Queensland Literary Awards

The Queensland Literary Awards gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors, whose contributions were essential to the success of the awards and to recognising the achievements of our distinguished finalists.

Arts Queensland | Copyright Agency | The University of Queensland | Jenny Summerson | Susan Hocking and Ian Mackie, and their family | Queensland Library Foundation | Courier Mail

Find out who won: https://shorturl.at/FLZSz

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards!

Visit our website to learn more about the awards and recipients 👉 https://shorturl.at/lnUMc

Have your say!

✨Congratulations to the 2025 finalists for The Courier Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.✨

This award is decided by public votes – which means it's time to back your favourite!

Click below to cast your vote and celebrate the stories shaping Queensland's literary culture. 👉 https://shorturl.at/vItfE

🌟 Congratulations to the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards finalists! 🌟

The celebrate exceptional storytellers from across Australia — from bold new voices to celebrated authors across genres.

Join us in applauding this year’s finalists who continue to shape Australia’s literary landscape. 👏

See the 2025 finalists: https://tinyurl.com/yvyveca9

Extending a warm congratulations to Siang Lu on his Miles Franklin Award win last night. Siang's debut 'The Whitewash' won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in 2021 and 'Ghost Cities' was shortlisted in the awards last year. We are thrilled for you, Siang! UQP
📔 read more https://perpetual.pulse.ly/jqsevianm4

Nominations for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards are now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Image: QLA celebrations in September 2024, Joe Ruckli

Quick! Don't forget that nominations in all categories of the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards close TODAY at 5pm AEST (Qld time)
🍍 https://ow.ly/8nCt50Vs4oh is a great place to start your nomination
Image: 2024 shortlisted books

In 2024, Edenglassie by author Melissa Lucashenko won the Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance. Have you considered your work in this category for 2025? You could win $30,000!

The award recognises an outstanding work by a Queensland author and/or a work by an Australian writer that tells a Queensland story.

Entries close 5 pm on 22 April.

🍍https://ow.ly/KU7T50VBnT6

📸 Joe Ruckli 2024

Inviting all emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers to nominate for the David Unaipon Award for an outstanding unpublished manuscript.
You could win $20,000 supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, plus manuscript development and publication with UQP
Hurry! Entries close 22 April
Entry is free
🔗https://ow.ly/y38u50VAznY

Hurry! Entries to the Queensland Literary Awards close at 5pm on Tuesday 22 April. You still have time to enter your work and be eligible for a share in a cash prize pool. Follow the link in our website to nominate. https://ow.ly/hpr250UYifI

If you are a published Queensland author and considering nominating for the Queensland Writers Fellowship, why not finesse your application over the Easter break and nominate before 5pm on Tuesday 22 April.
🏆 3 Fellowships of $20,00 each plus career development support to value of $4,500
🍍 https://ow.ly/nuq750VzGU9

Calling Indigenous writers! Ready to share your story with the world? The David Unaipon Award celebrates emerging First Nations writers crafting unpublished manuscripts in all genres. The award honours David Unaipon’s legacy as one of the earliest published Indigenous writers.
We want to hear from you!
Don't miss this chance to win $20,000 supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, plus manuscript development and publication with UQP
Entries close April 22. Submit your manuscript today!
https://ow.ly/x6XR50V9Y93
Image: Laura Elvery