Prime Minister's Literary Awards

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The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts. [1]

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The awards were designed as "a new initiative celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life."[ citation needed ] The awards are held annually and initially provided a tax-free prize of A$100,000 in each category, making it Australia's richest literary award in total.[ citation needed ] In 2011, the prize money was split into $80,000 for each category winner and $5,000 for up to four short-listed entries. The award was initially given in four categories – fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's fiction – as selected by three judging panels. In 2012, a poetry category was added and the former Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History was incorporated into the award. To be eligible, writers "must be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia." [2]

History

For the inaugural 2008 awards, six Australians were appointed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts to the judging panels: three each for the fiction and non-fiction awards. [3] The final decisions on the shortlist and winners for the awards was made by Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd) based on the judging panels' recommendations. [3]

Two new award categories were announced on 30 March 2010: "young adults' fiction" and "children's fiction." The prize for both new awards was also $100,000; its entries were judged by one judging panel.

Entries for the 2011 awards opened in January 2011 and an annual timetable was implemented: the shortlist was announced in late May and winners in early July. The awards were restructured to provide greater recognition for shortlisted authors. In each category, the winning book was awarded $80,000; $5,000 was awarded to up to four shortlisted titles. The eligibility criteria were extended to include e-books, and wordless picture books were eligible in the children's fiction category. The panellists from 2010 were returned for 2011. [4]

In 2012, a new award for poetry was announced and the Prize for Australian History was incorporated. [5]

Winners

YearFictionNon-fictionYoung adult fictionChildren's fictionPoetryAustralian history
2008 [6] The Zookeeper's War by Steven Conte Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip JonesNANANANA
2009 [7] [8] [9] The Boat by Nam Le House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann, and Nelly-Kroeger Mann by Evelyn Juers, and
Drawing the Global Colour Line by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds 		NANANANA
2010 [10] [11] Dog Boy by Eva Hornung [12] The Colony: A History of Early Sydney by Grace Karskens Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God by Bill CondonStar Jumps by Lorraine MarwoodNANA
2011 Traitor by Stephen Daisley [12] The Hard Light of Day by Rod MossGraffiti Moon by Cath CrowleyShake a Leg by Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod NANA
2012 [13] [14] Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna When We Were Two by Robert NewtonGoodnight, Mice!, written by Frances Watts and illustrated by Judy WatsonInterferon Psalms by Luke Davies The Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage
2013 [15] Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe Red by Libby Gleeson Jam Tree Gully: Poems by John Kinsella Farewell, Dear People by Ross McMullin
2014 [15] [16] A World of Other People by Steven Carroll, and

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan [17]

Moving Among Strangers by Gabrielle Carey, and
Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John by Helen Trinca 		The Incredible Here and Now by Felicity Castagna Silver Buttons by Bob Graham Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call by Melinda Smith Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont, and
Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II by Hal G.P. Colebatch
2015 [18] The Golden Age by Joan London John Olsen: An Artist's Life by Darleen Bungey, and
Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall by Michael Wilding 		The Protected by Claire Zorn One Minute's Silence by David Metzenthen and illustrated by Michael CamilleriPoems 1957–2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart, and
The Spy Catchers – The Official History of ASIO Vol 1 by David Horner
2016 [18] The Life of Houses by Lisa Gorton and The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics by Sheila Fitzpatrick, and
Thea Astley: Inventing her own Weather by Karen Lamb		A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay Sister Heart by Sally Morgan The Hazards by Sarah Holland-Batt The Story of Australia's People. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey, and
Let My People Go: The untold story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959–89 by Sam Lipski and Suzanne D Rutland
2017 [18] Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O'NeillQuicksilver by Nicolas Rothwell Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley Home in the Rain by Bob Graham, and
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr 		Headwaters by Anthony Lawrence Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story by Elizabeth Tynan
2018 [19] [20] [21] Border Districts by Gerald Murnane Asia's Reckoning by Richard McGregor This Is My Song by Richard YaxleyPea Pod Lullaby by Glenda Millard and Stephen Michael KingBlindness and Rage: A Phantasmagoria by Brian Castro John Curtin's War: The coming of war in the Pacific, and reinventing Australia, volume 1 by John Edwards
2019 [22] [23] The Death of Noah Glass by Gail Jones The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History by Meredith Lake The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda Sun Music: New and Selected Poems by Judith Beveridge Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964 by Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell
2020 [24] [25] [26] The Yield by Tara June Winch Songspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country through Songlines by Gay'Wu Group of Womenand
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson 		How It Feels to Float by Helena FoxCooee Mittigar: A Song on Darug Songlines by Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson (illustrator)The Lost Arabs by Omar SakrMeeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago by Tiffany Shellam
2021 [27] [28] [29] The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting by Quentin SpragueMetal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath MooreFly on the Wall by Remy Lai and
How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay and Matt Ottley (illustrator)		The Strangest Place: New and selected poems by Stephen Edgar People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia by Grace Karskens
2022 [30] [31] Red Heaven by Nicolas Rothwell Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders’ Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in Afghanistan by Mark Willacy The Gaps by Leanne Hall Mina and the Whole Wide World by Sherryl Clark and Briony Stewart (illustrator)Human Looking by Andy JacksonSemut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo by Christine Helliwell
2023 [32] Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au My Father and Other Animals by Sam VincentThe Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred SearleOpen Your Heart to Country by Jasmine SeymourAt the Altar of Touch by Gavin Yuan GaoUnmaking Angas Downs by Shannyn Palmer

Winners and shortlists

Australian history

PLMA for Australian History winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2012 [lower-alpha 1] Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on EarthWinner [13] [14]
James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of AustraliaFinalist [34]
Charles Massy Breaking the Sheep's Back
Russell McGregor Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation
Renegade Films Australia Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us
2013 [lower-alpha 2] Ross McMullin Farewell, dear peopleWinner [15]
Frank Bongiorno The Sex Lives of Australians: A HistoryFinalist
Paul Ham Sandakan
Jenny Hocking Gough Whitlam
Nicole MooreThe Censor's Library
2014 [lower-alpha 3] Joan Beaumont Broken Nation: Australians in the Great WarWinner [15] [16]
Hal G. P. Colebatch Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II
Mike Carlton First Victory 1914Finalist [35]
Michael Pembroke Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy
Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
2015 [lower-alpha 4] Ross Coulthart Charles BeanWinner
David Horner The Spy Catchers: The Official History of ASIO Vol 1
Alan Atkinson The Europeans in Australia – Volume Three: NationFinalist
Peter Brune Descent into Hell
Anne Henderson Menzies at War
2016 Geoffrey Blainey The Story of Australia's People. The Rise and Fall of Ancient AustraliaWinner [36]
Sam Lipski and Suzanne D Rutland Let My People Go: The untold story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959–89
Peter Monteath and Valerie Munt Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred RoseFinalist [37]
Doug Morrissey Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life
Robert StevensonThe War with Germany: Volume III – The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
2017 [lower-alpha 5] Elizabeth Tynan Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga StoryWinner
Josephine Bastian A Passion for Exploring New Countries' Matthew Flinders and George BassFinalist
Neil McDonaldValian for Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent
John MurphyEvatt: A Life
Charlie Ward A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off
2018 [lower-alpha 6] John EdwardsJohn Curtin's War: The coming of war in the Pacific, and reinventing Australia, Volume 1Winner [19] [20] [21]
Jayne Persian Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New AustraliansFinalist [38]
Paul Irish Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney
Timothy Rowse Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901
Judith Brett The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
2019 Meredith Lake The Bible in Australia: A Cultural HistoryWinner [22] [23]
Anna Haebich Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar PerformanceFinalist [23]
Billy Griffiths Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia
David KempThe Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788–1860
Clare Wright You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World [39] [23]
2020 [lower-alpha 7] Tiffany Shellam Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the ArchipelagoWinner [24] [25] [26]
Judith Brett From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory VotingFinalist [40]
Susan Lawrence and Peter DaviesSludge: Disaster on Victoria's Goldfields
Marilyn Lake Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform
Scott PattersonThe Oarsmen: The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Rowed from the Great War to Peace
2021 [lower-alpha 8] Grace Karskens People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia Winner [27] [28] [29]
Michael BennettPathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSWFinalist [41]
Mark DunnThe Convict Valley: The Bloody Struggle on Australia's Early Frontier
Jason M. Gibson Ceremony Men: Making Ethnography and the Return of the Strehlow Collection
Amanda HarrisRepresenting Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970
2022 Christine Helliwell Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII BorneoWinner [30] [31]
Sheila Fitzpatrick White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to AustraliaFinalist [42]
Mark McKenna Return to Uluru
Deirdre O'Connell Harlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia's Jazz Age
Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate
2023 Shannyn Palmer Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and history on a Central Australian pastoral stationWinner [32]
Alan Atkinson Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth FarmFinalist [43]
Lachlan Strahan Justice in Kelly Country: The story of the cop who hunted Australia’s most notorious bushrangers
Rohan Lloyd Saving the Reef: The human story behind one of Australia’s greatest environmental treasures
Russell Marks Black Lives, White Law: Locked up and locked out in Australia

Children's fiction

PLMA for Children's Fiction winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 [lower-alpha 9] Lorraine Marwood Star JumpsWinner [10] [11]
Kate Constable Cicada SummerFinalist [44]
Ursula Dubosarsky , illus. by Andrew Joyner The Terrible Plop
Andy Griffiths , illus. by Terry Denton Just Macbeth!
Leigh Hobbs Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
Alison Lester Running with the Horses
Martine Murray , illus. by Sally Rippin Mannie and the Long Brave Day
Jen Storer Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
Margaret Wild , illus. by Freya Blackwood Harry and Hopper
2011 Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod Shake a LegWinner
Bronwyn Bancroft Why I Love AustraliaFinalist [45]
Lucy Christopher Flyaway
Morris Gleitzman Now
Bob Graham April Underhill, Tooth Fairy
2012 [lower-alpha 10] Frances Watts , illus. by Judy Watson Goodnight, Mice!Winner [13] [14]
Maggie Alderson Evangeline, The Wish Keeper's HelperFinalist [34]
Graeme Base The Jewel Fish of Karnak
Anne Brooksbank Father's Day
Sonya Hartnett , illus. by Lucia Masciullo Come Down, Cat!
2013 [lower-alpha 11] Libby Gleeson RedWinner [15]
Peter Friend , illus. by Andrew Joyner What's the Matter, Aunty May?Finalist [46]
Jane Godwin , illus. by Anna WalkerToday We Have No Plans
Marianne Musgrove The Beginner's Guide to Revenge
2014 [lower-alpha 12] Bob Graham Silver ButtonsWinner [15] [16]
Julie Hunt Song for a Scarlet RunnerFinalist [35]
Barry Jonsberg My Life as an Alphabet
Alison Lester Kissed by the Moon
Shaun Tan Rules of Summer
2015 [lower-alpha 13] David Metzenthen , illus. by Michael Camilleri One Minute's SilenceWinner
Tristan Bancks Two Wolves Finalist
Nicola Connelly , illus. by Annie White My Dad is a Bear
Irena Kobald , illus. by Freya Blackwood My Two Blankets
Judith Rossell Withering-by-Sea
2016 Sally Morgan Sister HeartWinner [36]
Elise Hurst Adelaide's Secret WorldFinalist [37]
Danny Parker and Freya Blackwood Perfect
Tohby Riddle The Greatest Gatsby: A visual book of grammar
Anna WalkerMr Huff
2017 [lower-alpha 14] Bob Graham Home in the RainWinner
Wendy Orr Dragonfly Song [47]
Janet A. Holmes , illus. by Jonathan Bentley Blue Sky, Yellow KiteFinalist
Dee Huxley , illus. by Oliver Huxley My Brother
Tamsin Janu Figgy and the President
2018 [lower-alpha 15] Glenda Millard and Stephen Michael King Pea Pod LullabyWinner [19] [20] [21]
Phil Cummings and Phil Lesnie FeathersFinalist
Tamsin Janu Figgy Takes the City
Lisa Shanahan and Binny Talib Hark, It's Me, Ruby Lee!
Sarah Brennan and Jane Tanner Storm Whale
2019 Emily Rodda His Name Was WalterWinner [22] [23]
Eddie Ayres , illus. by Ronak Taher Sonam and the SilenceFinalist [23]
Margaret Wild , illus. by Freya Blackwood The Feather
Kirli Saunders , illus. by Matt Ottley The Incredible Freedom Machines
David MackintoshWaiting for Chicken Smith
2020 [lower-alpha 16] Jasmine Seymour , illus. by Leanne Mulgo Watson Cooee Mittigar: A Song on Darug SonglinesWinner [24] [25] [26]
Dion Beasley , illus. by Johanna Bell Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and BackFinalist [40]
Christina BoothOne Careless Night
Martin Ed Chatterton Winter of the White Bear
Meg McKinlay Catch a Falling Star
2021 [lower-alpha 17] Remy Lai Fly on the WallWinner [27] [28] [29]
Meg McKinlay , illus. by Matt Ottley How to Make a Bird
Jaclyn Moriarty , illus. by Kelly Canby The Stolen Prince of CloudburstFinalist [41]
Kate Constable The January Stars
Danielle Binks The Year the Maps Changed
2022 Sherryl Clark, illus. by Briony Stewart Mina and the Whole Wide WorldWinner [30] [31]
Freya Blackwood The Boy and the ElephantFinalist [42]
Gregg Dreise Common Wealth
Karen Foxlee Dragon Skin
Maryam Master , illus. by Astred Hicks Exit Through the Gift Shop
2023 Jasmine Seymour Open Your Heart to CountryWinner [32]
Aunty Shaa Smith and Yandaarra The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the WhaleFinalist [43]
Gabrielle Wang Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon
Randa Abdel-Fattah , illus. by Maxine Beneba Clarke 11 Words for Love
Zeno Sworder My Strange Shrinking Parents

Fiction

PLMA for Fiction winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2008 [lower-alpha 18] Steven Conte The Zookeeper's War Winner [6]
Gail Jones SorryFinalist [48]
Mireille Juchau Burning In
Tom Keneally The Widow and Her Hero
Malcolm Knox Jamaica
David Malouf The Complete Stories
Dorothy Porter El Dorado
2009 [lower-alpha 19] Nam Le The Boat Winner [7] [8] [9]
Murray Bail The Pages Finalist
Geraldine Brooks People of the Book
Richard Flanagan Wanting
Peter Goldsworthy Everything I Knew
Sofie Laguna One Foot Wrong
Joan London The Good Parents
2010 [lower-alpha 20] Eva Hornung Dog Boy Winner [10] [11]
J. M. Coetzee Summertime Finalist [44]
Deborah Forster The Book of Emmett
Alan Gould The Lakewoman
David Malouf Ransom
Alex Miller Lovesong
Alison Wong As the Earth Turns Silver
2011 Stephen Daisley Traitor Winner [12]
Roberta Lowing NotoriousFinalist [45]
Roger McDonald When Colts Ran
David Musgrave Glissando
Kim Scott That Deadman Dance
2012 [lower-alpha 21] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Winner [13] [14]
Anna Funder All That I Am Finalist [34] [49]
Kate Grenville Sarah Thornhill [34]
Janette Turner Hospital Forecast: Turbulence
Alex Miller Autumn Laing
2013 [lower-alpha 22] Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Winner [15]
Romy Ash FlounderingFinalist [46]
Peter Carey The Chemistry of Tears
Christopher Koch Lost Voices
Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds
2014 [lower-alpha 23] Steven Carroll A World of Other People Winner [15] [17] [16]
Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North [50] [15] [17] [16]
Fiona McFarlane The Night GuestFinalist [35]
Alex Miller Coal Creek
Nicolas Rothwell Belomor
2015 [lower-alpha 24] Joan London The Golden Age Winner
Peter Carey AmnesiaFinalist
Elizabeth Harrower In Certain Circles
Sonya Hartnett Golden Boys
Rohan Wilson To Name Those Lost
2016 Lisa Gorton The Life of HousesWinner [36]
Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things
Steven Carroll Forever YoungFinalist [37]
David Ireland The World Repair Video Game
Steve Toltz Quicksand
2017 [lower-alpha 25] Ryan O'NeillTheir Brilliant CareersWinner
Steven Amsterdam The Easy Way OutFinalist
Mark O'Flynn The Last Days of Ava Langdon
Philip Salom Waiting
Josephine Wilson Extinctions
2018 [lower-alpha 26] Gerald Murnane Border DistrictsWinner [19] [20] [21]
Peter Carey A Long Way from HomeFinalist [51]
Richard Flanagan First Person
Kim Scott Taboo
Michelle de Kretser The Life to Come
2019 Gail Jones The Death of Noah Glass Winner [22] [23]
Rodney Hall A Stolen SeasonFinalist [23]
Melissa Lucashenko Too Much Lip [39] [52] [23]
Suneeta Peres da Costa Saudade [23]
Laura Elizabeth Woollett Beautiful Revolutionary
2020 [lower-alpha 27] Tara June Winch The Yield Winner [24] [25] [26]
J. M. Coetzee The Death of Jesus Finalist [40]
Carrie Tiffany Exploded View
Lucy Treloar Wolfe Island
Charlotte Wood The Weekend
2021 [lower-alpha 28] Amanda Lohrey The Labyrinth Winner [27] [28] [29]
K. M. Kruimink A Treacherous CountryFinalist [41]
Jo Lennan In the Time of Foxes
Andrew Pippos Lucky's
Evie Wyld The Bass Rock
2022 Nicolas Rothwell Red HeavenWinner [30] [31]
Tony Birch Dark as Last NightFinalist [42]
Stephen DownesThe Hands of Pianists
Hannah Kent Devotion
Angela O'Keeffe Night Blue
2023 Jessica Au Cold Enough for Snow Winner [32]
Fiona McFarlane The Sun Walks DownFinalist [43]
George HaddadLosing Face
Paddy O'Reilly Other Houses
Yumna Kassab The Lovers

Nonfiction

PLMA for Nonfiction winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2008 [lower-alpha 29] Philip JonesOchre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian FrontiersWinner [6]
Philip Dwyer Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769–1799Finalist [48]
Raymond EvansA History of Queensland
Zarah Ghahramani with Robert Hillman My Life as a Traitor
Germaine Greer Shakespeare's Wife
Paul Ham Vietnam: The Australian War
Clive James Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time
2009 [lower-alpha 30] Evelyn Juers House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly-Kroeger MannWinner [7] [8] [9]
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds Drawing the Global Colour Line
James Boyce Van Diemen's LandFinalist
Brian Dibble Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley
Jenny Hocking Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History
Chloe Hooper The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
David Marr The Henson Case
Don Watson American Journeys
2010 [lower-alpha 31] Grace Karskens The Colony: A History of Early SydneyWinner [10] [11]
Michael Cathcart The Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry ContinentFinalist [44]
Will Elliott Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness
John Keane The Life and Death of Democracy
Mark Tredinnick The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir
Shirley WalkerThe Ghost at the Wedding
2011 Rod Moss The Hard Light of DayWinner
Delia Falconer SydneyFinalist [45]
Paul Kelly How To Make Gravy
Richard McGregor The Party
Patrick Wilcken Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Poet in the Laboratory
2012 [lower-alpha 32] Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning ClarkWinner [13] [14]
Geoffrey Blainey A Short History of Christianity Finalist [34]
Alexander Jonathan Brown Michael Kirby Paradoxes and Principles
Adrian Hyland Kinglake-350
Anthony Macris When Horse Became Saw
2013 [lower-alpha 33] George Megalogenis The Australian Moment Winner [15]
Malcolm Knox Bradman's WarFinalist [46]
Chris Masters Uncommon Soldier
Adrian Mitchell Plein Airs and Graces
Barbara Santich Bold Palates
2014 [lower-alpha 34] Gabrielle Carey Moving Among StrangersWinner [15] [16]
Helen Trinca Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John
Nick Cater The Lucky CultureFinalist [35]
Philip Dwyer Citizen Emperor
Michael Fullilove Rendezvous with Destiny
2015 [lower-alpha 35] Darleen Bungey John Olsen: An Artist's LifeWinner
Barrie Cassidy Private BillFinalist
Helen Garner This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial
John GascoigneEncountering the Pacific: In the Age of Enlightenment
Michael Wilding Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall
2016 Sheila Fitzpatrick On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet PoliticsWinner [36]
Karen Lamb Thea Astley: Inventing her own Weather
Julie Cotter Tom Roberts and the Art of PortraitureFinalist [37]
Drusilla Modjeska Second Half First
Tim Winton Island Home
2017 [lower-alpha 36] Nicolas Rothwell QuicksilverWinner
Suzanne Falkiner Mick: A Life of Randolph StowFinalist
Tom Griffiths The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft
Thornton McCamish Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
Sebastian Smee The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
2018 [lower-alpha 37] Richard McGregor Asia's ReckoningWinner [19] [20] [21]
Sheila Fitzpatrick Mischka's War: A European Odyssey of the 1940sFinalist
Chris Masters No Front Line: Australia's Special Forces at War in Afghanistan
Stuart Kells The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders
Jelena Dokic and Jessica Halloran Unbreakable
2019 Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964Winner [22] [23]
Cynthia Banham A Certain Light: A Memoir of Family, Loss and HopeFinalist [23]
Gabrielle Chan Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up
Chloe Hooper The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Maria Tumarkin Axiomatic [53] [23]
2020 [lower-alpha 38] Gay'Wu Group of WomenSongspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country through SonglinesWinner [24] [25] [26]
Christina Thompson Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Tim Bonyhady The Enchantment of the Long-haired RatFinalist [40]
Jess Hill See What You Made Me Do
Jessica WhiteHearing Maud: A Journey for a Voice
2021 [lower-alpha 39] Quentin Sprague The Stranger Artist: Life at the Edge of Kimberley PaintingWinner [27] [28] [29]
Andrew Darby Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey with the Astonishing Ultramarathon BirdsFinalist [41]
Tegan Bennett Daylight The Details: On Love, Death and Reading
Cassandra Pybus Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse
Suzanne SmithThe Altar Boys
2022 Mark Willacy Rogue Forces: An Explosive Insiders' Account of Australian SAS War Crimes in AfghanistanWinner [30] [31]
Paul ClearyTitle Fight: How the Yindjibarndi Battled and Defeated a Mining GiantFinalist [42]
Peter Edwell The Case That Stopped a Nation: The Archibald Prize controversy of 1944
John Safran Puff Piece
Chelsea Watego Another Day in the Colony
2023 Sam Vincent My Father and Other Animals: How I took on the family farmWinner [32]
Brigitta Olubas Shirley Hazzard: A writing lifeFinalist [43]
Debra Dank We Come With This Place
Louisa Lim Indelible City: Dispossession and defiance in Hong Kong
Thom van Dooren A World in a Shell: Snail stories for a time of extinctions

Poetry

PLMA for Poetry winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2012 [lower-alpha 40] Luke Davies Interferon PsalmsWinner [13] [14]
Ali AlizadehAshes in the AirFinalist [34]
John Kinsella Armour
John Mateer Southern Barbarians
Gig Ryan New and Selected Poems
2013 [lower-alpha 41] John Kinsella Jam Tree Gully: PoemsWinner [15]
Eileen Chong Burning RiceFinalist [46]
Lisa Jacobson The Sunlit Zone
Jennifer Maiden Liquid Nitrogen
Peter Rose Crimson Crop
2014 [lower-alpha 42] Melinda Smith Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency CallWinner [15] [16]
Sarah Day TempoFinalist [35]
Stephen Edgar Eldershaw
Geoff Page 1953
Jakob Ziguras Chains of Snow
2015 [lower-alpha 43] Geoffrey Lehmann Poems 1957–2013Winner
Judith Beveridge Devadatta's PoemsFinalist
Stephen Edgar Exhibits of the Sun
David Malouf Earth Hour
Alex Skovron Towards the Equator: New & Selected Poems
2016 Sarah Holland-Batt The HazardsWinner [36]
Robert Adamson Net NeedleFinalist [37]
Michael Farrell Cocky's Joy
Les Murray Waiting for the Past
Simon West The Ladder
2017 [lower-alpha 44] Anthony Lawrence HeadwatersWinner
Eileen Chong Painting Red OrchidsFinalist [54]
Joel Deane Year of the Wasp
Liam Ferney Content
Antigone Kefala Fragments
2018 [lower-alpha 45] Brian Castro Blindness and Rage: A PhantasmagoriaWinner [19] [20] [21]
Adam Aitken ArchipelagoFinalist
Bonny Cassidy Chatelaine
Fiona Wright Domestic Interior
Stephen Edgar Transparencies
2019 Judith Beveridge Sun Music: New and Selected PoemsWinner [22] [23]
Pam Brown Click Here For What We DoFinalist [23]
Keri Glastonbury Newcastle Sonnets
Jill Jones Viva the Real
Alison Whittaker BlakWork [39] [23]
2020 [lower-alpha 46] Omar Sakr The Lost ArabsWinner [24] [25] [26] [55]
П. O. HeideFinalist [40]
Nandi Chinna The Future Keepers
Lisa Gorton Empirical
L. K. Holt Birth Plan
2021 [lower-alpha 47] Stephen Edgar The Strangest Place: New and Selected PoemsWinner [27] [28] [29]
Laurie Duggan Homer StreetFinalist [41]
Jaya Savige Change Machine
John A. Scott Shorter Lives
Mags Webster Nothing to Declare
2022 Andy Jackson Human LookingWinner [30] [31]
Jordie Albiston FifteenersFinalist [42]
John Foulcher Dancing with Stephen Hawking
Caitlin Maling Fish Work
Elfie Shiosaki Homecoming
2023 Gavin Yuan Gao At the Altar of TouchWinner [32]
Lionel Fogarty Harvest LingoFinalist [43]
Rae White Exactly As I Am
Sarah Holland-Batt The Jaguar
Scott-Patrick Mitchell Clean

Young adult fiction

PLMA for Young Adult Fiction winners and shortlists [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 [lower-alpha 48] Bill Condon Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex GodWinner [10] [11]
Lucy Christopher Stolen Finalist [44]
Judith Clarke The Winds of Heaven
Cassandra Golds The Museum of Mary Child
Phillip Gwynne Swerve
David Metzenthen Jarvis 24
Gabrielle Williams Beatle Meets Destiny
2011 Cath Crowley Graffiti MoonWinner
Laura Buzo Good OilFinalist [45]
Cassandra Golds The Three Loves of Persimmon
Joanne Horniman About a Girl
Melina Marchetta The Piper's Son
2012 [lower-alpha 49] Robert NewtonWhen We Were TwoWinner [13] [14]
Bill CondonA Straight Line to My HeartFinalist [34]
Barry Jonsberg Being Here
Sue Lawson Pan's Whisper
Sue SalibaAlaska
2013 [lower-alpha 50] Bruce Pascoe Fog a DoxWinner [15]
Jessica DavidsonEverything Left UnsaidFinalist [46]
Sonya Hartnett The Children of the King
Sue McPherson Grace Beside Me
Vikki Wakefield Friday Brown
2014 [lower-alpha 51] Felicity Castagna The Incredible Here and NowWinner [15] [16]
Cassandra Golds PureheartFinalist [35]
Simmone Howell Girl Defective
Melissa Keil Life in Outer Space
Will Kostakis The First Third
2015 [lower-alpha 52] Claire Zorn The ProtectedWinner
Darren Groth Are You Seeing Me?Finalist
Rebecca LimThe Astrologer's Daughter
Doug MacLeodTigers on the Beach
Diana Sweeney The Minnow
2016 Meg McKinlay A Single StoneWinner [36]
Jane HarrisonBecoming Kirrali LewisFinalist [37]
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Illuminae: The Illuminae Files_01
Vikki Wakefield In Between Days
Lili Wilkinson Green Valentine
2017 [lower-alpha 53] Cath Crowley Words in Deep BlueWinner
Zana Fraillon The Bone SparrowFinalist
Glenda Millard The Stars at Oktober Bend
Dianne Touchell Forgetting Foster
Claire Zorn One Would Think Deep
2018 [lower-alpha 54] Richard Yaxley This Is My SongWinner [19] [20] [21]
Demet Divaroren Living on Hope StreetFinalist
Judith Clarke My Lovely Frankie
Bruce Whatley Ruben
Zana Fraillon The Ones that Disappeared
2019 Michael Gerard Bauer The Things That Will Not StandWinner [22] [23]
Clare Atkins Between UsFinalist [23]
Karen Foxlee Lenny's Book of Everything [39] [23]
Sharon Kernot The Art of Taxidermy [23]
Shaun Tan Cicada
2020 [lower-alpha 55] Helena Fox How It Feels to FloatWinner [24] [25] [26]
Wai Chim The Surprising Power of a Good DumplingFinalist [40]
Neil GrantThe Honeyman and the Hunter
Malla Nunn When the Ground Is Hard
Vikki Wakefield This Is How We Change the Ending
2021 [lower-alpha 56] Cath Moore Metal Fish, Falling SnowWinner [27] [28] [29]
Rawah Arja The F TeamFinalist [41]
Davina Bell The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
Jane Godwin When Rain Turns to Snow
Georgina Young Loner
2022 Leanne Hall The GapsWinner [30] [31]
Safdar Ahmed Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention SystemFinalist [42]
Clayton Zame Comber 100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maz
Rebecca LimTiger Daughter
Archie Roach Tell Me Why (For Young Adults)
2023 Sarah Winifred Searle The Greatest ThingWinner [32]
Carly Nugent SugarFinalist [43]
Eva Collins Ask No Questions
Lystra Rose The Upwelling
Mike Lucas What We All Saw

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2012 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Christopher (Chris) Masters PSM and included Dr Faye Sutherland, Colin Steele, and Dr Michelle Arrow.
  2. ↑ The 2013 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Michael Sexton SC and included Colin Steele, Susan Hayes, and Professor Susan Magarey.
  3. ↑ The 2014 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Gerard Henderson and included Peter Coleman, Ross Fitzgerald, Ida Lichter, and Ann Moya.
  4. ↑ The 2015 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Ida Litcher and included Peter Coleman, Ross Fitzgerald, and Gerard Henderson.
  5. ↑ The 2017 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Lynette Russell and included Helen Trinca, Richard Waterhouse, Greg Melleuish, and Sally Warhaft.
  6. ↑ The 2018 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Lynette Russell and included Helen Trinca, Richard Waterhouse, Greg Melleuish, and Sally Warhaft.
  7. ↑ The 2020 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Richard Waterhouse and included Sally Warhaft, John Fitzgerald, and John Maynard.
  8. ↑ The 2021 non-fiction and Australian history judging panel was chaired by Andrew Tink and included Chris Mitchell, Troy Bramston, Deborah Hope, and Gail Pearson.
  9. ↑ The 2010 judging panel for children's and young adult fiction was chaired by Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright and included Mike Shuttleworth and Mary-Ruth Mendel.
  10. ↑ The 2012 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Judith White and included Mary-Ruth Mendel and Robert (Bob) Sessions.
  11. ↑ The 2013 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Judith White and included Adele Rice and Robert (Bob) Sessions.
  12. ↑ The 2014 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Mike Shuttleworth and included Belle Alderman, Kate Colley, Mark MacLeod, and Irini Savvides.
  13. ↑ The 2015 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Mike Shuttleworth and included Belle Alderman, Kate Colley, Mark MacLeod, and Irini Savvides.
  14. ↑ The 2017 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Joy Lawn, Margrete Lamond, Robyn Ewing, and Sue Whiting.
  15. ↑ The 2018 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Joy Lawn, Kerry Neary, Robyn Ewing, and Sue Whiting.
  16. ↑ The 2020 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Margrete Lamond, Kirli Saunders, James Roy, and Demet Divaroren.
  17. ↑ The 2020 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by James Roy and included Demet Divaroren, Erica Wagner, Paula Kelly Paull, and Richard Yaxley.
  18. ↑ The 2008 panel judges for fiction were John Marsden (an author) and Margaret Throsby (a broadcaster). The committee was chaired by Peter Pierce, an academic.
  19. ↑ The 2009 judging panel was chaired by Professor Peter Pierce and included Professor John A. Hay AC and Dr Lyn Gallacher.
  20. ↑ The 2009 fiction panel returned in 2010, chaired by Professor Peter Pierce and included Professor John A. Hay AC and Dr Lyn Gallacher.
  21. ↑ The 2012 judging panel for fiction and poetry was chaired by Joel Becker and included Dr Lyn Gallacher, Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM, and Peter Craven.
  22. ↑ The 2013 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Joel Becker and included Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM, Professor Philip Mead, and Jane Sullivan.
  23. ↑ The 2014 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Louise Adler and included Jamie Grant, Margie Bryant, Les Murray, and Robert Gray.
  24. ↑ The 2015 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Louise Adler and included Des Cowley, Jamie Grant, and Robert Gray.
  25. ↑ The 2017 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Bronwyn Lea and included Kathy Shand, James Ley, Susan Wyndham, and Sarah Holland-Batt.
  26. ↑ The 2018 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Bronwyn Lea and included Kathy Shand, James Ley, Susan Wyndham, and Sarah Holland-Batt.
  27. ↑ The 2020 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Suzanne Leal and included Susan Wyndham, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Philip Mead, and Lucy Neave.
  28. ↑ The 2021 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Peter Holbrook, Geoffrey Lehmann, Roslyn Jolly, and Peter Craven.
  29. ↑ The 2008 nonfiction judges' panel was Sally Morgan (indigenous artist and author) and John Doyle (comedian and script writer). The committee was chaired by Hilary Charlesworth, an academic.
  30. ↑ The 2009 nonfiction judging panel was chaired by Phillip Adams AO and included Peter Rose and Professor Joan Beaumont FASSA.
  31. ↑ The 2010 nonfiction judging panel was chaired by Brian John AO and included Colin Steele and Dr Faye Sutherland.
  32. ↑ The 2012 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Christopher (Chris) Masters PSM and included Dr Faye Sutherland, Colin Steele, and Dr Michelle Arrow.
  33. ↑ The 2013 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Michael Sexton SC and included Colin Steele, Susan Hayes, and Professor Susan Magarey.
  34. ↑ The 2014 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Gerard Henderson and included Peter Coleman, Ross Fitzgerald, Ida Lichter, and Ann Moya.
  35. ↑ The 2015 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Ida Litcher and included Peter Coleman, Ross Fitzgerald, and Gerard Henderson.
  36. ↑ The 2017 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Lynette Russell and included Helen Trinca, Richard Waterhouse, Greg Melleuish, and Sally Warhaft.
  37. ↑ The 2018 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Lynette Russell and included Helen Trinca, Richard Waterhouse, Greg Melleuish, and Sally Warhaft.
  38. ↑ The 2020 non-fiction and history judging panel was chaired by Richard Waterhouse and included Sally Warhaft, John Fitzgerald, and John Maynard.
  39. ↑ The 2021 non-fiction and Australian history judging panel was chaired by Andrew Tink and included Chris Mitchell, Troy Bramston, Deborah Hope, and Gail Pearson.
  40. ↑ The 2012 judging panel for fiction and poetry was chaired by Joel Becker and included Dr Lyn Gallacher, Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM, and Peter Craven.
  41. ↑ The 2013 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Joel Becker and included Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM, Professor Philip Mead, and Jane Sullivan.
  42. ↑ The 2014 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Louise Adler and included Jamie Grant, Margie Bryant, Les Murray, and Robert Gray.
  43. ↑ The 2015 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Louise Adler and included Des Cowley, Jamie Grant, and Robert Gray.
  44. ↑ The 2017 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Bronwyn Lea and included Kathy Shand, James Ley, Susan Wyndham, and Sarah Holland-Batt.
  45. ↑ The 2018 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Bronwyn Lea and included Kathy Shand, James Ley, Susan Wyndham, and Sarah Holland-Batt.
  46. ↑ The 2020 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Suzanne Leal and included Susan Wyndham, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Philip Mead, and Lucy Neave.
  47. ↑ The 2021 fiction and poetry judging panel was chaired by Peter Holbrook, Geoffrey Lehmann, Roslyn Jolly, and Peter Craven.
  48. ↑ The 2010 judging panel for children's and young adult fiction was chaired by Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright and included Mike Shuttleworth and Mary-Ruth Mendel.
  49. ↑ The 2012 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Judith White and included Mary-Ruth Mendel and Robert (Bob) Sessions.
  50. ↑ The 2013 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Judith White and included Adele Rice and Robert (Bob) Sessions.
  51. ↑ The 2014 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Mike Shuttleworth and included Belle Alderman, Kate Colley, Mark MacLeod, and Irini Savvides.
  52. ↑ The 2015 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Mike Shuttleworth and included Belle Alderman, Kate Colley, Mark MacLeod, and Irini Savvides.
  53. ↑ The 2017 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Joy Lawn, Margrete Lamond, Robyn Ewing, and Sue Whiting.
  54. ↑ The 2018 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Joy Lawn, Kerry Neary, Robyn Ewing, and Sue Whiting.
  55. ↑ The 2020 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by Margot Hillel and included Margrete Lamond, Kirli Saunders, James Roy, and Demet Divaroren.
  56. ↑ The 2020 children's and young adult fiction judging panel was chaired by James Roy and included Demet Divaroren, Erica Wagner, Paula Kelly Paull, and Richard Yaxley.

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