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The Adelaide Festival awards for literature are presented by the Government of South Australia, through Arts SA. The biennial awards celebrate our national writing culture and include fellowships and awards specific to South Australia....
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The Adelaide Festival awards for literature are presented by the Government of South Australia, through Arts SA. The biennial awards celebrate our national writing culture and include fellowships and awards specific to South Australia....
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The Adelaide Festival awards for literature are presented by the Government of South Australia, through Arts SA. The biennial awards celebrate our national writing culture and include fellowships and awards specific to South Australia....
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The Adelaide Festival awards for literature are presented by the Government of South Australia, through Arts SA. The biennial awards celebrate our national writing culture and include fellowships and awards specific to South Australia....
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The Adelaide Festival awards for literature are presented by the Government of South Australia, through Arts SA. The biennial awards celebrate our national writing culture and include fellowships and awards specific to South Australia....
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The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year....
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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The Aurealis Awards were established in 1995 by Chimaera Publications, the publishers of Aurealis magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. ...
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Over the nearly four decades, The Age Book of the Year Awards has established a reputation as one of Australia's finest literary prizes. Announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival, The Age Book of the Year Awards celebrate excellence in Australian literature, with an esteemed panel of experts......
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The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award is one of Australia's richest and the most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35. Offering publication by Allen & Unwin and prize money totalling $20,000, the Vogel Award has launched the careers of some of its most successful......
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The Barbara Jefferis Award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”....
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The Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature is an annual award established as a way of encouraging the highest possible standards of literary commentary on Australian business and financial affairs. Launched in 2004 by Blake Dawson and the State Library of NSW, the Prize aims to promote the highest standards......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen and are presented in five categories. The Judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of......
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The John Button Prize seeks to enhance the quality of public policy writing and debate in Australia. It is managed by the John Button Foundation and funded by public donation. The Prize presents $20,000 to the best piece of thinking and writing on a subject of public policy....
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Amongst some of Australia's most prestigious awards for women writers, the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards (the Kibble Awards) aim to encourage Australian women writers to improve and advance literature for the benefit of our community....
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Amongst some of Australia's most prestigious awards for women writers, the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards (the Kibble Awards) aim to encourage Australian women writers to improve and advance literature for the benefit of our community....
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The Miles Franklin Award, the first and most prestigious literary award in Australia, was established in 1954 with a bequest from Stella Maria Sarah Miles Lampe Franklin – otherwise known as the author Miles Franklin. The award celebrates Australian character and creativity and is awarded for the novel of the......
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The National Biography Award is administered and presented by the State Library of NSW and is Australia’s richest prize for biographical writing and memoir....
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The Crime Writers Association of Australia was set up in the mid 1990s to promote and encourage Australian crimewriting through the establishment of the Ned Kelly Awards. The 'annual Neddies' have subsequently become an eagerly anticipated fixture on the Australian literary scene....
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In 1979 Premier Neville Wran presented the inaugural NSW Premier's Literary Awards. These awards were the first set of premier's awards to be offered in Australia. In their 32 year history, the NSW Premier's Literary Awards have honoured many of Australia's greatest writers and most significant works....
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The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recognise literary excellence in Australian fiction, non-fiction, young adult fiction and children’s fiction. The winner of each category receives $80,000 tax free, and the shortlisted authors in each category receive $5,000 tax free....
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The annual Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award celebrates the contribution the writing of Northern Territory history makes to the cultural and intellectual life of the Territory.The award for Northern Territory history recognises an outstanding publication that contributes significantly to an understanding of Northern Territory history....
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The Chief Ministers NT History Book Award is presented annually to the author of a published book which relates to Northern Territory history....
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The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards are a key element in the Victorian Government's commitment to promote and raise the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were established in 1985 by John Cain, the Premier of Victoria at that time, to mark the......
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Recognising the increasing role long-form and literary journalism play in the Australian media, The Walkley Book Award was introduced in 2005. There are two rounds for entries each year, closing in June and late August....
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The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (PBA) is an award for books, scripts, digital narrative and a People's Choice. Awards are provided by the Government of Western Australia, and the awards process is managed by the State Library of Western Australia....
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The YABBA awards are a children's choice book award in 4 sections, presented annually. The sections are: Picture Story Books; Fiction for Younger Readers; Fiction for Older Readers; Fiction for Years 7 to 9. Each year children nominate Australian children's fiction books that have been published in the last ten......
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The New Zealand Post Book Awards celebrate excellence in children's literature and provide recognition for the best children's books published annually in New Zealand....
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The New Zealand Post Book Awards celebrate excellence in children's literature and provide recognition for the best children's books published annually in New Zealand....
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The New Zealand Post Book Awards celebrate excellence in children's literature and provide recognition for the best children's books published annually in New Zealand....
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The New Zealand Post Book Awards celebrate excellence in children's literature and provide recognition for the best children's books published annually in New Zealand....
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The LIANZA Children's Book Awards are a unique event in the New Zealand literary scene, the Medals and Pounamu are awarded by Children's Librarians for outstanding books for children and young people and the Judges all have a mad passion to promote children's literature and to energise children to love books....
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The Commonwealth Writers' Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation with the support of the Macquarie Group Foundation. The Prize aims to reward the best Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their works......
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Launched in 1996, the prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a 'Bessie', created by the artist Grizel Niven....
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The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children. It was established by in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919). Carnegie was a self-made industrialist who made his fortune in steel in the USA....
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The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs. The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for......
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The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and even publishers.......
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The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children....
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The John Newbery Medal is the most prestigious award in the United States that an author of children’s books can receive. It is awarded for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature....
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One of a group of prizes established by Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music. ...
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One of a group of prizes established by Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music. ...
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One of a group of prizes established by Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music. ...
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One of a group of prizes established by Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music. ...
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One of a group of prizes established by Hungarian-born US newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music. ...
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