Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Celebrating South Australia’s writing culture by offering national and State-based prizes across a range of literary genres, 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 2022 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 5 March 2022 as part of the Adelaide Festival.
The 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlist is:
Children's Literature Award ($15,000)
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Bindi |
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How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life Fiona Hardy Affirm Press
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Iceberg Claire Saxby Allen & Unwin |
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The Republic of Birds Jessica Miller Text Publishing |
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Summer Time Hilary Bell UNSW Press |
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We Are Wolves Katrina Nannestad HarperCollins Publishers |
Fiction Award ($15,000)
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Cherry Beach |
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Murmurations Carol Lefevre Spinifex Press
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The Rain Heron Robbie Arnott Text Publishing |
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Rise and Shine Patrick Allington Scribe Publications |
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Song of the Crocodile Nardi Simpson Hachette Australia |
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The Yield Tara June Winch Penguin Random House |
John Bray Poetry Award ($15,000)
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Errant Night |
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Fifteeners Jordie Albiston Puncher & Wattmann
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A History of What I'll Become Jill Jones UWA Publishing |
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Homecoming Elfie Shiosaki Magabala Books |
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Notes Towards the Dreambook of Endings Peter Boyle Vagabond Press |
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Salute Ken Bolton Puncher and Wattmann |
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Throat Ellen van Neerven University of Queensland Press |
Non-fiction Award ($15,000)
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Fathoms: the World in the Whale |
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Fury Kathryn Heyman Allen & Unwin
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Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography Helen Ennis HarperCollins Publishers |
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In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World Danielle Clode Pan Macmillan Australia |
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White Tears/Brown Scars Ruby Hamad Melbourne University Publishing |
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Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja Magabala Books |
Young Adult Fiction Award ($15,000)
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The Boy from the Mish |
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The Gaps Leanne Hall Text Publishing
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Metal Fish, Falling Snow Cath Moore Text Publishing |
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Off the Map Scot Gardner Allen & Unwin |
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This is How We Change the Ending Vikki Wakefield Text Publishing |
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When we are Invisible Claire Zorn University of Queensland Press |
Jill Blewett Playwright's Award ($12,500)
- Calendar Days by Peter Beaglehole
- Recalibrate by Lucy Combe
Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award ($10,000)
- Chlorophyll and Casein by Rachael Mead
- Clutch feathers. Draw breath by Corrie Hosking
- The Comforting Weight of Water by Roanna McClelland
- The Guggenheim by Heather Taylor-Johnson
Not Shortlisted Fellowships
- Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship ($15,000)
- Max Fatchen Fellowship ($15,000)
- Tangkanungku Pintyanthi Fellowship ($15,000)
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AFAL Project Officer
Phone: (08) 8207 7258
Email: slsa.afal@sa.gov.au