Prime Minister's Literary Awards


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2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlists announced

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister Tony Burke have announced the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists for fiction, poetry, non-fiction, Australian history, young adults fiction and children’s fiction.

Read the Prime Minister’s media release.

The 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists are:

Fiction shortlist
Floundering by Romy Ash
The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
Lost Voices by Christopher Koch
Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany

Poetry shortlist
Burning Rice by Eileen Chong
The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson 
Jam Tree Gully: Poems by John Kinsella
Liquid Nitrogen by Jennifer Maiden
Crimson Crop by Peter Rose 

Non-fiction shortlist
Bradman’s War by Malcolm Knox
Uncommon Soldier by Chris Masters
Plein Airs and Graces by Adrian Mitchell
The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
Bold Palates by Barbara Santich

Prize for Australian history shortlist
The Sex Lives of Australians: A History by Frank Bongiorno
Sandakan by Paul Ham
Gough Whitlam by Jenny Hocking
Farewell, dear people by Ross McMullin
The Censor’s Library by Nicole Moore

Young adult fiction shortlist
Everything Left Unsaid by Jessica Davidson
The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson
Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield

Children’s fiction shortlist
Red by Libby Gleeson
Today We Have No Plans by Jane Godwin and illustrated by Anna Walker
What’s the Matter, Aunty May? by Peter Friend and illustrated by Andrew Joyner
The Beginner’s Guide to Revenge by Marianne Musgrove

Find out more about our 2013 judging panels.

About the Awards

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been recognising excellence in Australian literature since 2008. In that time 108 books have been shortlisted and 18 books have won.

In 2013 the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards will shortlist and award winners across six categories:

Fiction
Poetry
Non-fiction
Australian history
Young adult fiction
Children’s fiction

The winner of each Award receives $80,000 tax free and shortlisted titles receive $5000 tax free.

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are the Australia’s richest literary prize.

Read the Prime Minister’s speech at the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards ceremony.

Find out about past Awards winners and shortlists. 

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