Previous literary awards winners
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View the winners of the Queensland Premier's Literary awards for the:
Fiction Book Award
- 2008 The Spare Room by Helen Garner
- 2007 Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
- 2006 The Garden Book by Brian Castro
- 2005 The Turning by Tim Winton
- 2004 Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
- 2003 Due Preparations For The Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
- 2002 The Volcano by Venero Armanno
- 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
- 2000 Drylands by Thea Astley
- 1999 FreddyNeptune by Les Murray
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Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award
- 2008 Omega Park by Amy Barker
- 2007 Life in the Bus Lane by Ian Commins
- 2006 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
- 2005 The Long Road of the Junkmailer by Patrick Holland
- 2004 An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang
- 2003 The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley Starr
- 2002 The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton
- 2001 Mama Kuma: One Woman, Two Cultures by Deborah Carlyon
- 2000 The Bone Flute by Nicole Bourke
- 1999 Shoelaces by Jillian Watkinson
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Unpublished Indigenous Writer - Arts Queensland David Unaipon Award
- 2008 Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
- 2007 Skin Paintings by Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson
- 2006 Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy
- 2005 Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt
- 2004 Dust on Waterglass by Tara June Winch
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Non-Fiction Book Award
- 2008 Muck by Craig Sherborne
- 2007 Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctia by Professor Tom Griffiths
- 2006 Packer's Lunch by Neil Chenoweth
- 2005 Papunya - A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
- 2004 A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb
- 2003 Meeting of the Waters by Margaret Simons
- 2002 The Boyds: A Family Biography by Dr Brenda Niall
- 2001 A Fine and Private Place by Brian Matthews
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History Book Award - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
- 2008 Drawing the Global Colour Line by Professor Marilyn Lake and Professor Henry Reynoldss
- 2007 Iron Kingdon by Christopher Clark
- 2006 Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins by Peter Edwards
- 2005 The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech by Shane White and Graham White
- 2004 Dancing with Strangers by Inga Clendinnen
- 2003 Mussolini by Professor Richard Bosworth
- 2002 Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
- 2001 The Colonial Earth by Tim Bonyhady
- 2000 JohnCurtin: A Life by David Day
- 1999 The Sky Travellers by Bil Gammage
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Children's Book Award - Mary Ryan's Award
- 2008 The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas
- 2007 Layla Queen of Hearts by Glenda Millard
- 2006 The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (who can't help flying high and falling in deep) by Marine Murray
- 2005 Camel Rider by Prue Mason
- 2004 Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson
- 2003 Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson
- 2002 Blat Magic by Michael Stephens
- 2001 Fox by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
- 2000 The Family Tree by Jane Godwin
- 1999 Unseen by Paul Jennings
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Young Adult Book Award
- 2008 Requiem for a Beast by Matt Ottley
- 2007 One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
- 2006 The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky
- 2005 Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman
- 2004 How to Make a Bird by Martine Murray
- 2003 Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen
- 2002 When Dogs Cry by Markus Zusak
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Science Writer Book Award
- 2008 Why is Uranus Upside Down? And other questions about the Universe by Professor Fred Watson
- 2007 Crude by Dr Richard Smith
- 2006 Good Health in the 21st Century by Dr Carole Hungerford
- 2005 Stem Cells by Elizabeth Finkel
- 2004 Genius of Junk by Sonya Pemberton
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Poetry Collection - Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
- 2008 Typewriter Music by David Malouf
- 2007 The Passenger by Dr Laurie Duggan
- 2006 The New Arcadia by John Kinsella
- 2005 The Ship by Sarah Day
- 2004 Wolf Notes by Judith Beveridge
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Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
- 2008 Someone Else by John Hughes
- 2007 Every Move you Make by David Malouf
- 2006 A Funny Things Happened at 27 000 Feet... by Craig Cormick
- 2005 Vincenzo's Garden by John Clanchy
- 2004 Mahjar by Eva Sallis
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Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate - The Harry Williams Award
- 2008 In My Shoes by Quentin McDermott and Steve Taylor
- 2007 Jonestown by Chris Masters
- 2006 Asbestos House by Gideon Haigh
- 2005 Sickness in the System by Hedley Thomas
- 2004 The History Wars by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark
- 2003 Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson
- 2002 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne
- 2001 Reconciliation: A Journey by Michael Gordon and Borderline: Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Peter Mares and Dossier Inside the ABC by David Fagan and Dossier Team
- 2000 Why Weren't We Told by Henry Reynolds
- 1999 The Moment the Laughter Died by Tony Koch
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Film Script - The Pacific Film and Television Commission Award
- 2008 Prime Mover by David Caesar
- 2007 Lake Mungo by Joel Anderson
- 2006 Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer
- 2005 Little Fish by Jacquelin Perske
- 2004 Look Both Ways by Sarah Watt
- 2003 Japanese Story by Alison Tilson
- 2002 The Tracker by Rolf de Heer
- 2001 Rabbit-proof Fence by Christine Olsen
- 2000 Praise by Andrew McGahan
- 1999 Two Hands by Gregor Jordan
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Television Script - QUT Creative Industries Award
- 2008 Underbelly, Episode 7 Wise Monkeys by Felicity Packard
- 2007 Bastard Boys by Sue Smith
- 2006 Unfolding Florence by Katherine Thomson
- 2005 RAN: Remote Area Nurse - Episode 5 - Blue Hawaii by Sue Smith
- 2004 The Cooks - Ep 12. Series 1 - Honey and Wounds by Blake Ayshford
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Drama Script (Stage) Award
- 2008 When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
- 2007 Embers by Campion Decent
- 2006 Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noelle Janaczewska
- 2005 Black Hands/Dead Section by Van Badham
- 2004 Run Rabbit Run by Alana Valentine
- 2003 Last Cab to Darwin by Reg Cribb
- 2002 Old Masters by Beatrix Christian
- 2001 Meat Party by Duong Le Quy
- 2000 Box the Pony by Leah Purcell and Scott Rankin
- 1999 Who's Afraid of the Working Class by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas
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Encouragement and Development Prize
- 2005 The Comfort of Figs by Simon Cleary
Last reviewed: 16 July, 2009
Last updated: 22 July, 2009
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