NSW Literary Awards

Grant Description

The NSW Literary Awards 2026 recognise distinguished achievement by Australian writers across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s and young people’s literature, playwriting, scriptwriting, Indigenous writing and multicultural writing. The program awards category prizes of up to $40,000 (Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction), $30,000 for several other categories, plus $10,000 for the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, $10,000 for the University of Sydney People’s Choice Award, and a potential additional $10,000 Book of the Year payment, with a total prize pool of $320,000. Intended beneficiaries are living Australian citizens or permanent residents whose eligible works meet high literary standards, with a focus on celebrating Australian creativity and cultural diversity within the eligibility period.

What It Funds

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Eligibility Criteria

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