Book Awards
The Australian/ Vogel Literary Award is one of Australia's richest and the most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of thirty-five and has launched the careers of some of its most successful writers, including Tim Winton, Kate Grenville, Gillian Mears, Brian Castro, Mandy Sayer and Andrew McGahan.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction represents the very best in contemporary fiction.
Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards) has five categories: First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book. The Book of the Year is selected from the five winners of these categories. The criteria are to select well-written, enjoyable books that they would strongly recommend anyone to read.
Miles Franklin Award is given annually for the novel or play of the highest literary merit, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.
NSW Premier's Literary Awards established by Premier Neville Wran in 1979 to honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers.
Orange Prize for fiction For the best novel of the year written by a woman published in the UK
Prime Minister's Literary Awards are a new initiative celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life. The awards, which will be held annually, recognise literature's importance to our national identity, community and economy.
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.