This website uses cookies, utilised by us and third parties to enhance your experience. For more information, or to change your cookie settings, learn more about cookies
The 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Awards are now open.
The Awards recognise and celebrate the exceptional literary talents of established and emerging Australian writers, illustrators, poets and historians.
If you had a work published during 2021 you may be eligible to enter this year's Awards. We are seeking entries of high literary merit and, in the case of the prize for Australian history, scholarly accomplishment.
There are six categories of Awards:
children's literature
young adult literature
fiction
poetry
non-fiction
Australian history
Entries should be made through GrantConnect before 4 March 2022. There are no entry fees.
Australian history entries can be submitted in a range of formats including journals, magazines, an interactive or online project, film or documentary.
You are now leaving the website of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. The website you are entering may not be maintained or funded by the Commonwealth of Australia.