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Madeleine Dale’s debut poetry collection by the name of Portraits of Drowning has won the 2025 Five Islands Prize.
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The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2026 shortlist has been announced.
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Fiction
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Non Fiction
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Poetry
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Drama
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Fly Girl / Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore, Ensemble Theatre Company & Lisa Mann Creative Management
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Super / Emilie Collyer, Currency Press & Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre
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The Black Woman of Gippsland / Andrea James, Currency Press & Melbourne Theatre CompanyIndigenous Writing
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Children’s Literature
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John Marsden Prize for Writing for Young Adults
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Unpublished Manuscript
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Incognito/ Anatolij Lisov
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The Final Voyage of Charles Le Corre /William Paine
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The Kookaburra / Charlotte Guest
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The Indie Book Awards 2026 longlist has also been announced. For the full list see here.
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The 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize longlist has also been announced. You can see the list here.
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