The State Library of Western Australia has just announced the shortlists for the WA Premier’s Book Awards. Congratulations to everyone!
WA Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000): for a WA writer to progress or develop a project
- Caitlin Maling—poet
- David Whish-Wilson—teacher and author
- John Mateer—poet, writer and curator
- Julia Lawrinson—children’s and YA author
- Nandi Chinna—researcher and poet
Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000): for a debut work by a WA writer published in 2021
- Debesa by Cindy Solonec (Magabala Books)
- Eye of a Rook by Josephine Taylor (Fremantle Press)
- Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki (Magabala Books)
- Locust Summer by David Allan-Petale (Fremantle Press)
- Vociferate by Emily Sun (Fremantle Press)
The Premier’s Prize for Writing for Children ($15,000): for a work by a WA writer published in 2021
- A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (Penguin Random House Australia)
- One Thousand Snapshots by Steve Heron (Shawline Publishing Group)
- Stellarphant by James Foley (Fremantle Press)
- Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows by Cristy Burne and Denis Knight (Hachette Australia)
- Where do the Stars Go? by Katie Stewart (Fremantle Press)
The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA ($15,000 and a publishing contract with Magabala Books): open to Indigenous writers across Australia
- Robert Runs by Mariah Sweetman
- Jack Trials: Whistling Spider by Sean Owen
- That one summer by Shirleyann Wilson
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