New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Categories
{{Short description|Literary prizes awarded by the New South Wales state government in Australia}}
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The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.{{cite web |title= About the Awards |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/about-the-awards |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120219030418/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/about-the-awards |archive-date= 19 February 2012 }}
{{as of|2019}}, the Awards are presented by the NSW Government and administered by the State Library of New South Wales in association with Create NSW, with support of Multicultural NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Total prize money in 2019 was up to A$305,000, with eligibility limited to writers, translators and illustrators with Australian citizenship or permanent resident status.{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/about-awards|title=About the awards|access-date=1 May 2019}}
History
The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers and artists with respect and understanding, the community will be more likely to do the same."{{cite web |title= Neville Wran |publisher= Arts NSW |url= http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2007%20awards/GuideLines.htm |access-date= 2008-03-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231755/http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2007%20awards/GuideLines.htm |archive-date = 2007-09-27}} They were the first set of premier's awards offered in Australia.
The awards were not presented in 1998 as the eligibility dates were amended.{{cite web|title= 1998 New South Wales Premier's literary Awards|publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 September 1998, p10|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527898272|access-date= 10 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527898272}}}}
Judging
The winners of most of the prizes and awards are decided by a judging panel, with no input from Create NSW (former Arts NSW) or the New South Wales Government. The names of each year's judges are not announced until the final winners are decided. The judging has been the subject of controversy in the past, when in 2010, the panel decided not to bestow the Play Award on any of the applicants.{{cite web |title= Playlist for judges in search of a premier shortlist|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald |author = Marc McEvoy |url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/playlist-for-judges-in-search-of-a-premier-shortlist-20100412-s413.html |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date=13 April 2010}}
In November 2011, the NSW Government announced a review of the Premier's Literary Awards for 2012. An independent panel, chaired by journalist Gerard Henderson, reviewed both the Literary and the Premier's History Awards, focussed on the governance, selection criteria and judging processes.{{cite web |title= Recognising Literary and History Excellence |publisher= Arts NSW |url= http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/index.php/news-and-publications/news/recognising-literary-and-history-excellence/ |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date = 1 November 2011}} Following the review, the Awards are managed by the State Library of NSW, in association with Create NSW.{{cite web|title=The NSW Premier's Literary Awards & NSW Premier's History Awards|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/premiers_awards/index.html|access-date=29 November 2012}}
Categories
The following prizes and awards are currently given in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
- Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
- Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
- Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature
- NSW Multicultural Award (formerly Ethnic Affairs Commission Award, Community Relations Commission Award)
- UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting (formerly the Play Award)
- Script Writing Award (formerly the separate Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards)
- NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship
- People's Choice Award
- Special Award
- NSW Premier's Translation Prize
- Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize
- Indigenous Writers Prize
- Gleebooks Prize (currently inactive)
=Christina Stead Prize for Fiction=
{{confuse| FAW Christina Stead Award}}
The Christina Stead Prize is awarded for a work of fiction that may be either a novel or a collection of stories. The recipient receives a A$40,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. It is named in honour of Christina Stead, an Australian novelist and short-story writer.{{cite web |title= The Christina Stead Prize for Fiction |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/the-christina-stead-prize-for-fiction |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111202211608/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/the-christina-stead-prize-for-fiction |archive-date= 2 December 2011 }} The first recipient was David Malouf, who was awarded the Prize for his novella An Imaginary Life in 1979. In 2019 Michelle de Kretser won with The Life to Come and equalled Peter Carey's record of three wins.{{cite web |title= Winners of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1979-2010 |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/PLA_Winners_1979-2010_update.pdf |access-date= 24 January 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110821164924/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/PLA_Winners_1979-2010_update.pdf |archive-date= 21 August 2011 }}
==Award winners==
=Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction=
The Douglas Stewart Prize is awarded for a prose work that is not fiction. The recipient receives a A$40,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. It is named in honour of Douglas Stewart, a noted Australian literary editor.{{cite web |title= Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/douglas-stewart-prize-for-non-fiction |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234231/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/douglas-stewart-prize-for-non-fiction |archive-date= 22 March 2012 }} The first recipient was Manning Clark, who was awarded the Prize for the fourth volume in his series A History of Australia in 1979. Drusilla Modjeska, with three wins, has won the Prize more than any other individual. In 2019 Billy Griffiths and Sarah Krasnostein were joint winners.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 1979 |
| 1980
| Barwick |
| 1981 |
| 1982
| Rebels and Precursors | Richard Haese |
| 1983
| Robert J. Hawke | Schwartz Books |
| 1984
| The Archibald Paradox | Allen Lane |
| 1985
| The Moon Man | Melbourne University Press |
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| A Paper Prince |
| The Kurnai of Gippsland, Volume One
| Phillip Pepper with Tess De Araugo | Hyland House Publishing |
| 1987
| The Irish In Australia |
| 1988
| Louisa |
| 1989
| His Mother's Country | Melbourne University Press |
| 1990
| The Snowy | |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| Sitting In | William Heinemann Australia | |
| Poppy
| McPhee Gribble | |
| 1992
| Patrick White | Random Century Australia | |
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| Robert Menzies Forgotten People | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| Put Your Whole Self In
| Penguin Books Australia | |
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| Australia's Spies and Their Secrets | Allen & Unwin | |
| The Scandalous Penton
| Patrick Buckridge | University of Queensland Press | |
| 1995
| The Orchard | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 1996
| Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia |
| 1997
| The Europeans in Australia: A History, Volume One | |
| 1998
| No award | | | |
| 1999
| H M Bark Endeavour | Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press | |
| 2000
| Picador/Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 2001
| Craft for a Dry Lake | Transworld/ Random House Australia | |
| 2002
| The Poison Principle | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| 2003
| Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place | University of New South Wales Press | |
| 2004
| Dancing with Strangers | |
| 2005
| The Idea of Home: autobiographical essays | |
| 2006
| East of Time | Brandl & Schlesinger | |
| 2007
| Things I Didn't Know: a Memoir | Random House Australia | |
| 2008
| Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica | Tom Griffiths | University of New South Wales Press | |
| 2009
| The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Penguin Australia | |
| 2010
| Kill Khalid: Mossad's failed hit ... and the rise of Hamas | Allen & Unwin | |
| 2011
| Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs | Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons | Melbourne University Publishing | |
| 2012
| An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark | Mark McKenna | Miegunyah, MUP |
| 2013
| The Office: A Hard Working History | Miegunyah |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir | University of Queensland Press |
| Rendezvous with Destiny
| Michael Fullilove | Penguin Group (Australia) |
| 2015
| The Bush | Penguin Books Australia |
| 2016
| Reckoning: A Memoir |
| 2017
| Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead | Thornton McCamish | Black Inc |
| 2018
| Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth | Paul Ham |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia (joint winner) |
| The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay and Disaster (joint winner) |
| 2020
| Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon | Patrick Mullins | Scribe Publications |
| 2021
| The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire | Kate Fullagar | Yale University Press |
| 2022
| The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek | Kate Holden | Black Inc. | {{Cite web |title=The Winter Road by Kate Holden: Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/douglas-stewart-prize-non-fiction/2022-winner-winter-road-story-legacy-land-and-killing |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Echo Publishing |
| 2024
|Ghosts of the Orphanage |Hachette Australia |
=Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry=
{{main|Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry}}
The Kenneth Slessor Prize is awarded for a book of poetry, whether collected poems or a single poem of some length, and was first awarded in 1980. The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. It is named in honour of Kenneth Slessor, a noted Australian poet and journalist.{{cite web |title= Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/kenneth-slessor-prize-for-poetry- |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083209/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/kenneth-slessor-prize-for-poetry- |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }} The first recipient was David Campbell, who won the Prize posthumously. In 2011, NSW poet Jennifer Maiden became the only individual to win the award three times.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 1980 |
| 1981
| Astral Sea | Angus & Robertson |
| 1982
| Kaddish and Other Poems |
| 1983
| Angus & Robertson |
| 1984
| The People's Otherworld : Poems | Angus & Robertson |
| 1985
| Your Shadow | Angus & Robertson |
| 1986
| Selected Poems 1963-83 | Angus & Robertson |
| 1987
| Blood and Bone | Angus & Robertson |
| 1988
| Black Lightning Press |
| 1989
| Under Berlin | University of Queensland Press |
| 1990
| The Clean Dark | Paper Bark Press |
| 1991
| The Winter Baby | Collins Angus & Robertson | |
| 1992
| Selected Poems | Collins Angus & Robertson | |
| 1993
| Translations from the Natural World | Isabella Press | |
| 1994
| Ghosting William Buckley | |
| 1995
| Coming Home From the World | Five Islands Press |
| 1996
| Weeping for Lost Babylon |
| | Selected Poems
| |
| 1997
| The Viewfinder | University of Queensland Press | |
| 1998
| No award | | | |
| 1999
| Race Against Time | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2000
| Mines | Paper Bark Press / Australian Humanities Research Foundation |
| 2001
| Africa | Five Islands Press | |
| 2002
| The Lovemakers | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2003
| Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems | |
| 2004
| Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems | Salt Publishing | |
| 2005
| Smoke Encrypted Whispers | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2006
| Latecomers | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2007
| Urban Myths:210 Poems | John Tranter | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2008
| Two Kinds of Silence | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2009
| Man Wolf Man | John Leonard Press | |
| 2010
| the sonnet according to ‘m’ | John Leonard Press | |
| 2011
| Pirate Rain | Giramondo Publishing | |
| 2012
| New and Selected Poems | Gig Ryan | Giramondo Publishing | |
| 2013
| Ruby Moonlight |
| 2014
| Novelties | Hunter |
| 2015
| Earth Hour |
| 2016
|brush |Giramondo Poets |
| 2017
|Ghostspeaking |Vagabond Press |
| 2018
| Argosy | Bella Li | Vagabond Press |
| 2019
|Interval |University of Queensland Press |
| 2020
|Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness |Vagabond Press |
| 2021
|Throat |University of Queensland Press |
| 2022
|accelerations & inertias |Dan Disney |Vagabond Press |{{Cite web |title=accelerations & inertias by Dan Disney. Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/kenneth-slessor-prize-poetry/2022-winner-accelerations-inertias |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
|The Singer and Other Poems |Cordite Books |
| 2024
|Riverbed Sky Songs |Tais Rose Wae |Vagabond Press |
=Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature=
The Ethel Turner Prize is awarded for work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry written for young people of secondary school level. The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. It is named in honour of Ethel Turner, author of the children's classic, Seven Little Australians.{{cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature|title=Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature|publisher=NSW Premier's Literary Awards|access-date=18 May 2017}}
The Children's Literature section of the Premier's Literary Awards began as a single award in 1979, but was redefined in 1999 to create the Patricia Wrightson Prize (for writing for a primary school audience) and the Ethel Turner Prize (for a secondary school audience). The Ethel Turner Award was also given to all previous winners in the Children's Literature section.{{cite web|title=New South Wales Premier's Literary Award: the Patricia Wrightson and Ethel Turner awards|url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Awards/NSW.htm|website=Children's and Young Adult Literature|publisher=La Trobe University|access-date=25 August 2014}} The Prize was first won, jointly, by Patricia Wrightson and Jenny Wagner in 1979. Australian author Ursula Dubosarsky and writer Jaclyn Moriarty have each won the prize three times.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 1979
| John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat | Jenny Wagner | Kestrel Books |
| | The Dark Bright Water
| Patricia Wrightson (Special Children's book) | Atheneum Books, New York |
| 1980
| Mr Archimedes' Bath |
| | Land of the Rainbow Snake
| Catherine Berndt (Special Children's book) | William Collins |
| 1981
| When the Wind Changed | Ruth Park and Deborah Niland | William Collins |
| | Seventh Pebble |
| 1982
| Whistle Up the Chimney | Nan Hunt and Craig Smith | William Collins |
| 1983
| Who Sank the Boat? | Nelson |
| | Five Times Dizzy
| Nadia Wheatley (Special children's book) | Oxford University Press |
| 1984
| Mem Fox and Julie Vivas |
| 1985
| The House That was Eureka | Viking/Kestrel |
| 1986
| The True Story of Spit MacPhee | Viking/Penguin Books Australia |
| 1987
| A Rabbit Named Harris | Nan Hunt and Betina Ogden | William Collins |
| 1988
| Answers to Brut | Omnibus Books |
| 1989
| You Take the High Road | Penguin Books Australia |
| 1990
| The Blue Chameleon | Hill of Content Publishing |
| 1991
| Strange Objects | |
| 1992
| All in the Blue Unclouded Weather | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 1993
| Tjarany Roughtail | Gracie Greene, Lucille Gill and Joe Tramacchi | Magabala Books | |
| 1994
| The White Guinea Pig | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 1995
| Mr Enigmatic |
| 1996
| Johnny Hart's Heroes | Penguin Books Australia |
| 1997
| The Two Bullies | |
| 1998
| No award | | | |
| 1999
| The Divine Wind | |
| 2000
| The Binna-Binna Man | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | |
| 2001
| Feeling Sorry for Celia | |
| 2002
| Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin, the Youngest Anzac | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2003
| Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| 2004
| Boys of Blood and Bone | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2005
| By the River | Allen & Unwin | |
| 2006
| Theodora's Gift | Penguin Group Australia | |
| 2007
| The Red Shoe | Allen & Unwin | |
| 2008
| Town | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2009
| A Brief History of Montmaray | Random House Australia | |
| 2010
| When the Hipchicks Went to War | |
| 2011
| Graffiti Moon | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| 2012
| Only Ever Always | |
| 2013
| A Corner of White |
| 2014
| Zac and Mia | AJ Betts |
| 2015
| The Cracks in the Kingdom |
| 2016
|Laurinda |
| 2017
|One Thousand Hills |James Roy and Noël Zihabamwe |Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia |
| 2018
| The Ones That Disappeared | Lothian |
| 2019
|Amelia Westlake |Hardie Grant Egmont |
| 2020
|Lenny's Book of Everything |Allen & Unwin |
| 2021
|The End of the World Is Bigger than Love |Text Publishing |
| 2022
|The Gaps |Leanne Hall |Text Publishing | {{Cite web |title=The Gaps by Leanne Hall. Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature/2022-winner-gaps |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
|The Upwelling |Lystra Rose |Hachette |
| 2024
|The Quiet and the Loud |Helena Fox |Pan Macmillan Australia |
=Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature=
The Patricia Wrightson Prize is awarded for work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry written for children up to secondary school level.{{cite web|title=Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books Subcategory of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v799?mainTabTemplate=awardDefault|website=AustLit|access-date=25 August 2014}} The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.
The Children's Literature section of the Premier's Literary Awards began as a single award in 1979, but was redefined in 1999 to create the Patricia Wrightson Prize (for writing for a primary school audience) and the Ethel Turner Prize (for a secondary school audience). The Patricia Wrightson Prize was created in honour of children's author Patricia Wrightson, who won the first Ethel Turner Prize in 1979.{{cite web |title= Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/patricia-wrightson-prize-for-childrens-literature |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120301030216/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/patricia-wrightson-prize-for-childrens-literature |archive-date= 1 March 2012 }} The first recipient was Odo Hirsch, for his debut children's book, Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman. The most recent recipient is Leanne Hall, author of Iris and the Tiger. Kierin Meehan is the only author who has won the Prize more than once.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 1999
| Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman | |
| 2000
| The Spangled Drongo | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2001
| Fox | Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks (illus.) | Allen & Unwin | |
| 2002
| |
| 2003
| Where in the World | Little Hare Books | |
| 2004
| Night Singing | |
| 2005
| Farm Kid | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2006
| In the Monkey Forest | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2007
| Home | |
| 2008
| The Peasant Prince | Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas (illus.) | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2009
| The Word Spy | Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2010
| Krakatoa Lighthouse | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2011
| My Australian Story: The Hunt for Ned Kelly | |
| 2012
| Crow Country | |
| 2013
| The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon | Penguin Books Australia |
| 2014
| The Girl Who Brought Mischief | HarperCollins Publishers |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Crossing | Catherine Norton | Omnibus/Scholastic Australia |
| Figgy in the World
| Tamsin Janu | Omnibus/Scholastic Australia |
| 2016
| Teacup | Rebecca Young & Matt Ottley |
| 2017
| Iris and the Tiger | Leanne Hall | Text Publishing |
| 2018
| How to Bee | Allen & Unwin |
| rowspan=2|2019
| Leave Taking | University of Queensland Press |
| Dingo
| Claire Saxby and Tannya Harricks |
| 2020
| Ella and the Ocean | Lian Tanner & Jonathan Bentley | Allen & Unwin |
| 2021
| The Grandest Bookshop in the World | Amelia Mellor |
| 2022
| My Brother Ben | University of Queensland Press | {{Cite web |title=My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas. Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/patricia-wrightson-prize-childrens-literature/2022-winner-my-brother-ben |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
| The First Scientists | Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas | Hardie Grant |
| 2024
|Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment |Levi Pinfold |
={{anchor|multi}}NSW Multicultural Award=
This Award was first established in 1980, when it was known as the Ethnic Affairs Commission Award.{{cite web|url=https://multicultural.nsw.gov.au/about_us/about_mnsw/|website=Multicultural NSW|title=About Multicultural NSW|access-date=1 May 2019|quote=The Multicultural NSW Legislation Amendment Act 2014 amends the Community Relations Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Act 2000, and renames it The Multicultural NSW Act 2000 (the Act). The Act establishes Multicultural NSW as the government agency in NSW responsible for promoting and monitoring the multicultural principles set out in the Act...}}{{cite web |title= Community Relations Commission Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/community-relations-commission-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084336/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/community-relations-commission-award |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }} Later known as the Community Relations Commission Award, and from 2012 referred to as the Community Relations Commission for Multicultural NSW Award, or from 2014 just Multicultural NSW Award, the prize money is worth $20,000 {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/multicultural-nsw-award-past-winners|title=Past Winners (2012-2013)|access-date=30 April 2019}}
It is offered for: "a book of fiction or non-fiction, memoir or history; a play, musical drama or comedy, theatrical monologue or other theatrical performance; a book of collected poems or a single poem of substantial length published in book form; the screenplay of a feature or documentary film or episode of a television program...; or the script of a radio play or documentary which is deemed by the judges to have made a significant contribution to Australian literature, poetry, theatre, film, radio or television and which also considers any aspect of the Australian migration experience; and/or aspects of cultural diversity and multiculturalism in Australian society."{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/multicultural-nsw-award|title=About the award|access-date=1 May 2019}}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 1980
| Australia through Italian Eyes |
| 1981
| For the Patriarch |
| 1982
| The Long Farewell |
| 1983
| Faith of Our Fathers | University of Queensland Press |
| 1984
| A Universe of Clowns | Phoenix Publications |
| 1985
| Oh Lucky Country | University of Queensland Press |
| 1986
| No Snow In December |
| 1987
| Dreamtime Nightmares |
| 1991
| Jewels and Ashes | Scribe Publications | |
| 1992
| Inside Outside | HarperCollins Angus & Robertson | |
| 1993
| The Crocodile Fury | HarperCollins Angus & Robertson | |
| 1994
| Aphrodite and the Others | |
| 1995
| The First Book of Samuel | Penguin Books Australia |
| 1996
| Caravanserai |
| 1997
| HarperCollins Australia |
| 1999
| Mortal Divide: the Autobiography of Yiorgos Alexandroglou | Brandl & Schlesinger | |
| 2000
| The Binna-Binna Man | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Allen & Unwin | |
| 2001
| Jabal Films | |
| 200
| Visits Home: Migration Experiences between Italy and Australia | |
| 2003
| Secrets and Spies: The Harbin Files | |
| 2004
| Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society | |
| 2005
| A Certain Maritime Incident: the sinking of SIEV X | Scribe Publications | |
| 2006
| |
| 2007
| |
| 2008
| Sunrise West | Brandl & Schlesinger | |
| 2009
| Destination Australia: migration to Australia since 1901 | |
| 2010
| Leave to Remain: A Memoir | Penguin Books Australia | |
| 2011
| The English Class | |
| 2012
|Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family | |
| 2013
|Don't Go Back to Where You Came From | NewSouth |
| rowspan=2|2014
| Allen & Unwin |
| The Secret River |
| 2015
| Black and Proud: The story of an AFL photo | Matthew Klugman and Gary Osmond | NewSouth |
| 2016 |
| 2017
| Hachette Australia |
| 2018
| UWA |
| 2019
| The Lebs | Hachette Australia |
| 2020
| The Pillars | Peter Polites | Hachette Australia |
| 2021
| Throat | University of Queensland Press |
| 2022
| Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System | Safdar Ahmed | Twelve Panels Press | {{Cite web |title=Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed. NSW Multicultural Award 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/multicultural-nsw-award |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=24 February 2020 }} |
| 2023
| The Eulogy | Jackie Bailey | Hardie Grant |
| 2024
|Stay for Dinner |Sandhya Parappukkaran, illustrated by Michelle Pereira |Hardie Grant |
={{anchor|glenda}}UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing=
The UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing (originally the UTS Award for New Writing) is given for a published book of fiction by an author who has not previously published a work of fiction that is book-length. It was established in 2005, and the winner receives a {{AUD|5,000}} prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. from the University of Technology, Sydney.{{cite web |title= UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/uts-glenda-adams-award-for-new-writing |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111229233633/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/uts-glenda-adams-award-for-new-writing |archive-date= 29 December 2011 }}{{cite web | title=UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing | website=State Library of NSW | date=9 August 2021 | url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/uts-glenda-adams-award-new-writing | access-date=11 August 2021}}
The award was renamed in 2008 to honour Glenda Adams, the Australian novelist and short story writer who died in 2007.{{cite web |title = Message from the Minister |publisher = Arts NSW |url = http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Gzv6vuJlaTk%3d&tabid=109&mid=598 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720054104/http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Gzv6vuJlaTk%3d&tabid=109&mid=598 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2008-07-20 |access-date = 2008-03-11 }}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |
|---|
| 2005
| The Last Ride | |
| 2006
| An Accidental Terrorist | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2007
| Swallow the Air | University of Queensland Press | |
| 2009
| |
| 2009
| The Boat | Nam Le | |
| 2010
| Document Z | |
| 2011
| Traitor |
| 2012
| |
| 2013
| The Last Thread |
| 2014
| Penguin Group (Australia) |
| 2015
| An Elegant Young Man | Luke Carman | Giramondo Publishing |
| 2016
| An Astronaut’s Life | Sonja Dechian |
| 2017
| Letter to Pessoa | Michelle Cahill | Giramondo Publishing |
| 2018
| The Book of Dirt | Text Publishing |
| 2019 |
| 2020
| Real Differences | S L Lim | Transit Lounge |
| 2021
| Cherry Beach | Laura McPhee-Browne | Text Publishing |
| 2022
| Hold Your Fire | Chloe WIlson |
| 2023
| Echo Publishing |
| 2024
|Anam |André Dao |Penguin Random House |
=Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting=
The Play Award, established in 1983, is given to a play or musical which has been produced in Australia. The winner is chosen based purely on the merit of the written text,{{cite web |title= Play Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/play-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084541/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/play-award |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }} and they receive a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. The award was first given to playwright Nicholas Enright and composer Terence Clarke for the musical Variations. Writers Daniel Keene and Stephen Sewell have each won the Award three times.
In 2010, the judges decided not to shortlist any plays for the Award, instead bestowing a $30,000 grant for new playwrights. Their decision was widely criticised by many of Australia's most experienced playwrights.{{cite web |title= Playwrights snubbed by award judges |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald |author = Bryce Hallett |url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/playwrights-snubbed-by-award-judges-20100516-v6aa.html |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date=17 May 2010}} Gil Appleton, head of the judging panel, called for all future judges to see a performance of the play rather than judging the work on the script alone.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" width="100%" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Ref |
|---|
| 1983 |
| 1984
| Down an Alley Filled with Cats |
| 1985 |
| 1986
| Away |
| 1987 |
| 1988
| The Rivers of China |
| 1989
| Hate | Stephen Sewell |
| 1991
| Hotel Sorrento | |
| 1992
| Cosi | |
| 1993
| Nicholas Parsons | |
| 1994
| Sex Diary of an Infidel | |
| 1995
| Michael Gow |
| | Falling From Grace
| Hannie Rayson |
| 1996 |
| 1997
| Jerusalem | Michael Gurr | |
| 1999
| Scott Rankin and Leah Purcell | |
| 2000
| Scissors, Paper, Rock | |
| 2001
| Milo's Wake | Margery Forde and Michael Forde | |
| 2002
| Miss Tanaka | |
| 2003
| Half & Half | Daniel Keene | |
| 2004
| Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America | Stephen Sewell | |
| 2005
| Harbour | |
| 2006
| |
| 2007
| Tommy Murphy, adapted from the book by Timothy Conigrave | |
| 2008
| |
| 2009
| Daniel Keene | |
| 2011
| Do Not Go Gentle | |
| 2012
| Porn, Cake | Vanessa Bates | |
| 2012
| The Gift | |
| 2013
| The Damned |
| 2014
| Muff |
| 2015
| Black Diggers |
| 2016
| Angus Cerini |
| 2017 |
| 2018
| Black is the New White |
| 2019
| The Almighty Sometimes | Kendall Feaver |
| 2020 |
| 2021
| Milk | Dylan Van Den Berg |
| 2022
| Orange Thrower | Kristy Marillier | {{Cite web |title=Orange Thrower by Kirsty Marillier. Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nick-enright-prize-playwriting/2022-winner-orange-thrower |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Whitefella Yella Tree | Dylan Van Den Berg |
| 2024
|Sex Magick |
=Betty Roland Prize for Script Writing=
In 1984, the Film Writing Award and the Television Writing Award were established, followed by the Radio Writing Award in 1988. In 1990, these three awards were amalgamated into the Script Writing Award. It is given for the script of a film, radio program or television program, which may be fiction or a documentary. The winner is chosen based purely on the merit of the written text,{{cite web |title= Script Writing Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/script-writing-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120109233519/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/script-writing-award |archive-date= 9 January 2012 }} and they receive a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. The award was first given jointly to the film scripts for Sweetie and An Angel at My Table. Directors Jane Campion and Rolf de Heer have each won the Award twice.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Ref |
|---|
| 1984
| Careful, He Might Hear You (Film Writing Award) |
| | Scales of Justice (Television Writing Award) |
| 1985
| My First Wife (Film Writing Award) | |
| | The Cowra Breakout (Television Writing Award)
| Margaret Kelly, Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce and Russell Braddon | |
| 1986
| Bliss (Film Writing Award) | Peter Carey and Ray Lawrence | |
| 1987
| Malcolm (Film Writing Award) | |
| | Two Friends (Television Writing Award)
| |
| 1988
| High Tide (Film Writing Award) | |
| | Australia-Japan: A Love Story (Radio Writing Award)
| Keith Gallasch and Virginia Baxter | |
| | Olive (Television Writing Award)
| |
| 1989
| The Story of Anger Lee Bredenza (Radio Writing Award) |
| | The True Believers (Television Writing Award)
| Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay |
| 1990
| Sweetie | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee | |
| | An Angel at My Table
| |
| 1992
| Dingo | |
| 1993
| Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | |
| 1994
| |
| 1995
| "Playing the Ego Card", Frontline |
| 1996 |
| 1997
| |
| 1999
| Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl and Rolf de Heer | |
| 2000
| |
| 2001
| |
| 2002
| My Mother India | |
| 2003
| |
| 2004
| |
| 2005
| The Art of War | |
| 2006
| We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year | |
| 2007
| |
| 2008
| |
| 2009
| Louis Nowra, Rachel Perkins & Beck Cole | |
| 2010
| |
| | Fairweather Man
| Aviva Ziegler | |
| 2011
| |
| 2012
| Rake (Episode 1): R v Murray | |
| 2013
| Louise Fox |
| 2014
| Devil's Dust (two-part series) | Kris Mrksa |
| 2015 |
| 2016
| Deadline Gallipoli, Episode 4: 'The Letter' |
| rowspan="2" |2017
| The Code, Series 2 Episode 4 | Shelley Birse (joint winner) |
| Down Under
| Abe Forsythe (joint winner) |
| rowspan="2" |2018
| Deep Water: The Real Story | Amanda Blue and Jacob Hickey (joint winners) |
| Top of the Lake: China Girl, "Birthday" Series 2 Episode 4
| Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (joint winners) |
| 2019
| Jirga |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| Missing | Kylie Boltin (joint winner) |
| The Cry, Episode 2
| Jacquelin Perske (joint winner) |
| 2021
| Freeman | Laurence Billiet |
| 2022
| NITRAM | Shaun Grant | {{Cite web |title=NITRAM by Shaun Grant. Betty Roland Prize for Script Writing 2022 Winner Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/betty-roland-prize-scriptwriting/2022-winner-nitram |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=9 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Blaze | Del Kathryn Barton and Huna Amweero |
| 2024
|Safe Home, Episode 1 |Anna Barnes |
=NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship=
Awarded biennially, the Prize for Literary Scholarship was made to a book, CD-ROM or DVD which presents an original perspective on one or more published works. The winner received a A$30,000 prize. It was discontinued and has not been awarded since 2010.{{cite web |title= NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/nsw-premiers-prize-for-literary-scholarship |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084439/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/nsw-premiers-prize-for-literary-scholarship |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Author |
|---|
| 2004
| Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession |
| 2006
| Postcolonial Conrad: Paradoxes of Empire |
| 2008
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge: a Literary Life |
| 2010
| Networked Language: Culture and History in Australian Poetry |
=People's Choice Award=
This award was established in 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/peoples-choice-award |title=People's Choice Award |publisher=Pla.nsw.gov.au |access-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224000514/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/peoples-choice-award |archive-date=2012-02-24 }} The Award is based on votes by New South Wales residents from the works shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for fiction. The award was first won by Steve Toltz for his novel, A Fraction of the Whole.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574439.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522110103/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574439.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2009 |title=First time author wins big at NSW Literary Awards, ABC News Online, 19 May 2009 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2012-05-02}}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Ref |
|---|
| 2009
| |
| 2010
| |
| 2011
| Lovesong | |
| 2012
| |
| 2013
| Animal People |
| 2014
| The Railwayman's Wife |
| rowspan="2" |2015
|Only the Animals (joint winner) |
| The Golden Age (joint winner) |
| 2016
|The Life of Houses |
| 2017
|Vancouver #3 in the series Wisdom Tree |
| 2018
| The Book of Dirt |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2021 |
| 2022
| The Shut Ins | Katherine Brabon | {{Cite web |title=The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon. People's Choice Award 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments. |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/peoples-choice-award/2022-winner-shut-ins |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=11 May 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Every Version of You | Grace Chan |
| 2024
|The God of No Good |Sita Walker |
=Book of the Year=
The winner of the New South Wales Book of the Year is chosen from among the winners of that year's awards, with the award worth an extra A$10,000 {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.{{cite web | last=Jefferson | first=Dee | title=Poet Ellen van Neerven wins Book of the Year, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and Multicultural NSW Award at NSW Premier's Literary Awards | website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=26 April 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-27/ellen-van-neerven-book-of-the-year-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/100096796 | access-date=27 April 2021}}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Author ! Other Award ! Ref |
|---|
| 1992
| Selected Poems | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | |
| 1993
| Tjarany Roughtail | Gracie Green, Lucille Gill and Joe Tramacchi | Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature | |
| 1994
| Seasonal Adjustments | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | |
| 1995
| The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia | Special Award |
| 1996
| Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |
| 1997
| The Drowner | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | |
| 1999
| H M Bark Endeavour | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | |
| 2000
| The Binna-Binna Man | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature | |
| 2001
| Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000 | Gleebooks Prize | |
| 2002
| The Lovemakers | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | |
| 2003
| Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | |
| 2004
| Shanghai Dancing | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | |
| 2005
| Smoke Encrypted Whispers | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | |
| 2006
| Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing | |
| 2007
| Community Relations Commission Award | |
| 2008
| Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | |
| 2009
| The Boat | Nam Le | UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing | |
| 2010
| Kill Khalid: Mossad's failed hit ... and the rise of Hamas | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | |
| 2011
| Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs | Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | |
| 2012
| Christina Stead Prize for Fiction |
| 2013
| Ruby Moonlight | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry |
| 2014
| Christina Stead Prize for Fiction |
| 2015
| The Bush | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |
| 2016
| Dark Emu | Indigenous Writers Prize |
| 2017
| Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting |
| 2018
| Taboo | Indigenous Writers Prize |
| 2019
| Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |
| 2020
| Christina Stead Prize for Fiction |
| 2021
| Throat | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry |
| 2022
| Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System | Safdar Ahmed | Twelve Panels Press | {{Cite web |title=Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System. Book of the Year 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/book-year/2022-winner-still-alive |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=11 May 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |
| 2024
| She is the Earth | Indigenous Writers' Prize |
=Special Award=
The Special Award can be proposed by the judges for a work that doesn't easily fit into the existing prizes, or as a general recognition of a writer's achievements.{{cite web |title= Special Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/special-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234314/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/special-award |archive-date= 22 March 2012 }} The winner received a A$10,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Recipient ! Ref |
|---|
| 1982
| |
| 1984 |
| 1985
| |
| 1986
| William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews for The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Oxford University Press | |
| 1987
| Glenda Adams for Dancing on Coral, Angus & Robertson | |
| 1988
| |
| 1989 |
| 1990
| |
| 1991
| Bill Neskovski, Judith Wright | |
| 1992
| |
| 1993
| |
| 1994
| |
| 1995
| David Horton for The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Aboriginal Studies Press | |
| 1996
| |
| 1997
| |
| 1999
| |
| 2000
| |
| 2001
| |
| 2002
| |
| 2003
| |
| 2004
| |
| 2005
| |
| 2006
| |
| 2007
| |
| 2008
| |
| 2009
| Katharine Brisbane AM | |
| 2010
| The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature | |
| 2011
| |
| 2012
| |
| 2013
| David Ireland AM |
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
| 2016 |
| 2017
| Not awarded | |
| 2018
| Not awarded | |
| 2019
| Behrouz Boochani for No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison |
| 2020
| Not awarded | |
| 2021 |
| 2022
| Not awarded | |
| 2023 |
=NSW Premier's Translation Prize=
Awarded biennially, the Translation Prize is offered to Australian translators who translate works into English from other languages. The winner receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}. It will next be awarded in 2025.{{cite web |title= New South Wales Premier's Translation Prize |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/new-south-wales-premiers-translation-prize |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083632/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/new-south-wales-premiers-translation-prize |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Recipient |
|---|
| 2001 |
| 2003
| Julie Rose |
| 2005 |
| 2007
| John Nieuwenhuizen |
| 2009 |
| 2011
| Ian Johnston |
| 2013 |
| 2015 |
| 2017 |
| 2019 |
| rowspan="2" |2021 |
| Nick Trakakis |
| 2023 |
= Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize =
The Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize was established in 2015. It is sponsored by Multicultural NSW and the winner currently receives a A$5,000 prize. The award acknowledges translators in the first ten years of their practice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/multicultural-nsw-early-career-translator-prize-0|title=Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize|website=State Library of NSW|access-date=23 May 2017}}
== Award winners ==
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Recipient ! Ref |
| 2015
| Lilit Zekulin Thwaites |
| 2017
| Jan Owen |
| 2022
|Safdar Ahmed |
=Indigenous Writers' Prize=
The inaugural Indigenous Writers' Prize was awarded in 2016. The prize is offered biennially and the winner receives a A$30,000 prize. The prize is intended to acknowledge the contribution made to Australian literary culture by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers.{{cite web|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/indigenous-writers-prize|title=Indigenous Writers' Prize|publisher=State Library, NSW|access-date=8 December 2019}} The first award was shared by joint winners, Bruce Pascoe for his book Dark Emu and Ellen van Neerven for Heat and Light.{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/indigenous-writers-rise-to-the-top-of-the-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160516-gow2qt.html|title=Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wydnham|first=Susan|date=17 May 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}
== Award winners ==
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Author !Publisher !Ref |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| Dark Emu (joint winner) |
| Heat and Light (joint winner) |
| 2018
| Taboo |
| 2020
| The White Girl | University of Queensland Press |
| 2022
| Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams | Simon & Schuster | {{Cite web |title=Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss. Indigenous Writers' Prize 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/indigenous-writers-prize/2022-winner-bila-yarrudhanggalangdhuray-river-dreams |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }} |
| 2023
| Echo Publishing |
| 2024
|She Is the Earth |Magabala Books |
=Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing=
The Gleebooks Prize was established in 1995 and was offered for Australian critical writing. The winner received a A$10,000 prize.{{cite web |title= Gleebooks Prize |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/Gleebooks_Prize.pdf |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090519020924/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/Gleebooks_Prize.pdf |archive-date= 19 May 2009 }} It was last awarded in 2009 to David Love and its current status is unknown.
==Award winners==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
| Title | Author | Publisher | Ref |
| 1995
| Volatile Bodies, Towards a Corporeal Feminism | | |
| 1996
| Artful Histories: Modern Australian Autobiography |
| 1997
| Love and Freedom: Professional Women and the Reshaping of Personal Life | | |
| 1999
| Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A World that Is, Was and Will Be | | |
| 2000
| Reading the Holocaust | | |
| 2001
| Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000 | | |
| 2002
| Borderline: Australia's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers | | |
| 2003
| How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia | | |
| 2004
| The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains | | |
| 2005
| Blackfellas Whitefellas and the Hidden Injuries of Race | | |
| 2006
| The Weather Makers: the History and Future Impact of Climate Change | |
| 2007
| Asbestos House: the Secret History of James Hardie Industries | | |
| 2008
| Race and the Crisis of Humanism | | |
| 2009
| Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution | |
See also
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/index.php/funding-and-support/for-individuals/fellowships-scholarships-awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/ ArtsNSW – NSW Premier’s Literary Awards]
- [http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/premiers_awards/index.html The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards & NSW Premier’s History Awards]
Category:Australian fiction awards
Category:Awards established in 1979