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Queensland Literary Awards

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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25.01.2022 Good morning! Today is your last chance to enter the 2021 awards. Nominate your unpublished manuscript, your fellowship application, or your published book by 5pm. Full guidelines and terms and conditions are here. Good luck! http://ow.ly/4zAJ50EvJ1P

25.01.2022 I am absolutely thrilled to win this award. I would like to thank my readers I’d like to dedicate this award to my grandmother, Nannie. Tabitha Ann Bird- Author (Penguin Books Australia), 2020 #QldLitAwards The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.

24.01.2022 I am so honoured to receive this especially from my home state! Lisa Fuller (University of Queensland Press), 2020 #QldLitAwards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award winner.

22.01.2022 Im honoured to receive this award ... thank you to all the Asian-Australian writers who have paved the way for me. Yen-Rong Wong - Writer 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Premiers Young Publishers and Writers Award winner.

22.01.2022 Are you a young Queensland writer or publisher (up to 30 years old by 30 April 2021)? You might be eligible for the Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Award. It's worth $12,500 and could be the start of an exciting writing year for you. Get your application in by 5pm Friday!

21.01.2022 Our judges were delighted with the diversity and talent of this years David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer nominees: Jazz Money, Boyd Quakawoot, Mykaela Saunders and Little Red Writes. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/1PaX50B81Ov

21.01.2022 A strong year of non-fiction writing sees James Dunk, Helen Ennis, Brenda Niall, Cassandra Pybus and Arnold Zable in the running for The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award and its prize of $15,000. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/H7lV50B81zZ

21.01.2022 This is life-changing. Im hugely grateful. Thank you so much for this time to write. Zenobia Frost 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Premiers Young Publishers and Writers Award winner.

20.01.2022 Im so delighted to have been awarded this prize. My biography of the Australian art photographer Olive Cotton grew very, very slowly and it does ask the reader to take their time with it. Helen Ennis (HarperCollins Books Australia), 2020 #QldLitAwards The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award winner.

20.01.2022 Its been moving to have this glint of gold in the midst of such a year much love and thank you to all my friends and family. Mirandi Riwoe (University of Queensland Press), 2020 #QldLitAwards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award winner.

20.01.2022 Awarded for an outstanding unpublished manuscript by an emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer, the David Unaipon Award closes tomorrow. Get your manuscript in for the chance to win $15,000 + development + publication with University of Queensland Press!

19.01.2022 Id like to thank everybody involved in nominating me for this award. Pi.O (Giramondo Publishing), 2020 #QldLitAwards Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection winner.

19.01.2022 I’m so delighted to have been awarded this prize. My biography of the Australian art photographer Olive Cotton grew very, very slowly and it does ask the reader to take their time with it. Helen Ennis (HarperCollins Books Australia), 2020 #QldLitAwards The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award winner.

18.01.2022 The Queensland Premiers Award for a work of State Significance celebrates Queensland writers and highlights stories previously untold. Revisit the judges comments for Joe Gorman, Melanie Myers, Mirandi Riwoe and Jessica White: Authors stellar books. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/IpCJ50B81JJ

18.01.2022 Care, authenticity, and pitch-perfect writing characterise the Griffith University Childrens Book Award shortlist, which comprises outstanding authors Tristan Bancks Author, Tamsin Janu, Jess McGeachin, Caroline Magerl and Penny Tangey - writer. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/uOf350B81OP

18.01.2022 Im so grateful this fellowship will help support the development of my second full-length poetry collection ... Thank you to my family and friends for your love, understanding and support. @AnnaJacobsonPoet, 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Writers Fellowship winner.

18.01.2022 It’s been moving to have this glint of gold in the midst of such a year much love and thank you to all my friends and family. Mirandi Riwoe (University of Queensland Press), 2020 #QldLitAwards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award winner.

17.01.2022 Emerging writers, we can hear you polishing your manuscripts! The Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer closes on Friday. You could win $15,000 + development + publication with UQP. The judges can't wait to read your work. Enter now! http://ow.ly/ZS0N50EvIPF

17.01.2022 The #QldLitAwards announcement is tonight at 7pm! See who made the shortlist and view the program here: http://ow.ly/XYrw50BhFDW

15.01.2022 The Queensland Premiers Young Publishers and Writers Award shortlist comprises Sara El Sayed, Zenobia Frost, Ellen Wengert, and Yen-Rong Wong - Writer: an incredible group of writers, editors and organisers who are contributing much to writing in Queensland. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/dLDI50B81MA

15.01.2022 The judges nominated a strong shortlist for this years hard-won Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection. Prize money for this award has increased to $15,000 with generous support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/2evp50B81NG

14.01.2022 The 2021 Queensland Literary Awards close tomorrow. On offer are eight national prizes for outstanding published books, plus four development categories. Nominations must close 5pm AEST on Friday 30 April. Any questions? Contact us today! http://ow.ly/a2SH50EvIWu

13.01.2022 Ive shared some of the money with my family in Australia and Vietnam, and in Vietnam theyre throwing a big feast to celebrate LUCKY TICKET and the Queensland Literary Awards. Joey Bui (Text Publishing), 2020 #QldLitAwards University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection winner.

13.01.2022 Writers Bianca Millroy, Jonathan OBrien Does Things, Fiona Robertson, Jenny Ruge and Siall Waterbright are in the running for $15,000 and publication with University of Queensland Press. Read our judges praise for the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer shortlist. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/Kpyg50B81I0

12.01.2022 Shortlisted this year for The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award are Anna Krien, Mirandi Riwoe, Philip Salom, Ronnie Scott and Tara June Winch. Learn more about their clever, compelling, and compassionate books. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/iFQc50B81BF

12.01.2022 Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards! Thank you to our partners, sponsors, judges, and everyone who tuned in tonight the #QldLitAwards wouldnt be possible without you. Illustration by Kathleen Jennings. https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/QLA

11.01.2022 Its your last chance to vote for this years The Courier Mail Peoples Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. Which will you pick? Hurry, entries close Monday 17 August at 5pm. Vote now: http://ow.ly/HNmS50AWYJs #QldLitAwards

11.01.2022 Ive read the shortlist with my kids and we loved them all. So I feel very lucky to be included. Penny Tangey - writer (University of Queensland Press), 2020 #QldLitAwards Griffith University Childrens Book Award winner.

11.01.2022 In thrilling news, our friends Children's Book Council of Australia are hosting their CBCA Book of the Year Awards today (that's 11am if you're in Queensland!) Watch live http://ow.ly/W7OZ50BTTKa

10.01.2022 I am absolutely thrilled to win this award. I would like to thank my readers Id like to dedicate this award to my grandmother, Nannie. Tabitha Ann Bird- Author (Penguin Books Australia), 2020 #QldLitAwards The Courier-Mail Peoples Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.

10.01.2022 Im very proud that a book about rugby league has been recognised in this way by the Queensland literary community. Joe Gorman University of Queensland Press, 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Premiers Award for a work of State Significance winner.

09.01.2022 I'm a highly undisciplined reader, liable to switch between books depending on my mood. So I like to have a mixture of genres and subjects at my fingertips. Lech Blaine on reading excellent books during lockdown, moving house, and the books he lends to his blokey friends. http://ow.ly/hzZY50C9NXd

09.01.2022 Join us online at 7pm Friday 4 September to celebrate the winners of the 2020 #QldLitAwards! Book your ticket now: http://ow.ly/6afK50AZ2jp

07.01.2022 Im stunned, thrilled and so grateful to receive this award. Fiona Robertson, 2020 #QldLitAwards Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer winner.

07.01.2022 Im so incredibly humbled and overwhelmded to be receiving this award tonight. Its such a huge honour I acknowledge all the incredible First Nations writers that are making history. Jazz Money, 2020 #QldLitAwards David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer winner.

07.01.2022 I’ve shared some of the money with my family in Australia and Vietnam, and in Vietnam they're throwing a big feast to celebrate LUCKY TICKET and the Queensland Literary Awards. Joey Bui (Text Publishing), 2020 #QldLitAwards University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection winner.

06.01.2022 #QldLitAwards announcement starts in an hour! Well be streaming from State Library of Queensland join us at 7pm AEST and help celebrate the winners. Watch the livestream here on Facebook or on the Queensland Literary Awards webpage: http://ow.ly/ynve50BhKt4

05.01.2022 This project ... is inspired by some of the wonderfully difficult women in my life, in my family. Thank you to my grandmother, my nana, for being a constant source of inspiration to me. Sara El Sayed, 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Writers Fellowship winner.

05.01.2022 The Library Shop is offering a 10% discount off Queensland Literary Award finalists books online. Use the discount code QLA2020 at checkout. Hurry, ends tomorrow. https://www.shop.slq.qld.gov.au//queensland-literary-awards

04.01.2022 Nominations have now closed a big thank you from the awards team. Shortlists will be announced in August and winners awarded in September, so stay tuned.

03.01.2022 The University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection now boasts a $15,000 top prize. Revisit the judges comments for Alice Bishop, Joey Bui, Yumna Kassab, Sean OBeirne and Josephine Rowes brilliant books. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/VtV650B81Ob

03.01.2022 Here I am accepting this fellowship to write not my first but my second novel, having somehow figured out how to do this thing well enough that youre actually giving me money to do it. Amanda Niehaus - Author 2020 #QldLitAwards Queensland Writers Fellowship winner.

03.01.2022 Reflecting the diversity of young people, the Griffith University Young Adult Book Award judges recognise and commend Sarah Epstein Books, Lisa Fuller, Eliza Henry-Jones, Nina Kenwood and Vikki Wakefields powerful works. #QldLitAwards http://ow.ly/hlzV50B81P1