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Awarded for the “Novel of the year of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases.”
The winner was announced at an awards ceremony in Sydney on August 6th, 2026.
Fierceland by Omar Musa
Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah
First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn
My Heart at Evening by Konrad Muller
Little World by Josephine Rowe
You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson
I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena
Salt Upon the Water by Lyn Dickens
Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan
Elegy Southwest by Madeleine Watts