The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists for 2019 have now been announced.

Administered by the State Library of NSW, these annual awards honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers.

The 2019 shortlists are:

CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION

• Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop
• Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
• The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
• Border Districts by Gerald Murnane
• The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton

DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

• Saga Land by Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason
• Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia by Billy Griffiths
• The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
• The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
• Axiomatic by Maria Tumarkin
• Tracker by Alexis Wright

KENNETH SLESSOR PRIZE FOR POETRY

• Interval by Judith Bishop
• I Love Poetry by Michael Farrell
• Things I’ve Thought To Tell You Since I Saw You Last by Penelope Layland
• Wildlife of Berlin by Philip Neilsen
• Blindside by Mark Reid
• Rondo by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE

• Between Us by Clare Atkins
• Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
• I Am Out with Lanterns by Emily Gale
• Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
• Stone Girl by Eleni Hale
• The Art of Taxidermy by Sharon Kernot

PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

• Shine Mountain by Julie Hunt
• Maya and Cat by Caroline Magerl
• Leave Taking by Lorraine Marwood
• Dingo by Claire Saxby and Tannya Harricks
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
• The Dog with Seven Names by Dianne Wolfer

MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD

• The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
• Rainforest by Eileen Chong
• Home is Nearby by Magdalena McGuire
• Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home by Sisonke Msimang
• Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
• Miss Ex-Yugoslavia by Sofija Stefanovic

UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING

• Flames by Robbie Arnott
• Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
• Scrublands by Chris Hammer
• The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
• Pink Mountain on Locust Island by Jamie Marina Lau
• The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen

Shortlists were also announced for prizes in playwriting, scriptwriting and literary translation.

This year’s total prize money, including sponsored awards and the People’s Choice Award, is up to $305,000. The winners of the 10 award categories will be announced on 29 April 2019, and will go on to contest the overall Book of the Year.

Please visit the State Library of NSW website for more information.