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The Queensland Literary Awards were announced last night, and I am pleased to see that Not Just Black and White by Lesley Williams and Tammy Williams took out the major award of $25,000.  (All the other awards are a somewhat scanty $10,000 each).  This important book is contributing to a campaign for justice for stolen wages and it deserves to be widely read.

*drum roll* And the winners are:

Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of State Significance (Prize: $25,000)

Winners: Not Just Black and White, Lesley Williams and Tammy Williams (See my review)

Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Awards (Two Prizes of $10,000 each)

Winner: Emily Craven
Winner: Michelle Law

Unpublished Indigenous Writer – David Unaipon Award   (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Paul Collis for Dancing Home

Emerging Queensland Writer – Manuscript Award

No winner, two Encouragement Awards given

Encouragement Award: H.E. Crampton for The Boatman
Encouragement Award: Laura Elvery for The Elements

Griffith University Children’s Book Award   (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: KidGlovz, Julie Hunt (author) and Dale Newman (illustrator)

Griffith University Young Adult Book Award  (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Dreaming the Enemy, David Metzenthen

State Library of Queensland Poetry Collection – Judith Wright Calanthe Award (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Anatomy of Voice, David Musgrave, see Tony’s review at Messenger’s Booker

University of Southern Queensland Australian Short Story Collection – Steele Rudd Award  (Prize: $10,000, co-winners awarded $5,000 each)

Winner: A Few Days in the Country and other stories, Elizabeth Harrower (See Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)

Winner: The High Places, Fiona McFarlane

University of Southern Queensland History Book Award   (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labour and Indigenous Encounters in Australia’s Northern Trading Network, Julia Martínez and Adrian Vickers

The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award  (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger, Fiona Wright (See Sue’s review at Whispering Gums)

The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Between a Wolf and a Dog, Georgia Blain

The Courier Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award (Prize: $10,000)

Winner: Swimming Home, Mary-Rose MacColl

Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!

Thanks to Tony from Messenger’s Booker for the heads up!