The Prize for Indigenous Writing

This biennial prize is designed to reward and promote books in all literary categories written by Aboriginal or Torres Strait authors. This includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, works for children, biographies and memoirs.

The prize is open to those who are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and who are accepted as such by the communities in which they live.

The Prize for Indigenous Writing is not offered in 2009.

Winner and Shortlist 2008
Judges 2008

Winner 2006
Shortlist 2006
Judges 2006

Winner 2004
Shortlist 2004
Judges 2004

Previous winners include: Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt (2008), Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch (2006) and Her Sister's Eye by Vivienne Cleven (2004).