BCL Books - Award Winners & Competitions

Major Australian and International Award Winners

• National Biography Award
• Commonwealth Writer's Prize
• Hugo Award
• Queensland Premier's Literary Award
• Kate Greenaway Medal
• Carnegie Medal
• Man Booker Prize
• Ned Kelly Awards
• Age Book of the Year
• Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
• Victorian Premiers Literary Awards
• National Book Awards (US)
• Newbery Medal
• Pulitzer Prize
• Caldecott Medal
• Samuel Johnson Prize
• Prime Ministers Prize for History
• Miles Franklin Award
• WA Premier's Book Awards
• Man Booker International Prize
• NSW Premier's Literary Awards
• Nobel Prize in Literature
• IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
• Costa (Formerly Whitbread) Award
• Orange Prize for Fiction

Australian Prizes and Competitions Open to the Public

• ABC Fiction Award - For unpublished adult fiction manuscripts.
• Association for the Study of Australian Literature - See Awards for a range of awards for biography, poetry, and academic papers on Australian literature.
• Allen & Unwin - See The Australian / Vogel Award - One of the largest awards for unpublished novelists who are under 35.
• Australian Ditmar Awards for Science Fiction Excellence - Includes professional and fan categories. 
• The Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues - Allen & Unwin award for unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. 
• Fellowship of Australian Writers - See Awards for National competitions open to everyone. Includes short stories and poetry.
• HarperCollins Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development - Open to new and emerging authors.
• The John Marsden Award for Young Australian Writers - Run by Express Media, this competition is for writers who are under 25.
• One Book Many Brisbanes - Brisbane City Council award for local short story writing.
• Scarlet Stiletto Award - Short story competition for female crime fiction writers.