Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
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The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were an Australian suite of literary awards inaugurated in 1999 and disestablished in 2012. It was one of the most generous suites of literary awards within Australia, with $225,000 in prize money across 14 categories with prizes up to $25,000 in some categories. The awards upon their establishment incorporated a number of pre-existing awards including the Steele Rudd Award for the best Australian collection of new short fiction and the David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writing.
The awards were established by Peter Beattie, the then Premier of Queensland in 1999[1] and abolished by Premier Campbell Newman, shortly after winning the 2012 Queensland state election.[2]
In response, the Queensland writing community established the Queensland Literary Awards to ensure the Awards continued in some form.[3] The judging panels remained largely the same, and University of Queensland Press committed to continue to publish the winners of the Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award and the Unpublished Indigenous Writer, David Unaipon Award.[4]
Fiction Book Award[]
- 2011 Reading Madame Bovary, Amanda Lohrey
- 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
Emerging Queensland Author – Manuscript Award[]
- 2011 The Beloved, Annah Faulkner
- 2010 RPM,
- 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.[5]
- 2008 Omega Park by
- 2007 Life in the Bus Lane by
- 2006 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
- 2005 The Long Road of the Junkmailer by Patrick Holland
- 2004 An Accidental Terrorist by
- 2003 The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley Starr
- 2002 The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton
- 2001 Mama Kuma: One Woman, Two Cultures by
- 2000 The Bone Flute by
- 1999 Shoelaces by
Unpublished Indigenous Writer – The David Unaipon Award[]
- 2011 Mazin Grace, Dylan Coleman[6]
- 2010 Purple Threads,
- 2009 The Boundary by
- 2008 Every Secret Thing by
- 2007 Skin Painting by
- 2006 Me, Antman and Fleabag by
- 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
- 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
- 1995 Warrigal's Way by
- 1994 The Sausage Tree by and
- 1993 Bridge of Triangles by
- 1992 Sweet Water, Stolen Land by Philip McLaren
- 1991 Broken Dreams by
- 1990 Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter by Doris Pilkington Garimara
- 1989 Holocaust Island by Graeme Dixon
Non-Fiction Book Award[]
- 2011 An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna
- 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
- 2006 Packer's Lunch by
- 2005 Papunya – A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey Bardon and
- 2004 A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
- 2003 Meeting of the Waters by Margaret Simons
- 2002 The Boyds: A Family Biography by Brenda Niall
- 2001 A Fine and Private Place by Brian Matthews
History Book Award – Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award[]
- 2011 Northern Voyagers: Australia's monsoon coast in maritime history, Alan Powell
- 2010 Sydney Harbour: A history,
- 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 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 R. J. B. Bosworth
- 2002 Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
- 2001 The Colonial Earth by
- 2000 John Curtin: A Life by David Day
- 1999 The Sky Travellers by Bill Gammage
Children's Book Award – Mary Ryan's Award[]
- 2011 Just a Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer
- 2010 Toppling by Sally Murphy
- 2009 Little Blue by
- 2008 The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin and
- 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
- 2004 Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson
- 2003 Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson
- 2002 Blat Magic by
- 2001 Fox by Margaret Wild and
- 2000 The Family Tree by Jane Godwin
- 1999 Unseen by Paul Jennings
Young Adult Book Award[]
- 2011 Being Here by Barry Jonsberg
- 2010 Drink the Air by Richard Yaxley
- 2009 A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard
- 2008 Requiem for a Beast by
- 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
Science Writers – Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Award[]
- 2011 Voyage to the Planets – Episodes 1, 2 and 3 – Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, Richard Smith
- 2010 Catching Cancer,
- 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
- 2006 Good Health in the 21st Century by
- 2005 Stem Cells by Elizabeth Finkel
- 2004 Genius of Junk by
Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award[]
- 2011 Starlight: 150 poems, John Tranter
- 2010 Apocrypha, Peter Boyle
- 2009 The Striped World by Emma Jones
- 2008 Typewriter Music by David Malouf
- 2007 The Passenger by Laurie Duggan
- 2006 The New Arcadia by Professor John Kinsella
- 2005 The Ship by Sarah Day
- 2004 Wolf Notes by Judith Beveridge
Australian Short Story Collection – Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award[]
- 2011 Reading Madame Bovary, Amanda Lohrey
- 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 Clanchy
- 2004 Mahjar by Eva Sallis
Literary Work Advancing Public Debate – the Harry Williams Award[]
- 2012 The Australian Moment, George Megalogenis[7]
- 2011 Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania's Forests, Anna Krien
- 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 and
- 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
- 2001 Borderline: Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers by 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
Film Script – the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award[]
- 2011 The Hunter by Alice Addison
- 2010 South Solitary by Shirley Barrett
- 2009 Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
- 2008 Prime Mover by David Caesar
- 2007 Lake Mungo by
- 2006 Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer
- 2005 Little Fish by Jacquelin Perske[8]
- 2004 Look Both Ways by Sarah Watt
- 2003 Japanese Story by
- 2002 The Tracker by Rolf de Heer
- 2001 Rabbit-Proof Fence by
- 2000 Praise by Andrew McGahan
- 1999 Two Hands by Gregor Jordan
Television Script – QUT Creative Industries Award[]
- 2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo – Part 2 by Christopher Lee
- 2010 Sisters of War by John Misto
- 2009 False Witness by
- 2008 Underbelly, Episode 7 – Wise Monkeys by
- 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
Drama Script (Stage) Award[]
- 2012/2013 Trollop by Maxine Mellor[9]
- 2011 Life Without Me by Daniel Keene
- 2009 Realism by Paul Galloway
- 2008 When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
- 2007 Embers by
- 2006 Mrs Petrov's Shoe by
- 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
- 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
Encouragement and Development Prize[]
- 2005 The Comfort of Figs by
References[]
- ^ "QLD Premier's Literary Awards axed"
- ^ "New premier tears up literary awards", 3 April 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Qld Literary Awards to go ahead, organisers say"
- ^ "The Alternative Queensland Literary Award"
- ^ Perilous Adventures: The Writer's Magazine.
- ^ "Mazin Grace". UQP. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards: 2012 Winners – Literary of Media Work Advancing Public Debate – Harry Williams Award". qldliteraryawards.org.au. Queensland Literary Awards Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Little Fish". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Dionysius, Bobbi-Lea (12 August 2013). "Trollop – Queensland Theatre Company". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links[]
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, archived from the original on 21 August 2012, retrieved 25 March 2013CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- 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)
- Queensland Literary Awards
- Australian fiction awards
- Awards established in 1999
- Awards disestablished in 2012
- Australian non-fiction book awards
- Australian history awards
- 1999 establishments in Australia
- 2012 disestablishments in Australia