Australian Book Awards
Comprehensive directory of Australian book awards and literary prizes.
About Australian Book Awards
Australia has a strong literary award tradition. The Miles Franklin Literary Award is the country's most prestigious prize, while the Stella Prize honors women's writing. The Prime Minister's Literary Awards offer significant prize money across multiple categories, and the Aurealis Awards recognize speculative fiction.
Major Australian Literary Awards
Miles Franklin Literary Award
Australia's most prestigious literary prize. Prize: AUD $60,000
Stella Prize
For Australian women's writing. Prize: AUD $50,000
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
Government awards across Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, YA, Children's. Prize: AUD $80,000
Aurealis Awards
Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror awards.
Ned Kelly Awards
Australian crime fiction awards.
CBCA Book of the Year Awards
Children's Book Council of Australia awards.