{{Short description|Literary prizes awarded by the New South Wales state government in Australia}} {{use Australian English|date=February 2020}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
The '''New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards''', also known as the '''NSW Premier's Literary Awards,''' were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the '''Christina Stead Prize for Fiction''', the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the '''Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction'''.<ref name="aboutawards">{{cite web |title= About the Awards |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/about-the-awards |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120219030418/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/about-the-awards |archive-date= 19 February 2012 }}</ref>
{{as of|2019}}, the Awards are presented by the NSW Government and administered by the State Library of New South Wales in association with Create NSW, with support of Multicultural NSW and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Total prize money in 2019 was up to A$305,000, with eligibility limited to writers, translators and illustrators with Australian citizenship or permanent resident status.<ref>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/about-awards|title=About the awards|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>
==History== The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities. If governments treat writers and artists with respect and understanding, the community will be more likely to do the same."<ref name= award>{{cite web |title= Neville Wran |publisher= Arts NSW |url= http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2007%20awards/GuideLines.htm |access-date= 2008-03-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231755/http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2007%20awards/GuideLines.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-27}}</ref> They were the first set of premier's awards offered in Australia.<ref name="aboutawards"/>
The awards were not presented in 1998 as the eligibility dates were amended.<ref name="NSWPLA1998">{{cite web|title= 1998 New South Wales Premier's literary Awards|publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 September 1998, p10|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527898272|access-date= 10 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527898272}}}}</ref>
==Judging== The winners of most of the prizes and awards are decided by a judging panel, with no input from Create NSW (former Arts NSW) or the New South Wales Government. The names of each year's judges are not announced until the final winners are decided. The judging has been the subject of controversy in the past, when in 2010, the panel decided not to bestow the Play Award on any of the applicants.<ref name="2010playaward2">{{cite web |title= Playlist for judges in search of a premier shortlist|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald |author = Marc McEvoy |url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/playlist-for-judges-in-search-of-a-premier-shortlist-20100412-s413.html |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date=13 April 2010}}</ref>
In November 2011, the NSW Government announced a review of the Premier's Literary Awards for 2012. An independent panel, chaired by journalist Gerard Henderson, reviewed both the Literary and the Premier's History Awards, focussed on the governance, selection criteria and judging processes.<ref name="review">{{cite web |title= Recognising Literary and History Excellence |publisher= Arts NSW |url= http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/index.php/news-and-publications/news/recognising-literary-and-history-excellence/ |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date = 1 November 2011}}</ref> Following the review, the Awards are managed by the State Library of NSW, in association with Create NSW.<ref>{{cite web|title=The NSW Premier's Literary Awards & NSW Premier's History Awards|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/premiers_awards/index.html|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>
==Categories== The following prizes and awards are currently given in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
*Christina Stead Prize for Fiction *Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction *Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry *Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature *Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature *NSW Multicultural Award (formerly Ethnic Affairs Commission Award, Community Relations Commission Award) *UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing *Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting (formerly the Play Award) *Betty Roland Prize for Script Writing (formerly the separate Film, Television and Radio Writing Awards) *NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship *People's Choice Award *Special Award *NSW Premier's Translation Prize *Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize *Indigenous Writers Prize *Gleebooks Prize (currently inactive)
===Christina Stead Prize for Fiction=== {{confuse| FAW Christina Stead Award}} The Christina Stead Prize is awarded for a work of fiction that may be either a novel or a collection of stories.<ref name="christinasteadprize"/> The recipient receives a A$40,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> It is named in honour of Christina Stead, an Australian novelist and short-story writer.<ref name="christinasteadprize">{{cite web |title= The Christina Stead Prize for Fiction |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/the-christina-stead-prize-for-fiction |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111202211608/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/the-christina-stead-prize-for-fiction |archive-date= 2 December 2011 }}</ref> The first recipient was David Malouf, who was awarded the Prize for his novella ''An Imaginary Life'' in 1979. In 2019 Michelle de Kretser won with ''The Life to Come and'' equalled Peter Carey's record of three wins.<ref name="listofwinners">{{cite web |title= Winners of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1979-2010 |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/PLA_Winners_1979-2010_update.pdf |access-date= 24 January 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110821164924/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/PLA_Winners_1979-2010_update.pdf |archive-date= 21 August 2011 }}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width=100% |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1979 | ''An Imaginary Life'' | David Malouf | Chatto and Windus, London | <ref name="NSWPLA1979">{{cite web|title="Premier's literary awards" |newspaper= Canberra Times|date= 4 September 1979|publisher= The Canberra Times, 4 September 1979, p6|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110595138|access-date= 11 April 2024}}</ref> |- | 1980 | ''War Crimes'' | Peter Carey | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1980">{{cite web|title= Premier's literary award winners|publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 1980, p10|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2525901912|access-date= 18 April 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2525901912}}}}</ref> |- | 1981 | ''The Impersonators'' | Jessica Anderson | Macmillan | <ref name="NSWPLA1981">{{cite web|title= Book award goes to 86-year-old |publisher= The Age, 8 September 1981, p16|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2520980395|access-date= 18 April 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2520980395}}}}</ref> |- | 1982 | ''Bliss'' | Peter Carey | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1982">{{cite web|title="New South Wales Premier's Literary Award 1982" |publisher= LibraryThing|url=https://www.librarything.com/award/2259.0.0.1982/New-South-Wales-Premiers-Literary-Award-1982|access-date= 11 November 2024}}</ref> |- | 1983 | ''The Cure'' | Peter Kocan | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1983">{{cite web|title= Peter Kocan book wins a Wran prize|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1983, p8|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526815224|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526815224}}}}</ref> |- | 1984 | ''Milk'' | Beverley Farmer | McPhee Gribble | <ref name="NSWPLA1984">{{cite web|title= 'Milk' wins Farmer $10,000 NSW award |publisher= The Age, 4 September 1984, p14|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2521355690|access-date= 19 April 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2521355690}}}}</ref> |- | 1985 | ''Milk and Honey'' | Elizabeth Jolley | Fremantle Arts Centre Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1985">{{cite web|title= Scholarly biography wins Premier's award|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1985, p4|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526272676|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526272676}}}}</ref> |- | 1986 | ''Postcards from Surfers'' | Helen Garner | McPhee Gribble | <ref name="NSWPLA1986">{{cite web|title= Premier's prize giving a sober literary affair|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 17 September 1986, p5|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526321643|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526321643}}}}</ref> |- | 1987 | ''Dancing on Coral'' | Glenda Adams | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1987">{{cite web|title= No prize for coming first, say literary judges|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 1987, p4|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526227339|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526227339}}}}</ref> |- | 1988 | ''Final Things'' | John Sligo | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1988">{{cite web|title= Award to book on Lawson's mother|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1988, p4|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526412308|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526412308}}}}</ref> |- | 1989 | ''Broken Words'' | Helen Hodgman | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1989">{{cite web|title= Hodgman wins State literary prize|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 5 September 1989, p10|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2526306667|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2526306667}}}}</ref> |- | 1990 | ''Reaching Tin River'' | Thea Astley | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1990">{{cite web|title= Siobhan's Snowy stories are winners|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 1990, p3|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2523209867|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2523209867}}}}</ref> |- | 1991 | ''JF Was Here'' | Nigel Krauth | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1991">{{cite web|title= Literary winner uncovers a purple patch in the mountains|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1991, p3|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527555705|access-date= 3 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527555705}}}}</ref> |- | 1992 | ''The Death of Napoleon'' | Simon Leys | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1992">{{cite web|title= Author creates more than a tingle of excitement|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 5 September 1992, p4|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527534076|access-date= 8 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527534076}}}}</ref> |- | 1993 | ''Remembering Babylon'' | David Malouf | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1993">{{cite web|title= A night Oodgeroo would have relished|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1993, p11|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527766918|access-date= 8 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527766918}}}}</ref> |- | 1994 | ''Seasonal Adjustments'' | Adib Khan | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1994">{{cite web|title= Adib cooks himself a winner|publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 1994, p11|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527414236|access-date= 8 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527414236}}}}</ref> |- | 1995 | ''Just Like That'' | Lily Brett | Pan Macmillan | <ref name="NSWPLA1995">{{cite web|title= Winners of the Premier's 1995 literary awards |publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 1995, p11|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527785639|access-date= 18 April 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527785639}}}}</ref> |- | 1996 | ''Leaning Towards Infinity'' | Sue Woolfe | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1996">{{cite web|title="Tales of antiquarian hunters collects top book award" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1996|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527865430|access-date= 11 April 2024|id= {{ProQuest|363360979}}}}</ref> |- | 1997 | ''The Drowner'' | Robert Drewe | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1997">{{cite web|title="Novelist Drewe carries off a big prize at last" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 1997|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527865430|access-date= 10 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527865430}}}}</ref> |- | 1998 | No award | | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''Mr Darwin's Shooter'' | Roger McDonald | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1999">{{cite web|title="30-year Endeavour sails off with prize" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 1999|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2674374036|access-date= 10 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2674374036}}}}</ref> |- | 2000 | ''The Salt of Broken Tears'' | Michael Meehan | Vintage Books/Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2000">{{cite web|title="Aboriginal book floors competition" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 16 May 2000|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2527651786|access-date= 10 May 2024|id= {{ProQuest|2527651786}}}}</ref> |- | 2001 | ''Conditions of Faith'' | Alex Miller | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2001">{{cite web|title="A boundary writer climbs the mountain" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 2001, p6|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/363769884|access-date= 5 July 2024|id= {{ProQuest|363769884}}}}</ref> |- | 2002 | ''Dirt Music'' | Tim Winton | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2002">{{cite web|title="Lawson of the suburbs finds poetry in ordinary lives" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2002, p3|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/363845396|access-date= 5 July 2024|id= {{ProQuest|363845396}}}}</ref> |- | 2003 | ''Moral Hazard'' | Kate Jennings | Picador | <ref name="NSWPLA2003">{{cite web|title="Top prize for tough little book" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 20 May 2003|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/top-prize-for-tough-little-book-20030520-gdgshc.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2004 | ''Shanghai Dancing'' | Brian Castro | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2004">{{cite web|title="Shanghai surprise" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2004|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/shanghai-surprise-20040518-gdiy2l.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2005 | ''The Turning'' | Tim Winton | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2005">{{cite web|title="Ten-year walk down memory lane brings home the bacon" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2005|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/ten-year-walk-down-memory-lane-brings-home-the-bacon-20050524-gdldvf.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2006 | ''The Secret River'' | Kate Grenville | Text Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2006">{{cite web|title="NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2006 winners" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2006|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2006-winners-20060524-gdnltw.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2007 | ''Theft: A Love Story'' | Peter Carey | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2007">{{cite web|title="2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards " |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 30 May 2007|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/2007-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20070530-gdq9dm.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2008 | ''The Lost Dog'' | Michelle de Kretser | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2008">{{cite web|title="Lost Dog wins NSW literary gong" |publisher= AAP Bulletin Wire 2, 19 May 2008|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/455573294|access-date= 3 July 2024|id= {{ProQuest|455573294}}}}</ref> |- | 2009 | ''The Good Parents'' | Joan London | Vintage Books | <ref name="NSWPLA2009">{{cite web|title="The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2009" |publisher= Parra Reads, 20 May 2009|url=https://parrareads.parracity.nsw.gov.au/the-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2009/|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2010 | ''Summertime'' | J. M. Coetzee | Harvill Secker | <ref name="NSWPLA2010">{{cite web|title="Herald writer wins top prize for Hamas book" |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2010|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/herald-writer-wins-top-prize-for-hamas-book-20100517-v9h0.html|access-date= 16 January 2025}}</ref> |- | 2011 | ''Lovesong'' | Alex Miller | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2011">{{cite web|title="Fraser the Cold War warrior joins the literati" |date=16 May 2011 |publisher=The Age, 17 May 2011|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/fraser-the-cold-war-warrior-joins-the-literati-20110516-1epzl.html|access-date= 30 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2012 | ''That Deadman Dance'' | Kim Scott | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2012">{{cite web|title="Huge power in sparse narratives" |date=19 May 2013 |publisher=The Age, 20 May 2012|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/huge-power-in-sparse-narratives-20130519-2jupo.html|access-date= 30 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2013 | ''Mateship with Birds'' | Carrie Tiffany | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2013">{{cite press release |title=Winners announced for 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards |publisher=State Library of New South Wales |date=19 May 2013 |url=http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620192300/http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2014 }}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''Questions of Travel'' | Michelle de Kretser | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="2014 winners">{{cite web|title=Winners 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards announced TONIGHT|url=http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/index.cfm/2014/5/19/winners-2014-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-announced-tonight|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=19 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201045923/http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/index.cfm/2014/5/19/winners-2014-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-announced-tonight|archive-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> |- | 2015 | ''The Snow Kimono'' | Mark Henshaw | Text Publishing | <ref name="2015awards">{{cite web|title="Rejected 32 times, The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw wins NSW Premier's Literary Award"|date=18 May 2015 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2015|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rejected-32-times-the-snow-kimono-by-mark-henshaw-wins-nsw-premiers-literary-award-20150518-gh42an.html|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> |- | 2016 |''Locust Girl: A Lovesong'' |Merlinda Bobis |Spinifex Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2016">{{cite web|title="Locust Girl by Merlinda Bobis wins Christina Stead prize for fiction"|date=17 May 2016 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2016|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-locust-girl-by-merlinda-bobis-wins-christina-stead-prize-for-fiction-20160516-gowcra.html|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref> |- | 2017 |''The Museum of Modern Love'' |Heather Rose |Allen & Unwin |<ref name="Harmon">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/22/brave-ruthless-and-utterly-compelling-leah-purcell-wins-big-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards|title='Brave, ruthless and utterly compelling': Leah Purcell wins big at NSW premier's literary awards|last=Harmon|first=Steph|date=22 May 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''The Book of Dirt'' | Bram Presser | Text Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2018">{{cite news|last1=Morris|first1=Linda|title=Stories of ancestral memory storm NSW Premier's Literary Awards|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/stories-of-ancestral-memory-storm-nsw-premier-s-literary-awards-20180430-p4zce9.html|access-date=1 May 2018|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 April 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 |''The Life to Come'' |Michelle de Kretser |Allen & Unwin |<ref name="2019 winners">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-29/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2019-billy-griffiths-les-murray/11053990|title='I wanted to help change the conversation': History of Aboriginal archaeology wins literary prize|last=Jefferson|first=Dee|date=2019-04-29|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> |- | 2020 |''The Yield'' |Tara June Winch |Penguin Random House |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-26/tara-june-winch-the-yield-wins-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/12187480|title=Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards|last=Evans|first=Kate Evans|date=2020-04-26|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> |- | 2021 |''A Room Made of Leaves'' |Kate Grenville |Text Publishing |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-04-27|title=NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/04/27/185497/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2021-winners-announced/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-26|title='Eight jobs at once and no sick days': $60,000 prizes a welcome relief for young writer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-27/ellen-van-neerven-book-of-the-year-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/100096796|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref> |- | 2022 |''Dark as Last Night'' |Tony Birch |University of Queensland Press |<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2022-05-16 |title='Unflinching': Villawood graphic novel wins book of the year at NSW premier's literary awards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/16/unflinching-villawood-graphic-novel-wins-book-of-the-year-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch : Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/christina-stead-prize-fiction/2022-winner-dark-last-night |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 |''Women I Know'' |Katerina Gibson |Scribner |<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Dow |first=Steve |date=2023-05-22 |title='Significantly shocking': debut author Debra Dank breaks records at NSW premier's literary awards |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/22/significantly-shocking-debut-author-debra-dank-breaks-records-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |- |2024 |''The Sitter'' |Angela O'Keeffe |University of Queensland Press |<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2024-05-20 |title=Aboriginal poet wins $40,000 at major literary awards with 'profound' verse novel |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-ali-cobby-eckermann-aboriginal-poet/103869188 |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Highway 13'' |Fiona McFarlane |Allen & Unwin |<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2025-05-19 |title=Nam Le wins major literary award, 16 years after winning for The Boat |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/nsw-literary-awards-nam-le-vietnamese-poem-fiona-mcfarlane/105296940 |access-date=2025-05-19 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> |- |2026 |''The Immigrants'' |Moreno Giovannoni |Black Inc. |<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2026-05-18 |title=NSW Literary Awards 2026 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2026/05/18/329946/nsw-literary-awards-2026-winners-announced/ |access-date=2026-05-18 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref> |}
===Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction=== The Douglas Stewart Prize is awarded for a prose work that is not fiction.<ref name="douglasstewartprize"/> The recipient receives a A$40,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> It is named in honour of Douglas Stewart, a noted Australian literary editor.<ref name="douglasstewartprize">{{cite web |title= Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/douglas-stewart-prize-for-non-fiction |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234231/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/douglas-stewart-prize-for-non-fiction |archive-date= 22 March 2012 }}</ref> The first recipient was Manning Clark, who was awarded the Prize for the fourth volume in his series ''A History of Australia'' in 1979. Drusilla Modjeska, with three wins, has won the Prize more than any other individual.<ref name="listofwinners"/> In 2019 Billy Griffiths and Sarah Krasnostein were joint winners.<ref name="2019 winners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1979 | ''A History of Australia Volume IV'' | Manning Clark | Melbourne University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1979" /> |- | 1980 | ''Barwick'' | David Marr | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1980" /> |- | 1981 | ''A Fortunate Life'' | A. B. Facey | Fremantle Arts Centre Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1981" /> |- | 1982 | ''Rebels and Precursors'' | Richard Haese | Allen Lane | <ref name="NSWPLA1982" /> |- | 1983 | ''Robert J. Hawke'' | Blanche d'Alpuget | Schwartz Books | <ref name="NSWPLA1983" /> |- | 1984 | ''The Archibald Paradox'' | Sylvia Lawson | Allen Lane | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''The Moon Man'' | Elsie Webster | Melbourne University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1986 | ''A Paper Prince'' | George Munster | Viking/Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | ''The Kurnai of Gippsland, Volume One'' | Phillip Pepper with Tess De Araugo | Hyland House Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''The Irish In Australia'' | Patrick O'Farrell | University of New South Wales Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1988 | ''Louisa'' | Brian Matthews | McPhee Gribble | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | 1989 | ''His Mother's Country'' | Maslyn Williams | Melbourne University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | ''The Snowy'' | Siobhan McHugh | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1991 | ''Sitting In'' | Barry Hill | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | ''Poppy'' | Drusilla Modjeska | McPhee Gribble | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''Patrick White : A Life'' | David Marr | Random Century Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1993 | ''Robert Menzies Forgotten People'' | Judith Brett | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | ''Put Your Whole Self In'' | Meme McDonald | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1994 | ''Australia's Spies and Their Secrets'' | David McKnight | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | ''The Scandalous Penton'' | Patrick Buckridge | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''The Orchard'' | Drusilla Modjeska | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia'' | Tom Griffiths | Cambridge University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''The Europeans in Australia: A History, Volume One'' | Alan Atkinson | Oxford University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | No award | | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''H M Bark Endeavour'' | Ray Parkin | Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''Stravinsky's Lunch'' | Drusilla Modjeska | Picador/Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Craft for a Dry Lake'' | Kim Mahood | Transworld/ Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''The Poison Principle'' | Gail Bell | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place'' | Mark McKenna | University of New South Wales Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Dancing with Strangers'' | Inga Clendinnen | Text Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''The Idea of Home: autobiographical essays'' | John Hughes | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''East of Time'' | Jacob G. Rosenberg | Brandl & Schlesinger | <ref name="NSWPLA2006" /> |- | 2007 | ''Things I Didn't Know: a Memoir'' | Robert Hughes | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2007" /> |- | 2008 | ''Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica'' | Tom Griffiths | University of New South Wales Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2008" /> |- | 2009 | ''The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island'' | Chloe Hooper | Penguin Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2009" /> |- | 2010 | ''Kill Khalid: Mossad's failed hit ... and the rise of Hamas'' | Paul McGeough | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2010" /> |- | 2011 | ''Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs '' | Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons | Melbourne University Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2011" /> |- | 2012 | ''An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark'' | Mark McKenna | Miegunyah, MUP | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''The Office: A Hard Working History'' | Gideon Haigh | Miegunyah | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir'' | Kristina Olsson | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | ''Rendezvous with Destiny'' | Michael Fullilove | Penguin Group (Australia) | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''The Bush'' | Don Watson | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 | ''Reckoning: A Memoir'' | Magda Szubanski | Text Publishing | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-douglas-stewart-prize-non-fiction|title=2016 - DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION|website=NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead'' | Thornton McCamish | Black Inc | <ref name="Morris">{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/sydney-arts/leah-purcells-a-drovers-wife-takes-out-book-of-the-year-20170516-gw5xgo.html|title=Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife takes out Book of the Year|last=Morris|first=Linda|date=22 May 2017|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth'' | Paul Ham | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia'' (joint winner) | Billy Griffiths | Black Inc. | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- |''The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay and Disaster'' (joint winner) |Sarah Krasnostein |Text Publishing | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- |2020 | ''Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon'' | Patrick Mullins | Scribe Publications | <ref name=":0" /> |- |2021 | ''The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire'' | Kate Fullagar | Yale University Press | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- |2022 | ''The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek'' | Kate Holden | Black Inc. | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Winter Road by Kate Holden: Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/douglas-stewart-prize-non-fiction/2022-winner-winter-road-story-legacy-land-and-killing |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- |2023 | ''We Come With This Place'' | Debra Dank | Echo Publishing | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''Ghosts of the Orphanage'' |Christine Kenneally |Hachette Australia |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Deep Water'' |James Bradley |Hamish Hamilton |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy'' |Clare Wright |Text Publishing |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry=== {{main|Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry}} The Kenneth Slessor Prize is awarded for a book of poetry, whether collected poems or a single poem of some length, and was first awarded in 1980. The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> It is named in honour of Kenneth Slessor, a noted Australian poet and journalist.<ref name="kennethslessorprize">{{cite web |title= Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/kenneth-slessor-prize-for-poetry- |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083209/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/kenneth-slessor-prize-for-poetry- |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref> The first recipient was David Campbell, who won the Prize posthumously. In 2011, NSW poet Jennifer Maiden became the only individual to win the award three times.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1980 | ''The Man in the Honeysuckle'' | David Campbell | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1980" /> |- | 1981 | ''Astral Sea'' | Alan Gould | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1981" /> |- | 1982 | ''Kaddish and Other Poems'' | Fay Zwicky | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1982" /> |- | 1983 | ''Tide Country'' | Vivian Smith | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1983" /> |- | 1984 | ''The People's Otherworld : Poems'' | Les A. Murray | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''Your Shadow'' | Kevin Hart | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | 1986 | ''Selected Poems 1963-1983'' | Robert Gray | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''Blood and Bone'' | Philip Hodgins | Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1988 | ''The Domesticity of Giraffes'' | Judith Beveridge | Black Lightning Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | 1989 | ''Under Berlin'' | John Tranter | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | ''The Clean Dark'' | Robert Adamson | Paper Bark Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | 1991 | ''The Winter Baby'' | Jennifer Maiden | Collins Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''Selected Poems'' | Elizabeth Riddell | Collins Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''Translations from the Natural World'' | Les A. Murray | Isabella Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''Ghosting William Buckley'' | Barry Hill | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''Coming Home From the World'' | Peter Boyle | Five Islands Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | rowspan=2|1996 | ''Weeping for Lost Babylon'' | Eric Beach | HarperCollins Publishers | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | ''Selected Poems'' | J. S. Harry | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''The Viewfinder'' | Anthony Lawrence | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | No award | | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''Race Against Time'' | Lee Cataldi | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''Mines'' | Jennifer Maiden | Paper Bark Press / Australian Humanities Research Foundation | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Africa'' | Ken Taylor | Five Islands Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''The Lovemakers'' | Alan Wearne | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems'' | Jill Jones | Salt Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems'' | Pam Brown | Salt Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''Smoke Encrypted Whispers'' | Samuel Wagan Watson | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''Latecomers'' | Jaya Savige | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2006" /> |- | 2007 | ''Urban Myths:210 Poems'' | John Tranter | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2007" /> |- | 2008 | ''Two Kinds of Silence'' | Kathryn Lomer | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2008" /> |- | 2009 | ''Man Wolf Man'' | L. K. Holt | John Leonard Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2009" /> |- | 2010 | ''the sonnet according to ‘m’'' | Jordie Albiston | John Leonard Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2010" /> |- | 2011 | ''Pirate Rain'' | Jennifer Maiden | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2011" /> |- | 2012 | ''New and Selected Poems'' | Gig Ryan | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''Ruby Moonlight'' | Ali Cobby Eckermann | Magabala Books | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''Novelties'' |Fiona Hile | Hunter |<ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''Earth Hour'' | David Malouf | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2015">{{cite web|title="Don Watson wins Book of the Year in 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Awards with a grand and gloomy portrait of The Bush" |date= 18 May 2015|publisher= The Age, 18 May 2015|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/don-watson-wins-book-of-the-year-in-2015-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-with-a-grand-and-gloomy-portrait-of-the-bush-20150518-gh40pr.html|access-date= 6 February 2024}}</ref> |- | 2016 |''brush'' |Joanne Burns |Giramondo Poets |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsreview.com.au/2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-announced/|title=2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards announced|date=17 May 2016 |publisher=Australian Arts Review|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> |- | 2017 |''Ghostspeaking'' |Peter Boyle |Vagabond Press |<ref name="Morris"/> |- | 2018 | ''Argosy'' | Bella Li | Vagabond Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 |''Interval'' |Judith Bishop |University of Queensland Press |<ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 |''Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness'' |Peter Boyle |Vagabond Press |<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 |''Throat'' |Ellen van Neerven |University of Queensland Press |<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 |''accelerations & inertias'' |Dan Disney |Vagabond Press |<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=accelerations & inertias by Dan Disney. Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/kenneth-slessor-prize-poetry/2022-winner-accelerations-inertias |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 |''The Singer and Other Poems'' |Kim Cheng Boey |Cordite Books |<ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''Riverbed Sky Songs'' |Tais Rose Wae |Vagabond Press |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''rock flight'' |Hasib Hourani |Giramondo |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''How to Emerge'' |Jill Jones |Vagabond Press |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature=== The Ethel Turner Prize is awarded for work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry written for young people of secondary school level.<ref name="ethelturnerprize1"/> The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> It is named in honour of Ethel Turner, author of the children's classic, ''Seven Little Australians''.<ref name="ethelturnerprize1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature|title=Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature|publisher=NSW Premier's Literary Awards|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref>
The Children's Literature section of the Premier's Literary Awards began as a single award in 1979, but was redefined in 1999 to create the Patricia Wrightson Prize (for writing for a primary school audience) and the Ethel Turner Prize (for a secondary school audience). The Ethel Turner Award was also given to all previous winners in the Children's Literature section.<ref name="Latrobe">{{cite web|title=New South Wales Premier's Literary Award: the Patricia Wrightson and Ethel Turner awards|url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Awards/NSW.htm|website=Children's and Young Adult Literature|publisher=La Trobe University|access-date=25 August 2014|archive-date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607223315/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Awards/NSW.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Prize was first won, jointly, by Patricia Wrightson and Jenny Wagner in 1979. Australian author Ursula Dubosarsky and writer Jaclyn Moriarty have each won the prize three times.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1979 | ''John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat'' | Jenny Wagner | Kestrel Books | <ref name="NSWPLA1979" /> |- | | ''The Dark Bright Water'' | Patricia Wrightson (Special Children's book) | Atheneum Books, New York | <ref name="NSWPLA1979" /> |- | 1980 | ''Mr Archimedes' Bath'' | Pamela Allen | William Collins | <ref name="NSWPLA1980" /> |- | | ''Land of the Rainbow Snake'' | Catherine Berndt (Special Children's book) | William Collins | <ref name="NSWPLA1980" /> |- | 1981 | ''When the Wind Changed'' | Ruth Park and Deborah Niland | William Collins | <ref name="NSWPLA1981" /> |- | | ''Seventh Pebble'' | Eleanor Spence | Oxford University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1981" /> |- | 1982 | ''Whistle Up the Chimney'' | Nan Hunt and Craig Smith | William Collins | <ref name="NSWPLA1982" /> |- | 1983 | ''Who Sank the Boat?'' | Pamela Allen | Nelson | <ref name="NSWP1983">{{cite web|title="Hawke book wins award for d'Alpuget" |newspaper= Canberra Times|date= 6 September 1983|publisher= The Canberra Times, 6 September 1983, p3|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116404996|access-date= 29 December 2023}}</ref> |- | | ''Five Times Dizzy'' | Nadia Wheatley (Special children's book) | Oxford University Press | <ref name="NSWP1983" /> |- | 1984 | ''Possum Magic'' | Mem Fox and Julie Vivas | Omnibus Books | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''The House That was Eureka'' | Nadia Wheatley | Viking/Kestrel | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | 1986 | ''The True Story of Spit MacPhee'' | James Aldridge | Viking/Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''A Rabbit Named Harris'' | Nan Hunt and Betina Ogden | William Collins | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1988 | ''Answers to Brut'' | Gillian Rubinstein | Omnibus Books | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | 1989 | ''You Take the High Road'' | Mary Pershall | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | ''The Blue Chameleon'' | Katherine Scholes | Hill of Content Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | 1991 | ''Strange Objects'' | Gary Crew | William Heinemann Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''All in the Blue Unclouded Weather'' | Robin Klein | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''Tjarany Roughtail'' | Gracie Greene, Lucille Gill and Joe Tramacchi | Magabala Books | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''The White Guinea Pig'' | Ursula Dubosarsky | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''Mr Enigmatic'' | Jenny Pausacker | Reed for Kids | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''Johnny Hart's Heroes'' | David Metzenthen | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''The Two Bullies'' | Junko Morimoto | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | No award | | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''The Divine Wind'' | Garry Disher | Hodder Headline Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''The Binna-Binna Man'' | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Feeling Sorry for Celia'' | Jaclyn Moriarty | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin, the Youngest Anzac'' | Anthony Hill | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''The Messenger'' | Markus Zusak | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Boys of Blood and Bone'' | David Metzenthen | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''By the River'' | Steven Herrick | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''Theodora's Gift'' | Ursula Dubosarsky | Penguin Group Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2006" /> |- | 2007 | ''The Red Shoe'' | Ursula Dubosarsky | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2007" /> |- | 2008 | ''Town'' | James Roy | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2008" /> |- | 2009 | ''A Brief History of Montmaray'' | Michelle Cooper | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2009" /> |- | 2010 | ''When the Hipchicks Went to War'' | Pamela Rushby | Hachette Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2010" /> |- | 2011 | ''Graffiti Moon'' | Cath Crowley | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2011" /> |- | 2012 | ''Only Ever Always'' | Penni Russon | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''A Corner of White'' | Jaclyn Moriarty | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''Zac and Mia'' | AJ Betts | Text Press | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''The Cracks in the Kingdom'' | Jaclyn Moriarty | Pan Macmillan Australia | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 |''Laurinda'' |Alice Pung |Black Inc. | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature|title=2016 - ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE|website=NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 |''One Thousand Hills'' |James Roy and Noël Zihabamwe |Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia | <ref name="Morris"/> |- | 2018 | ''The Ones That Disappeared'' | Zana Fraillon | Lothian | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 |''Amelia Westlake'' |Erin Gough |Hardie Grant Egmont | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 |''Lenny's Book of Everything'' |Karen Foxlee |Allen & Unwin | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 |''The End of the World Is Bigger than Love'' |Davina Bell |Text Publishing | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 |''The Gaps'' |Leanne Hall |Text Publishing | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gaps by Leanne Hall. Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/ethel-turner-prize-young-peoples-literature/2022-winner-gaps |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 |''The Upwelling'' |Lystra Rose |Hachette | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''The Quiet and the Loud'' |Helena Fox |Pan Macmillan Australia |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Anomaly'' |Emma Lord |Affirm Press |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Desert Tracks'' |Marly Wells and Linda Wells |Magabala Books |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature=== The Patricia Wrightson Prize is awarded for work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry written for children up to secondary school level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books Subcategory of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v799?mainTabTemplate=awardDefault|website=AustLit|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> The recipient receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/>
The Children's Literature section of the Premier's Literary Awards began as a single award in 1979, but was redefined in 1999 to create the Patricia Wrightson Prize (for writing for a primary school audience) and the Ethel Turner Prize (for a secondary school audience).<ref name="Latrobe"/> The Patricia Wrightson Prize was created in honour of children's author Patricia Wrightson, who won the first Ethel Turner Prize in 1979.<ref name="ethelturnerprize2">{{cite web |title= Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/patricia-wrightson-prize-for-childrens-literature |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120301030216/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/patricia-wrightson-prize-for-childrens-literature |archive-date= 1 March 2012 }}</ref> The first recipient was Odo Hirsch, for his debut children's book, ''Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman''. The most recent recipient is Leanne Hall, author of ''Iris and the Tiger''. Kierin Meehan is the only author who has won the Prize more than once.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1999 | ''Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman'' | Odo Hirsch | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''The Spangled Drongo'' | Steven Herrick | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Fox'' | Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks (illus.) | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''The Red Tree'' | Shaun Tan | Lothian Books | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Where in the World'' | Simon French | Little Hare Books | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Night Singing'' | Kierin Meehan | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''Farm Kid'' | Sherryl Clark | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''In the Monkey Forest'' | Kierin Meehan | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2007 | ''Home'' | Narelle Oliver | Omnibus Books | |- | 2008 | ''The Peasant Prince'' | Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas (illus.) | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2009 | ''The Word Spy'' | Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2010 | ''Krakatoa Lighthouse'' | Allan Baillie | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2011 | ''My Australian Story: The Hunt for Ned Kelly'' | Sophie Masson | Scholastic Australia | |- | 2012 | ''Crow Country'' | Kate Constable | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon'' | Aaron Blabey | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''The Girl Who Brought Mischief'' | Katrina Nannestad | HarperCollins Publishers | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | rowspan=2|2015 | ''Crossing'' | Catherine Norton | Omnibus/Scholastic Australia | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | ''Figgy in the World'' | Tamsin Janu | Omnibus/Scholastic Australia | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 | ''Teacup'' | Rebecca Young & Matt Ottley | Scholastic Australia | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-patricia-wrightson-prize-childrens-literature|title=2016 - PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE|website=NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''Iris and the Tiger'' | Leanne Hall | Text Publishing | <ref name="Morris"/> |- | 2018 | ''How to Bee'' | Bren MacDibble | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | rowspan=2|2019 | ''Leave Taking'' | Lorraine Marwood | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | ''Dingo'' | Claire Saxby and Tannya Harricks | Walker Books | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 | ''Ella and the Ocean'' | Lian Tanner & Jonathan Bentley | Allen & Unwin | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''The Grandest Bookshop in the World'' | Amelia Mellor | Affirm Press | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''My Brother Ben'' | Peter Carnavas | University of Queensland Press | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas. Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/patricia-wrightson-prize-childrens-literature/2022-winner-my-brother-ben |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''The First Scientists'' | Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas | Hardie Grant | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment'' |Levi Pinfold |Walker Books |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Silver Linings'' |Katrina Nannestad |HarperCollins |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Gone'' |Michel Streich |Thames & Hudson |<ref name=":9" /> |}
==={{anchor|multi}}NSW Multicultural Award=== This Award was first established in 1980, when it was known as the Ethnic Affairs Commission Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://multicultural.nsw.gov.au/about_us/about_mnsw/|website=Multicultural NSW|title=About Multicultural NSW|access-date=1 May 2019|quote=The Multicultural NSW Legislation Amendment Act 2014 amends the Community Relations Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Act 2000, and renames it The Multicultural NSW Act 2000 (the Act). The Act establishes Multicultural NSW as the government agency in NSW responsible for promoting and monitoring the multicultural principles set out in the Act...}}</ref><ref name="crcaward">{{cite web |title= Community Relations Commission Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/community-relations-commission-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084336/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/community-relations-commission-award |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref> Later known as the Community Relations Commission Award, and from 2012 referred to as the Community Relations Commission for Multicultural NSW Award, or from 2014 just Multicultural NSW Award, the prize money is worth $20,000 {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/><ref name="2019NSW"/><ref>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/multicultural-nsw-award-past-winners|title=Past Winners (2012-2013)|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref>
It is offered for: "a book of fiction or non-fiction, memoir or history; a play, musical drama or comedy, theatrical monologue or other theatrical performance; a book of collected poems or a single poem of substantial length published in book form; the screenplay of a feature or documentary film or episode of a television program...; or the script of a radio play or documentary which is deemed by the judges to have made a significant contribution to Australian literature, poetry, theatre, film, radio or television and which also considers any aspect of the Australian migration experience; and/or aspects of cultural diversity and multiculturalism in Australian society."<ref>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/multicultural-nsw-award|title=About the award|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>
====Award winners====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 1980 | ''Australia through Italian Eyes'' | Stephanie Lindsay Thompson | Oxford University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1980" /> |- | 1981 | ''For the Patriarch'' | Angelo Loukakis | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1981" /> |- | 1982 | ''The Long Farewell'' | Don Charlwood | Allen Lane | <ref name="NSWPLA1982" /> |- | 1983 | ''Faith of Our Fathers'' | Spiro Zavos | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1983" /> |- | 1984 | ''A Universe of Clowns'' | Serge Liberman | Phoenix Publications | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''Oh Lucky Country'' | Rosa Cappiello | University of Queensland Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | 1986 | ''No Snow In December'' | Maria Lewitt | Heinemann Publishers | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''Dreamtime Nightmares'' | Bill Rosser | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1991 | ''Jewels and Ashes'' | Arnold Zable | Scribe Publications | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''Inside Outside'' | Andrew Riemer | HarperCollins Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''The Crocodile Fury'' | Beth Yahp | HarperCollins Angus & Robertson | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''Aphrodite and the Others'' | Gillian Bouras | McPhee Gribble | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''The First Book of Samuel'' | Ursula Dubosarsky | Penguin Books Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''Caravanserai'' | Hanifa Deen | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''The Fiftieth Gate'' | Mark Raphael Baker | HarperCollins Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | Not awarded | | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''Mortal Divide: the Autobiography of Yiorgos Alexandroglou'' | George Alexander | Brandl & Schlesinger | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''The Binna-Binna Man'' | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Rabbit-Proof Fence'' | Christine Olsen | Jabal Films | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''Visits Home: Migration Experiences between Italy and Australia'' | Loretta Baldassar | Melbourne University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Secrets and Spies: The Harbin Files'' | Mara Moustafine | Random House Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society'' | Ghassan Hage | Pluto Press Australia | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''A Certain Maritime Incident: the sinking of SIEV X'' | Tony Kevin | Scribe Publications | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''The Secret River'' | Kate Grenville | Text Publishing | |- | 2007 | ''The Arrival'' | Shaun Tan | Hachette Australia | |- | 2008 | ''Sunrise West'' | Jacob G. Rosenberg | Brandl & Schlesinger | |- | 2009 | ''Destination Australia: migration to Australia since 1901'' | Eric Richards | UNSW Press | |- | 2010 | ''Leave to Remain: A Memoir'' | Abbas El-Zein | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2011 | ''The English Class'' | Ouyang Yu | Transit Lounge Publishing | |- | 2012 |''Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family'' | Tim Bonyhady | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 |''Don't Go Back to Where You Came From'' | Tim Soutphommasane | NewSouth | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | rowspan=2|2014 | ''Questions of Travel'' | Michelle de Kretser | Allen & Unwin | <ref name=2014NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/content/2014-multicultural-nsw-award-0|title=2014 - NSW Multicultural Award: The winner, shortlists and judges' comments|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | ''The Secret River'' | Andrew Bovell | Currency Press | <ref name=2014NSW/> |- | 2015 | ''Black and Proud: The story of an AFL photo'' | Matthew Klugman and Gary Osmond | NewSouth | <ref name=2015NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/content/2015-multicultural-nsw-award-0|title=2015 - NSW Multicultural Award: The winner, shortlists and judges' comments|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | 2016 | ''Good Muslim Boy'' | Osamah Sami | Hardie Grant | <ref name=2016NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-multicultural-nsw-award|title=2016 - NSW Multicultural Award: The winner, shortlists and judges' comments|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''The Hate Race'' | Maxine Beneba Clarke | Hachette Australia | <ref name=2017NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/multicultural-nsw-award/2017-multicultural-nsw-award|title=2017 - NSW Multicultural Award: The winner, shortlists and judges' comments|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''The Permanent Resident'' | Roanna Gonsalves | UWA | <ref name=2018NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2018-multicultural-nsw-award|title=2018 - NSW Multicultural Award: The winner, shortlists and judges' comments|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | 2019 | ''The Lebs'' | Michael Mohammed Ahmad | Hachette Australia | <ref name=2019NSW>{{cite web|website=State Library of NSW|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/multicultural-nsw-award|title=2019 Winner and shortlist|access-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''The Pillars'' | Peter Polites | Hachette Australia | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''Throat'' | Ellen van Neerven | University of Queensland Press | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System'' | Safdar Ahmed | Twelve Panels Press | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed. NSW Multicultural Award 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/multicultural-nsw-award |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=24 February 2020 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''The Eulogy'' | Jackie Bailey | Hardie Grant | <ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Jefferson |first=Dee |date=2023-05-22 |title=One book just won a record four out of 14 prizes at $350,000 NSW literary awards |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/nsw-premiers-literary-award-winners-debra-dank-indigenous-memoir/102375926 |access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref> |- | 2024 |''Stay for Dinner'' |Sandhya Parappukkaran, illustrated by Michelle Pereira |Hardie Grant |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem'' |Nam Le |Scribner |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath'' |S Shakthidharan |Powerhouse Publishing |<ref name=":9" /> |}
==={{anchor|glenda}}UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing=== <!---redirects target "glenda" anchor---> The UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing (originally the UTS Award for New Writing) is given for a published book of fiction by an author who has not previously published a work of fiction that is book-length. It was established in 2005,<ref name="utsaward"/> and the winner receives a {{AUD|5,000}} prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> from the University of Technology, Sydney.<ref name="utsaward">{{cite web |title= UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/uts-glenda-adams-award-for-new-writing |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111229233633/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/uts-glenda-adams-award-for-new-writing |archive-date= 29 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing | website=State Library of NSW | date=9 August 2021 | url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/uts-glenda-adams-award-new-writing | access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>
The award was renamed in 2008 to honour Glenda Adams, the Australian novelist and short story writer who died in 2007.<ref name=adams>{{cite web |title = Message from the Minister |publisher = Arts NSW |url = http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Gzv6vuJlaTk%3d&tabid=109&mid=598 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720054104/http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Gzv6vuJlaTk%3d&tabid=109&mid=598 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2008-07-20 |access-date = 2008-03-11 }}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Publisher ! Ref |- | 2005 | ''The Last Ride'' | Denise Young | HarperCollins Australia | |- | 2006 | ''An Accidental Terrorist'' | Steven Lang | University of Queensland Press | |- | 2007 | ''Swallow the Air'' | Tara June Winch | University of Queensland Press | |- | 2009 | ''Feather Man'' | Rhyll McMaster | Brandl & Schlesinger | |- | 2009 | ''The Boat'' | Nam Le | Penguin Books Australia | |- | 2010 | ''Document Z'' | Andrew Croome | Allen & Unwin | |- | 2011 | ''Traitor'' | Stephen Daisley | Text Publishing |- | 2012 | ''The Roving Party'' | Rohan Wilson | Allen & Unwin | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''The Last Thread'' | Michael Sala | Affirm Press | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''The Night Guest'' | Fiona McFarlane | Penguin Group (Australia) | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''An Elegant Young Man'' | Luke Carman | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 | ''An Astronaut’s Life'' | Sonja Dechian | Text Publishing | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-uts-glenda-adams-award-new-writing|title=2016 - UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING|website=NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''Letter to Pessoa'' | Michelle Cahill | Giramondo Publishing | <ref name="Harmon"/> |- | 2018 | ''The Book of Dirt'' | Bram Presser | Text Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 | ''Boy Swallows Universe'' | Trent Dalton | HarperCollins | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 | ''Real Differences'' | S L Lim | Transit Lounge | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''Cherry Beach'' | Laura McPhee-Browne | Text Publishing | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''Hold Your Fire'' | Chloe WIlson | Scribner<ref name=":3" /> | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hold Your Fire by Chloe Wilson. UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/uts-glenda-adams-award-new-writing/2022-winner-hold-your-fire |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''We Come With This Place'' | Debra Dank | Echo Publishing | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''Anam'' |André Dao |Penguin Random House |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Jilya'' |Tracy Westerman |University of Queensland Press |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family'' |Micaela Sahhar |NewSouth Publishing |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting=== The Play Award, established in 1983, is given to a play or musical which has been produced in Australia. The winner is chosen based purely on the merit of the written text,<ref name="playaward">{{cite web |title= Play Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/play-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084541/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/play-award |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref> and they receive a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> The award was first given to playwright Nicholas Enright and composer Terence Clarke for the musical ''Variations''. Writers Daniel Keene and Stephen Sewell have each won the Award three times.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
In 2010, the judges decided not to shortlist any plays for the Award, instead bestowing a $30,000 grant for new playwrights. Their decision was widely criticised by many of Australia's most experienced playwrights.<ref name="2010playaward">{{cite web |title= Playwrights snubbed by award judges |publisher= Sydney Morning Herald |author = Bryce Hallett |url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/playwrights-snubbed-by-award-judges-20100516-v6aa.html |access-date= 24 January 2012 |date=17 May 2010}}</ref> Gil Appleton, head of the judging panel, called for all future judges to see a performance of the play rather than judging the work on the script alone.<ref name="2010playaward2"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Ref |- | 1983 | ''Variations'' | Nicholas Enright and Terence Clarke | <ref Name="NSWPDr1989">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/6264|title=AusStage — Variations|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 1984 | ''Down an Alley Filled with Cats'' | Warwick Moss | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''The Blind Giant is Dancing'' | Stephen Sewell | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | 1986 | ''Away'' | Michael Gow | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''Blood Relations'' | David Malouf | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1988 | ''The Rivers of China'' | Alma De Groen | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | 1989 | ''Hate'' | Stephen Sewell | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | Not awarded | | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | 1991 | ''Hotel Sorrento'' | Hannie Rayson | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''Cosi'' | Louis Nowra | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''Dead Heart'' | Nicholas Parsons | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''Sex Diary of an Infidel'' | Michael Gurr | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''Sweet Phoebe'' | Michael Gow | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | | ''Falling From Grace'' | Hannie Rayson | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''The Shoe-Horn Sonata'' | John Misto | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''Jerusalem'' | Michael Gurr | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | Not awarded | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''Box the Pony'' | Scott Rankin and Leah Purcell | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''Scissors, Paper, Rock'' | Daniel Keene | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Milo's Wake'' | Margery Forde and Michael Forde | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''Miss Tanaka'' | John Romeril | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Half & Half'' | Daniel Keene | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America'' | Stephen Sewell | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''Harbour'' | Katherine Thomson | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''Strangers in Between'' | Tommy Murphy | <ref name="NSWPLA2006" /> |- | 2007 | ''Holding the Man'' | Tommy Murphy, adapted from the book by Timothy Conigrave | <ref name="NSWPLA2007" /> |- | 2008 | ''Stories in the Dark'' | Debra Oswald | <ref name="NSWPLA2008" /> |- | 2009 | ''The Serpent's Teeth'' | Daniel Keene | <ref name="NSWPLA2009" /> |- | 2011 | ''Do Not Go Gentle'' | Patricia Cornelius | |- | 2012 | ''Porn, Cake'' | Vanessa Bates | |- | 2012 | ''The Gift'' | Joanna Murray-Smith | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''The Damned'' | Reg Cribb | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''Muff'' | Van Badham | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''Black Diggers'' | Tom Wright | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-nick-enright-prize-playwriting/2015-nick-enright-prize|title=2015 - NICK ENRIGHT PRIZE FOR PLAYWRITING|website=NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2016 | ''The Bleeding Tree'' | Angus Cerini | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-nick-enright-prize-playwriting|title=2016 - Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting {{!}} State Library of NSW|website=State Library of NSW|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''The Drover's Wife'' | Leah Purcell | <ref name="Morris"/> |- | 2018 | ''Black is the New White'' | Nakkiah Lui | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 | ''The Almighty Sometimes'' | Kendall Feaver | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 | ''Counting and Cracking'' | S. Shakthidharan | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''Milk'' | Dylan Van Den Berg | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''Orange Thrower'' | Kristy Marillier | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Orange Thrower by Kirsty Marillier. Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nick-enright-prize-playwriting/2022-winner-orange-thrower |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''Whitefella Yella Tree'' | Dylan Van Den Berg | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''Sex Magick'' |Nicholas Brown |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Three Magpies Perched in a Tree'' |Glenn Shea |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''The Black Woman of Gippsland'' |Andrea James |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Betty Roland Prize for Script Writing=== In 1984, the Film Writing Award and the Television Writing Award were established, followed by the Radio Writing Award in 1988. In 1990, these three awards were amalgamated into the Script Writing Award. It is given for the script of a film, radio program or television program, which may be fiction or a documentary. The winner is chosen based purely on the merit of the written text,<ref name="scriptaward">{{cite web |title= Script Writing Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/script-writing-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120109233519/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/script-writing-award |archive-date= 9 January 2012 }}</ref> and they receive a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> The award was first given jointly to the film scripts for ''Sweetie'' and ''An Angel at My Table''. Directors Jane Campion and Rolf de Heer have each won the Award twice.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Ref |- | 1984 | ''Careful, He Might Hear You'' (Film Writing Award) | Michael Jenkins | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | | ''Scales of Justice'' (Television Writing Award) | Robert Caswell | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | ''My First Wife'' (Film Writing Award) | Bob Ellis and Paul Cox | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | | ''The Cowra Breakout'' (Television Writing Award) | Margaret Kelly, Chris Noonan, Phillip Noyce and Russell Braddon | <ref name="NSWPLA1985" /> |- | 1986 | ''Bliss'' (Film Writing Award) | Peter Carey and Ray Lawrence | <ref name="NSWPLA1986" /> |- | 1987 | ''Malcolm'' (Film Writing Award) | David Parker | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | | ''Two Friends'' (Television Writing Award) | Helen Garner | <ref name="NSWPLA1987" /> |- | 1988 | ''High Tide'' (Film Writing Award) | Laura Jones | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | | ''Australia-Japan: A Love Story'' (Radio Writing Award) | Keith Gallasch and Virginia Baxter | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | | ''Olive'' (Television Writing Award) | Anthony Wheeler | <ref name="NSWPLA1988" /> |- | 1989 | ''The Story of Anger Lee Bredenza'' (Radio Writing Award) | Alana Valentine | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | | ''The True Believers'' (Television Writing Award) | Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | ''Sweetie'' | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | | ''An Angel at My Table'' | Laura Jones | <ref name="NSWPLA1990" /> |- | 1991 | Not awarded | | <ref name="NSWPLA1991" /> |- | 1992 | ''Dingo'' | Marc Rosenberg | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''Strictly Ballroom'' | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''Bad Boy Bubby'' | Rolf de Heer | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | "Playing the Ego Card"'', Frontline'' | Jane Kennedy, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''Blue Murder'' | Ian David | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''Mabo: Life of an Island Man'' | Trevor Graham | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1998 | Not awarded | | <ref name="NSWPLA1998" /> |- | 1999 | ''Dance Me to My Song'' | Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl and Rolf de Heer | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''Looking for Alibrandi'' | Melina Marchetta | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Rabbit-Proof Fence'' | Christine Olsen | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''My Mother India'' | Safina Uberoi | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Till Human Voices Wake Us'' | Michael Petroni | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Marking Time'' | John Doyle | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''The Art of War'' | Betty Churcher | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year'' | Chris Lilley | |- | 2007 | ''The Home Song Stories'' | Tony Ayres | |- | 2008 | ''Forbidden Lie$'' | Anna Broinowski | |- | 2009 | ''First Australians'' | Louis Nowra, Rachel Perkins & Beck Cole | |- | 2010 | ''Bright Star'' | Jane Campion | |- | | ''Fairweather Man'' | Aviva Ziegler | |- | 2011 | ''Offspring'' | Debra Oswald | |- | 2012 | ''Rake (Episode 1): R v Murray'' | Peter Duncan | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''Dead Europe'' | Louise Fox | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''Devil's Dust'' (two-part series) | Kris Mrksa | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''The Babadook'' | Jennifer Kent | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-betty-roland-prize-scriptwriting/2015-betty-roland-prize|title=2015 - BETTY ROLAND PRIZE FOR SCRIPTWRITING|website=NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | 2016 | ''Deadline Gallipoli'', Episode 4: 'The Letter' | Cate Shortland | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2016-betty-roland-prize-scriptwriting|title=2016 - BETTY ROLAND PRIZE FOR SCRIPTWRITING|website=NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2017 | ''The Code, Series 2 Episode 4'' | Shelley Birse (joint winner) | <ref name="Morris"/> |- | ''Down Under'' | Abe Forsythe (joint winner) | <ref name="Morris"/> |- | rowspan="2" |2018 | ''Deep Water: The Real Story'' | Amanda Blue and Jacob Hickey (joint winners) | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | ''Top of the Lake: China Girl'', "Birthday" Series 2 Episode 4 | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (joint winners) | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 | ''Jirga'' | Benjamin Gilmour | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | rowspan="2" |2020 | ''Missing'' | Kylie Boltin (joint winner) | <ref name=":0" /> |- | ''The Cry'', Episode 2 | Jacquelin Perske (joint winner) | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''Freeman'' | Laurence Billiet | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''NITRAM'' | Shaun Grant | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=NITRAM by Shaun Grant. Betty Roland Prize for Script Writing 2022 Winner Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/betty-roland-prize-scriptwriting/2022-winner-nitram |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=9 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''Blaze'' | Del Kathryn Barton and Huna Amweero | <ref name=":5" /> |- | 2024 |''Safe Home'', Episode 1 |Anna Barnes |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''Inside'' |Charles Williams |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''The Narrow Road to the Deep North'', Episode 4 |Shaun Grant |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship=== Awarded biennially, the Prize for Literary Scholarship was made to a book, CD-ROM or DVD which presents an original perspective on one or more published works. The winner received a A$30,000 prize. It was discontinued and has not been awarded since 2010.<ref name="listofwinners"/><ref name="scholaraward">{{cite web |title= NSW Premier's Prize for Literary Scholarship |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/nsw-premiers-prize-for-literary-scholarship |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308084439/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/nsw-premiers-prize-for-literary-scholarship |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author |- | 2004 | ''Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession'' | Barry Hill |- | 2006 | ''Postcolonial Conrad: Paradoxes of Empire'' | Terry Collits |- | 2008 | ''Samuel Taylor Coleridge: a Literary Life'' | William Christie |- | 2010 | ''Networked Language: Culture and History in Australian Poetry'' | Philip Mead |}
===People's Choice Award=== This award was established in 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/peoples-choice-award |title=People's Choice Award |publisher=Pla.nsw.gov.au |access-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224000514/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/peoples-choice-award |archive-date=2012-02-24 }}</ref> The Award is based on votes by New South Wales residents from the works shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for fiction. The award was first won by Steve Toltz for his novel, ''A Fraction of the Whole''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574439.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522110103/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/19/2574439.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2009 |title=First time author wins big at NSW Literary Awards, ABC News Online, 19 May 2009 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Ref |- | 2009 | ''A Fraction of the Whole'' | Steve Toltz | |- | 2010 | ''The World Beneath'' | Cate Kennedy | |- | 2011 | ''Lovesong'' | Alex Miller | |- | 2012 | ''Five Bells'' | Gail Jones | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''Animal People'' | Charlotte Wood | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''The Railwayman's Wife'' | Ashley Hay | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | rowspan="2" |2015 |''Only the Animals'' (joint winner) |Ceridwen Dovey |<ref name=":7" /> |- |''The Golden Age'' (joint winner) |Joan London | <ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2015/05/26/33137/dovey-and-london-share-nsw-premiers-peoples-choice-award/|title=Dovey and London share NSW Premier's People's Choice Award}}</ref> |- | 2016 |''The Life of Houses'' |Lisa Gorton | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/books/the-life-of-houses-lisa-gorton/p/9781922146809|title=The Life of Houses by Lisa Gorton. 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards People's Choice}}</ref> |- | 2017 |''Vancouver #3'' in the series ''Wisdom Tree'' |Nick Earls | <ref name="Harmon"/> |- | 2018 | ''The Book of Dirt'' | Bram Presser | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 | ''Boy Swallows Universe'' | Trent Dalton | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/2019-peoples-choice-award|title=2019 People's Choice Award|date=2019-04-24|website=State Library of NSW|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''The Yield'' | Tara June Winch | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''The Dictionary of Lost Words'' | Pip Williams | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''The Shut Ins'' | Katherine Brabon | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon. People's Choice Award 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments. |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/peoples-choice-award/2022-winner-shut-ins |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=11 May 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''Every Version of You'' | Grace Chan | <ref name=":5" /> |- | 2024 |''The God of No Good'' |Sita Walker |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''The Lasting Harm'' |Lucia Osborn-Crowley |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Rapture'' |Emily Maguire |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Book of the Year=== The winner of the New South Wales Book of the Year is chosen from among the winners of that year's awards, with the award worth an extra A$10,000 {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021>{{cite web | last=Jefferson | first=Dee | title=Poet Ellen van Neerven wins Book of the Year, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and Multicultural NSW Award at NSW Premier's Literary Awards | website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=26 April 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-27/ellen-van-neerven-book-of-the-year-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/100096796 | access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Author ! Other Award ! Ref |- | 1992 | ''Selected Poems'' | Elizabeth Riddell | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | <ref name="NSWPLA1992" /> |- | 1993 | ''Tjarany Roughtail'' | Gracie Green, Lucille Gill and Joe Tramacchi | Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature | <ref name="NSWPLA1993" /> |- | 1994 | ''Seasonal Adjustments'' | Adib Khan | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA1994" /> |- | 1995 | ''The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia'' | David Horton | Special Award | <ref name="NSWPLA1995" /> |- | 1996 | ''Hunters and Collectors: The Antiquarian Imagination in Australia'' | Tom Griffiths | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA1996" /> |- | 1997 | ''The Drowner'' | Robert Drewe | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA1997" /> |- | 1999 | ''H M Bark Endeavour'' | Ray Parkin | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA1999" /> |- | 2000 | ''The Binna-Binna Man'' | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature | <ref name="NSWPLA2000" /> |- | 2001 | ''Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000'' | Anna Haebich | Gleebooks Prize | <ref name="NSWPLA2001" /> |- | 2002 | ''The Lovemakers'' | Alan Wearne | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | <ref name="NSWPLA2002" /> |- | 2003 | ''Looking for Blackfellas' Point: An Australian History of Place'' | Mark McKenna | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2003" /> |- | 2004 | ''Shanghai Dancing'' | Brian Castro | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2004" /> |- | 2005 | ''Smoke Encrypted Whispers'' | Samuel Wagan Watson | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | <ref name="NSWPLA2005" /> |- | 2006 | ''The Weather Makers'' | Tim Flannery | Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing | <ref name="NSWPLA2006" /> |- | 2007 | ''The Arrival'' | Shaun Tan | Community Relations Commission Award | <ref name="NSWPLA2007" /> |- | 2008 | ''The Lost Dog'' | Michelle de Kretser | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2008" /> |- | 2009 | ''The Boat'' | Nam Le | UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing | <ref name="NSWPLA2009" /> |- | 2010 | ''Kill Khalid: Mossad's failed hit ... and the rise of Hamas'' | Paul McGeough | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2010" /> |- | 2011 | ''Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs'' | Malcolm Fraser and Margaret Simons | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2011" /> |- | 2012 | ''That Deadman Dance'' | Kim Scott | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="NSWPLA2012" /> |- | 2013 | ''Ruby Moonlight'' | Ali Cobby Eckermann | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | ''Questions of Travel'' | Michelle de Kretser | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | ''The Bush'' | Don Watson | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 | ''Dark Emu'' | Bruce Pascoe | Indigenous Writers Prize | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/indigenous-writers-rise-to-the-top-of-the-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160516-gow2qt.html|title=Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wyndham|first=Susan|date=17 May 2016|website=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''The Drover's Wife'' | Leah Purcell | Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting | <ref name="Harmon"/><ref name="Morris"/> |- | 2018 | ''Taboo'' | Kim Scott | Indigenous Writers Prize | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2019 | ''Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia'' | Billy Griffiths | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 | ''The Yield'' | Tara June Winch | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2021 | ''Throat'' | Ellen van Neerven | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | ''Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System'' | Safdar Ahmed | Twelve Panels Press | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System. Book of the Year 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/book-year/2022-winner-still-alive |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=11 May 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''We Come With This Place'' | Debra Dank | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | <ref name=":4" /> |- | 2024 | ''She is the Earth'' | Ali Cobby Eckermann | Indigenous Writers' Prize | <ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem'' |Nam Le |Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 |''Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy'' |Clare Wright |Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction |<ref name=":9" /> |}
===Special Award=== The Special Award can be proposed by the judges for a work that doesn't easily fit into the existing prizes, or as a general recognition of a writer's achievements.<ref name="listofwinners"/><ref name="specialaward">{{cite web |title= Special Award |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/special-award |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120322234314/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/special-award |archive-date= 22 March 2012 }}</ref> The winner received a A$10,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Recipient ! Ref |- | 1982 | Christina Stead | |- | 1984 | Marjorie Barnard | <ref name="NSWPLA1984" /> |- | 1985 | Grace Perry | |- | 1986 | William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews for ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', Oxford University Press | |- | 1987 | Glenda Adams for ''Dancing on Coral'', Angus & Robertson | |- | 1988 | Patricia Wrightson | |- | 1989 | A.D. Hope | <ref name="NSWPLA1989" /> |- | 1990 | Bruce Beaver | |- | 1991 | Bill Neskovski, Judith Wright | |- | 1992 | Ronald McCuaig | |- | 1993 | Mudrooroo Nyoongah | |- | 1994 | Dal Stivens | |- | 1995 | David Horton for ''The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia'', Aboriginal Studies Press | |- | 1996 | Thomas Shapcott | |- | 1997 | Colin Thiele | |- | 1999 | Leslie Rees | |- | 2000 | Dorothy Hewett | |- | 2001 | Ron Pretty | |- | 2002 | Thea Astley | |- | 2003 | Nick Enright | |- | 2004 | Ruth Park | |- | 2005 | Ruby Langford Ginibi | |- | 2006 | Rosemary Dobson | |- | 2007 | Gerald Murnane | |- | 2008 | Tom Keneally | |- | 2009 | Katharine Brisbane AM | |- | 2010 | ''The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature'' | |- | 2011 | Libby Gleeson | |- | 2012 | Clive James | |- | 2013 | David Ireland AM | <ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- | 2014 | Rodney Hall OAM | <ref name="2014 winners"/> |- | 2015 | David Williamson AO | <ref name="2015awards"/> |- | 2016 | Dr Rosie Scott AM | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/laughter-and-tears-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160517-gox6f5.html|title=Laughter and tears at Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wydnham|first=Susan|date=18 May 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2017 | Not awarded | |- | 2018 | Not awarded | |- | 2019 | Behrouz Boochani for ''No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison'' | <ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | 2020 | Not awarded | |- | 2021 | Melina Marchetta | <ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- | 2022 | Not awarded | |- | 2023 | Bankstown Poetry Slam | <ref name=":5" /> |- |2025 |Liminal |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 | | |}
===NSW Premier's Translation Prize=== Awarded biennially, the Translation Prize is offered to Australian translators who translate works into English from other languages.<ref name="transaward"/> The winner receives a A$30,000 prize {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref name=jefferson2021/> It will next be awarded in 2027.<ref name="listofwinners"/><ref name="transaward">{{cite web |title= New South Wales Premier's Translation Prize |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/new-south-wales-premiers-translation-prize |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308083632/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/awards-shortlists/new-south-wales-premiers-translation-prize |archive-date= 8 March 2012 }}</ref>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Recipient |- | 2001 | Mabel Lee |- | 2003 | Julie Rose |- | 2005 | Chris Andrews |- | 2007 | John Nieuwenhuizen |- | 2009 | David Colmer |- | 2011 | Ian Johnston |- | 2013 | Peter Boyle<ref name="NSWPLA2013" /> |- |2015 |Brian Nelson |- |2017 |Royall Tyler<ref name="Morris"/> |- |2019 |Alison Entrekin<ref name="2019 winners" /> |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |Alice Whitmore<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- |Nick Trakakis<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |- |2023 |Tiffany Tsao<ref name=":5" /> |- |2025 |Elizabeth Bryer<ref name=":8" /> |}
=== Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize === The Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize was established in 2015. It is sponsored by Multicultural NSW and the winner currently receives a A$5,000 prize. The award acknowledges translators in the first ten years of their practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/multicultural-nsw-early-career-translator-prize-0|title=Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize|website=State Library of NSW|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
==== Award winners ==== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Recipient ! Ref |- | 2015 | Lilit Zekulin Thwaites | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/8498983|title=Multicultural NSW Early Career Translator Prize|website=AustLit|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2017 | Jan Owen | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/sydney-arts/leah-purcells-a-drovers-wife-takes-out-book-of-the-year-20170516-gw5xgo.html|title=Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife takes out Book of the Year|last=Morris|first=Linda|date=23 May 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2022 |Safdar Ahmed | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed. Multicultural NSW Award 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments. |date=8 March 2022 |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/multicultural-nsw-award/2022-winner-still-alive |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> |}
===Indigenous Writers' Prize=== The inaugural Indigenous Writers' Prize was awarded in 2016. The prize is offered biennially and the winner receives a A$30,000 prize. The prize is intended to acknowledge the contribution made to Australian literary culture by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about-library/awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/indigenous-writers-prize|title=Indigenous Writers' Prize|publisher=State Library, NSW|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> The first award was shared by joint winners, Bruce Pascoe for his book ''Dark Emu'' and Ellen van Neerven for ''Heat and Light''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/indigenous-writers-rise-to-the-top-of-the-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160516-gow2qt.html|title=Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wydnham|first=Susan|date=17 May 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
==== Award winners ==== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Author !Publisher !Ref |- | rowspan="2" |2016 | ''Dark Emu'' (joint winner) | Bruce Pascoe | Magabala Books | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/indigenous-writers-rise-to-the-top-of-the-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160516-gow2qt.html|title=Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wyndham|first=Susan|date=17 May 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | ''Heat and Light'' (joint winner) | Ellen van Neerven | University of Queensland Press | <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/indigenous-writers-rise-to-the-top-of-the-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20160516-gow2qt.html|title=Indigenous writers rise to the top of the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards|last=Wyndham|first=Susan|date=17 May 2016|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 | ''Taboo'' | Kim Scott | Text Publishing | <ref name="NSWPLA2018" /> |- | 2020 | ''The White Girl'' | Tony Birch | University of Queensland Press | <ref name=":0" /> |- | 2022 | ''Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams'' | Anita Heiss | Simon & Schuster | <ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss. Indigenous Writers' Prize 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments |url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/indigenous-writers-prize/2022-winner-bila-yarrudhanggalangdhuray-river-dreams |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=State Library of NSW|date=8 March 2022 }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''We Come With This Place'' | Debra Dank | Echo Publishing | <ref name=":4" /> |- |2024 |''She Is the Earth'' |Ali Cobby Eckermann |Magabala Books |<ref name=":6" /> |- |2025 |''When the World Was Soft'' |Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation |Allen & Unwin |<ref name=":8" /> |- |2026 | | | | |}
===Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing=== The Gleebooks Prize was established in 1995 and was offered for Australian critical writing. The winner received a A$10,000 prize.<ref name="gleebaward">{{cite web |title= Gleebooks Prize |publisher= NSW Premier's Literary Awards |url= http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/Gleebooks_Prize.pdf |access-date= 24 January 2012 |year= 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090519020924/http://www.pla.nsw.gov.au/documents/Gleebooks_Prize.pdf |archive-date= 19 May 2009 }}</ref> It was last awarded in 2009 to David Love and its current status is unknown.<ref name="listofwinners"/>
====Award winners==== {| class="wikitable" |- | Year | Title | Author | Publisher | Ref |- | 1995 | ''Volatile Bodies, Towards a Corporeal Feminism'' | Elizabeth Grosz | | |- | 1996 | ''Artful Histories: Modern Australian Autobiography'' | David McCooey | Cambridge University Press | <ref name="NSWPLA1996"/> |- | 1997 | ''Love and Freedom: Professional Women and the Reshaping of Personal Life'' | Alison Mackinnon | | |- | 1999 | ''Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A World that Is, Was and Will Be'' | Diane Bell | | |- | 2000 | ''Reading the Holocaust'' | Inga Clendinnen | | |- | 2001 | ''Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000'' | Anna Haebich | | |- | 2002 | ''Borderline: Australia's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers'' | Peter Mares | | |- | 2003 | ''How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia'' | Sylvia Lawson | | |- | 2004 | ''The Artificial Horizon: Imagining the Blue Mountains'' | Martin Thomas | | |- | 2005 | ''Blackfellas Whitefellas and the Hidden Injuries of Race'' | Gillian Cowlishaw | | |- | 2006 | ''The Weather Makers: the History and Future Impact of Climate Change'' | Tim Flannery | Text Publishing | |- | 2007 | ''Asbestos House: the Secret History of James Hardie Industries'' | Gideon Haigh | | |- | 2008 | ''Race and the Crisis of Humanism'' | Kay Anderson | | |- | 2009 | ''Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution'' | David Love | Scribe Publications | |}
==See also== {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} * New South Wales Premier's History Awards *List of Australian literary awards
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/index.php/funding-and-support/for-individuals/fellowships-scholarships-awards/nsw-premiers-literary-awards/ ArtsNSW – NSW Premier’s Literary Awards] * [http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/premiers_awards/index.html The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards & NSW Premier’s History Awards]
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