QLA winners 2019 Caption Front row: Alison Whittaker, Melissa Lucashenko, Ellen van Neerven Middle row: Ella Jeffery, Lindsay Simpson, Claire Christian Back row: Rhiannon Ratcliffe Wilde, Emily O’Grady, Sarah Holland-Batt, Jaclyn Moriarty, Debra Adelaide, Karen Foxlee, Mary Hoban, Carrie Tiffany Absent: Mez Breeze Winners announced! Congratulations to the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards winners and finalists announced at State Library of Queensland on 12 November. 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 The awards include ten national prizes for outstanding books by Australian writers, illustrators and creators, two unpublished manuscripts awards – the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer and the David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander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. 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 winners and finalists Congratulations to the Queensland Literary Award winners and finalists! Read more Queensland Writers Fellowships Celebrate the success of the Queensland Writers Fellowship recipients. Read more Latest news Read the latest media releases Read more 2019 judges and guidelines Meet the 2019 judges and read the guidelines Read more Frequently Asked Questions Find the answer to your FAQ Read more 2018 winners and finalists Congratulations to the 2018 Queensland Literary Award winners and finalists! 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