Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
The Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are presented every two years during Adelaide Writers’ Week as part of the Adelaide Festival. Introduced in 1986 by the South Australia Government, the awards celebrate South Australia's writing culture by offering national and State-based literary prizes, as well as three fellowships for South Australian writers.
The Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are presented by the South Australian Government and managed by the State Library of South Australia.
We are delighted to announce the 37 writers from around Australia who have been shortlisted for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, one of Australia’s richest and most prestigious literary awards.
Congratulations to all shortlisted authors and their publishers. Winners will be announced in a special ceremony at Adelaide Writers’ Week on Saturday 29 February 2020 as part of the Adelaide Festival.
The 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlist is:
Children’s Literature Award ($15,000)
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The elephant |
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The house on the mountain |
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Mallee Sky |
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Nevermoor: The trials of Morrigan Crow |
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Winston and the wondrous Wooba Gymnastics Club |
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Young dark emu: A truer history |
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Young Adult Fiction Award ($15,000)
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After the lights go out |
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Between us |
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The centre of my everything |
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Neverland |
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Small spaces |
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A song only I can hear |
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Fiction Award ($15,000)
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The death of Noah Glass |
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Dyschronia |
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The enlightenment of the greengage tree |
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Saudade |
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A stolen season |
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Taboo |
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John Bray Poetry Award ($15,000)
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Archival-Poetics |
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Blakwork |
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False claims of colonial thieves |
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The lost Arabs |
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Music our bodies can’t hold |
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Viva the real |
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Non-Fiction Award ($15,000)
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The Bible in Australia: A cultural history |
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Call of the reed warbler |
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Deep time dreaming: Uncovering |
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Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: |
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Eggshell skull: A memoir about standing up, |
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The year everything changed: 2001 |
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Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award ($12,500)
- Forgiveness by Piri Eddy
- Karamazovs by Duncan Graham
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Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award ($10,000)
- House by Alison Flett
- In the room with the she wolf by Jelena Dinic
- The others by Diana Navarro
- Temperance by Carol Lefevre
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NOT shortlisted Fellowships
- Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship ($15,000)
- Max Fatchen Fellowship ($15,000)
- Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Fellowship ($15,000) - no applications were received for this Fellowship.
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Contact Us
If you have any queries please contact:
AFAL Project Officer
Phone: (08) 8207 7258
Email: SLSACommunityLearning@sa.gov.au