2023 Shortlisted Authors and Works
The awards support, develop and recognise excellence in writing. The $60,000 Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship is one of the most valuable awards in Australian arts. The brand-new category Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA, was open to any style or genre of book. The awards are open to primarily Western Australian authors except for the Daisy Utemorrah Award, open Australia wide.
The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and Young Adult Fiction is open to Indigenous writers across Australia. Broome-based Indigenous publisher Magabala Books administer this award with support from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
The winners will be revealed at an award ceremony at the State Library of Western Australia on 23 June 2023. The awards will be Auslan interpreted and live streamed on the State Library of WA YouTube channel.
What do a monster, a witch, an assassin, and an owl have in common? They are all on the shortlists for the 2023 WA Premier's Book Awards!
The 2024 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards are now closed for entries. The awards support, develop and recognise excellence in Western Australian writing. The State Library of Western Australia manages the Premier's Book Awards on behalf of the Government.
Information on Battye Fellowships, Premier's Book Awards, scholarships and Library Board awards.