Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards 2024

Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards are open for entries, for books published or self-published in 2023.  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 of Western Australia.

The Categorize include:

• The Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer: For the first ever published work of prose, poetry or narrative nonfiction, in any genre, by an author or authors residing in Western Australia.
• The Premier’s Prize for Childras Book of the Year: For a work of prose, poetry or narrative nonfiction written for children (0 to 12 years of age), in any genre, by an author or authors residing in Western Australia.
• The Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA: Awarded to an outstanding fiction or narrative nonfiction book by an author residing in Western Australia. This category is open to prose, poetry, fiction or narrative nonfiction in any style or genre.
• The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship: The Fellowship is designed to assist a Western Australian writer, of any style or genre, to develop their writing practice and give them the time to create new work in a one year time period.
• The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction: For a new unpublished manuscript for a work of junior and young adult fiction, including graphic novels, by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer – Australia wide.

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Prize for Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards

• The Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000)
• The Premier’s Prize for Children’s Book of the Year ($15,000)
• The Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA ($15,000)
• The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000)
• The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction ($15,000 and a publishing contract with Magabala Books)

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Eligibility

• Open to authors who either or are citizens or permanent residents of Western Australia.
• The Book is published during the preceding calendar year in various of genres.

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Application of Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards

The State Library of Western Australia manages the Premier’s Book Awards on behalf of the Government of Western Australia. Entries close at 5pm (WST) on 26 February 2024. Winners will be announced at the State Library in June 2024