2019 winners and finalists The 2019 Queensland Literary Awards attracted a record number of nominations. Congratulations to all finalists, and the winners announced at State Library of Queensland on 12 November. Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance Prize $25,000 WINNER Too Much Lip (UQP) by Melissa Lucashenko FINALISTS The Night Dragon (UQP) by Matthew Condon Boy Swallows Universe (HarperCollins) by Trent Dalton meditations with passing water (Rabbit) by Jake Goetz Wintering (Text) by Krissy Kneen This award is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Read more qla_Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance_category photo Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award Two awards of $12,500 each WINNER Ella Jeffery WINNER Ellen van Neerven FINALISTS Emily O'Grady Yen-Rong Wong This award is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Read more qla_Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award_category photo Queensland Writers Fellowships Prize: Three Fellowships of $19,500 WINNERS Claire Christian, The Invisibles Sarah Holland-Batt, Spiral Separator Emily O’Grady, Feast: A Literary Novel Read more Queensland Writers Fellowship certificates The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award Prize $15,000 WINNER Exploded View (Text) by Carrie Tiffany FINALISTS Bodies of Men (Hachette) by Nigel Featherstone Too Much Lip (UQP) by Melissa Lucashenko Shell (Scribner) by Kristina Olsson Daughter of Bad Times (Allen & Unwin) by Rohan Wilson Read more qla_The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award_category photo The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award Prize $15,000 WINNER An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold (Scribe) by Mary Hoban FINALISTS Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future (NewSouth) by Alice Gorman Shakespeare’s Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature (Text) by Stuart Kells The Eastern Curlew (Affirm) by Harry Saddler Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (HarperCollins) by Christina Thompson Read more qla_The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award_category photo Griffith University Children's Book Award Prize $15,000 WINNER The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars (Allen & Unwin) by Jaclyn Moriarty FINALISTS Leave Taking (UQP) by Lorraine Marwood Black Cockatoo (Magabala) by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler His Name was Walter (HarperCollins) by Emily Rodda Chalk Boy (Allen & Unwin) by Margaret Wild and Mandy Ord Read more qla_Griffith University Children’s Book Award_category photo Griffith University Young Adult Book Award Prize $15,000 WINNER Lenny’s Book of Everything (Allen & Unwin) by Karen Foxlee FINALISTS Small Spaces (Walker) by Sarah Epstein How It Feels to Float (Pan Macmillan) by Helena Fox The Bogan Mondrian (UQP) by Steven Herrick Catching Teller Crow (Allen & Unwin) by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Read more qla_Griffith University Young Adult Book Award_category photo University of Southern Queensland History Book Award Prize $10,000 WINNER An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold (Scribe) by Mary Hoban FINALISTS From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got Compulsory Voting (Text) by Judith Brett Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story (MUP) by Kate Legge A New History of the Irish in Australia (NewSouth) by Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World (Text) by Clare Wright Read more qla_University of Southern Queensland History Book Award_category photo University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection Prize $10,000 WINNER Zebra: And Other Stories (Pan Macmillan) by Debra Adelaide FINALISTS The True Colour of the Sea (Penguin Random House) by Robert Drewe The Drover’s Wives (Brio) by Ryan O’Neill Read more qla_University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection_category photo Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection Prize $10,000 WINNER Blakwork (Magabala) by Alison Whittaker FINALISTS Hot Take (Hunter) by Liam Ferney Newcastle Sonnets (Giramondo) by Keri Glastonbury That Sight (Cordite) by Marjon Mossammaparast The Lost Arabs (UQP) by Omar Sakr This award is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Read more qla_Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection_category photo QUT Digital Literature Award Prize $15,000 WINNER V[R]ignettes by Mez Breeze FINALISTS Gothic Body, in Two Parts by Eda Gunaydin Psychometric Researches by Benjamin Laird ITERATION - Part 3/Chapter 3 by CB Mako and MJ Flamiano The Wonders of Lost Trajectories by Jason Nelson Read more qla_Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award_category photo Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer Prize $15,000 WINNER Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Ratcliffe Wilde FINALISTS Little Birds by Sue Goldstiver The Still Point of Being by Karen Hollands Apparitions by Jack Lio This award is supported by Jenny Summerson through the Queensland Library Foundation. Read more qla_Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award_category photo The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award Prize $10,000 WINNER Adani, Following Its Dirty Footsteps: A Personal Story (Spinifex) by Lindsay Simpson FINALISTS Boy Swallows Universe (HarperCollins) by Trent Dalton Requiem with Yellow Butterflies: A Memoir (UWA Publishing) by James Halford Wintering (Text) by Krissy Kneen Too Much Lip (UQP) by Melissa Lucashenko Brisbane’s Greek Cafes: A Million Malted Milks (Teacup) by Toni Risson Charles Ulm (Allen & Unwin) by Rick Searle Daughter of Bad Times (Allen & Unwin) by Rohan Wilson The winner is determined by public vote. Voting closed Monday 14 October, 5pm. Read more TCM People's Choice Award finalists 2019 David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer Eligible entrants will receive author development activities through State Library including mentorship, editorial advice, and guidance on opportunities, pathways and artistic development, in consultation with the Award partners, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and University of Queensland Press. This award is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Read more