edit] Children's Book Award - Mary Ryan's Award
- 2010 Toppling by Sally Murphy
- 2009 Little Blue by Gaye Chapman
- 2008 The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas
- 2007 Layla Queen of Hearts by Glenda Millard
- 2006 The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (who can't help flying high and falling in deep) by Martine Murray
- 2005 Camel Rider by Prue Mason
- 2004 Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson
- 2003 Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson
- 2002 Blat Magic by Michael Stephens
- 2001 Fox by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
- 2000 The Family Tree by Jane Godwin
- 1999 Unseen by Paul Jennings
[edit] Young Adult Book Award
- 2010 Drink the Air by Richard Yaxley
- 2009 A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard
- 2008 Requiem for a Beast by Matt Ottley
- 2007 One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
- 2006 The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky
- 2005 Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman
- 2004 How to Make a Bird by Martine Murray
- 2003 Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen
- 2002 When Dogs Cry by Markus Zusak
[edit] Science Writers - Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Award
- 2010 Catching Cancer, Sonya Pemberton
- 2009 Pasteur's Gambit: Louis Pasteur, The Australasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize by Stephen Dando-Collins
- 2008 Why is Uranus Upside Down? (and other Questions about the Universe) by Professor Fred Watson
- 2007 Crude by Dr Richard Smith
- 2006 Good Health in the 21st Century by Dr Carole Hungerford
- 2005 Stem Cells by Elizabeth Finkel
- 2004 Genius of Junk by Sonya Pemberton
[edit] Poetry Collection - Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
- 2010 Apocrypha, Peter Boyle
- 2009 The Striped World by Emma Jones
- 2008 Typewriter Music by David Malouf
- 2007 The Passenger by Dr Laurie Duggan
- 2006 The New Arcadia by Professor John Kinsella
- 2005 The Ship by Sarah Day
- 2004 Wolf Notes by Judith Beveridge
[edit] Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
- 2010 Little White Slips, Karen Hitchcock
- 2009 The Boat by Nam Le
- 2008 Someone Else by John Hughes
- 2007 Every Move You Make by David Malouf
- 2006 A Funny thing Happened at 27 000 Feet by Craig Cormick
- 2005 Vincenzo's Garden by John Clancy
- 2004 Mahjar by Eva Sallis
[edit] Literary Work Advancing Public Debate - the Harry Williams Award
- 2010 Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change, Clive Hamilton
- 2009 Code of Silence by Sarah Ferguson
- 2008 In My Shoes by Quentin McDermott and Steve Taylor
- 2007 Jonestown by Chris Masters
- 2006 Asbestos House by Gideon Haigh
- 2005 Sickness in the System by Hedley Thomas
- 2004 The History Wars by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark
- 2003 Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson
- 2002 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne and Reconciliation: A Journey by Michael Gordon
- 2001 Borderline: Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Peter Mares and Dossier Inside the ABC by David Fagan and Dossier Team
- 2000 Why Weren't We Told by Henry Reynolds
- 1999 The Moment the Laughter Died by Tony Koch
[edit] Film Script - the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award
- 2010 South Solitary, Shirley Barrett
- 2009 Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
- 2008 Prime Mover by David Caesar
- 2007 Lake Mungo by Joel Anderson
- 2006 Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer
- 2005 Little Fish by Jacquelin Perske
- 2004 Look Both Ways by Sarah Watt
- 2003 Japanese Story by Alison Tilson
- 2002 The Tracker by Rolf de Heer
- 2001 Rabbit-Proof Fence by Christine Olsen
- 2000 Praise by Andrew McGahan
- 1999 Two Hands by Gregor Jordan
[edit] Television Script - QUT Creative Industries Award
- 2010 Sisters of War, John Misto
- 2009 False Witness by Peter Gawler
- 2008 Underbelly, Episode 7 - Wise Monkeys by Felicity Packard
- 2007 Bastard Boys by Sue Smith
- 2006 Unfolding Florence by Katherine Thomson
- 2005 RAN: Remote Area Nurse - Episode 5 - Blue Hawaii by Sue Smith
- 2004 The Cooks - Episode 12, Series 1 - Honey and Wounds by Blake Ayshford
[edit] Drama Script (Stage) Award
- 2009 Realism by Paul Galloway
- 2008 When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
- 2007 Embers by Campion Decent
- 2006 Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noelle Janaczewska
- 2005 Black Hands/Dead Section by Van Badham
- 2004 Run Rabbit Run by Alana Valentine
- 2003 Last Cab to Darwin by Reg Cribb
- 2002 Old Masters by Beatrix Christian
- 2001 Meat Party by Duong Le Quy
- 2000 Box the Pony by Leah Purcell and Scott Rankin
- 1999 Who's Afraid of the Working Class by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas
[edit] Encouragement and Development Prize
- 2005 The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary
[edit] External links
- http://www.literaryawards.qld.gov.au/
- 2007 Qld Premier's Literary Award Winners Queensland Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Retrieved 3 October 2007)
- Premier Beattie Announces Winning Words in Rich Literary Awards (11 September 2007) Queensland Government, Ministerial Statements (Retrieved 7 October 2007)
