About the Queensland Literary Awards The Queensland Literary Awards celebrate and promote outstanding Australian writers. State Library of Queensland proudly manages the awards in collaboration with sponsors, industry partners and the writing community. The 2019 awards offer a total prize pool of $253,500. The awards include ten national prizes for outstanding books by Australian writers, illustrators and creators, two unpublished manuscripts awards – the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer and the David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer, and development awards for Queensland writers – two Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards and three Queensland Writers Fellowships. 2019 Shortlist out now Congratulations to the 2019 finalists. View the shortlist here. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at State Library of Queensland on 12 November. Awards and prizes Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance – $25,000 Queensland Writers Fellowships – $19,500 The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award – $15,000 The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award – $15,000 Griffith University Young Adult Book Award – $15,000 Griffith University Children’s Book Award – $15,000 David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer – $15,000 Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer – $15,000 QUT Digital Literature Award – $15,000 Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Awards – $12,500 University of Southern Queensland History Book Award – $10,000 University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection – $10,000 Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection – $10,000 The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award – $10,000 2019 Shortlist Congratulations to the Queensland Literary Award finalists! Read more The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Congratulations to the eight finalists in the running for The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. Read more The judging process Meet the 2019 judges. Find out more 2018 winners and finalists Look back on the 2018 winners and finalists. Find out more Queensland Writers Fellowships Celebrate the success of Queensland Writers Fellowship recipients. Find out more Latest news Read the latest media releases Read more Stay up to date with the 2019 program by following the Queensland Literary Awards on Facebook and Twitter. To contact the State Library of Queensland about the Queensland Literary Awards, please email qla@slq.qld.gov.au. Major partners Category sponsors Principal benefactors The Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer is supported by Jenny Summerson through the Queensland Library Foundation. A Queensland Writers Fellowship is supported by the Hocking Mackie Family through the Queensland Library Foundation. Supporters