# Western Australian Premier's Book Awards

The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an annual book award provided by the Government of Western Australia, and managed by the State Library of Western Australia.

## History and format

Annual literary awards were inaugurated by the Western Australian Government in 1982 to honour and celebrate the literary achievements of Western Australian writers. Until 1990 the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards were called the WA Week Literary Awards. The title of the award refers to the year of publication, rather than the year in which the awards were announced e.g.the 2011 awards for works published that year were announced in 2012. This changed to the award year in 2023.
The categories included poetry, non-fiction, fiction, Western Australian history, children's book, YA fiction, scripts and digital narrative. There was also a Premier's Prize, which was awarded to an overall winner.
The Barnett government downgraded the awards from an annual event to a biennial one much to the disappointment of the WA arts sector.
The McGowan government reinstated the annual award format in 2018. There were four categories – the Western Australian Writer's Fellowship (valued at $60,000), the Premier's Prize for Writing for Children ($15,000), the Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000) and the Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors ($15,000 and publishing contract with Magabala Books). A fifth award was added in 2023, the Premier's Prize for Book of the Year ($15,000).
There have been calls for the awards to be restored to their previous levels as there are currently no categories for established poets and non-fiction writers.

## Honorees
### 1990s

| Year | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| 1994 | Children's Books | Mike Lefroy and Peter Kendall | Rosa's Famous Elbow | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1994 | Fiction | Joan London | Letter to Constantine | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1994 | Historical & Critical Studies | David Horton | The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia | Aboriginal Studies Press |
| 1994 | Poetry | Dorothy Hewett | Peninsula | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1994 | Premier's Prize | Dorothy Hewett | Peninsula | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1994 | Script | Lois Achimovich | Meekatharra | Black Swan Theatre Company |
| 1994 | Special Award | Peter Holland | Summer Shorts | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1995 | Children's & Young Adult's Books | Glyn Parry | Radical Take-offs | Allen & Unwin |
| 1995 | Fiction | Simone Lazaroo | The World Waiting to be Made | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1995 | Historical & Critical Studies | George Seddon | Searching for the Snowy | Allen & Unwin |
| 1995 | Poetry | Andrew Taylor | Sandstone | University of Queensland Press |
| 1995 | Premier's Prize | Glyn Parry | Radical Take-offs | Allen & Unwin |
| 1995 | Script | Heather Nimmo | Whispering Demons | Perth Theatre Company |
| 1995 | Special Award | Elizabeth Rippey and Barbara Rowland | Plants of the Perth Coast and Islands | University of Western Australia Press |
| 1996 | Overall | Banjo Woorunmurra and Howard Pedersen | Resistance: Jandamarra and the Bunuba | Magabala Books |
| 1996 | Children & Young Adult's Books | Helen Bell | Idjhil | University of Western Australia Press |
| 1996 | Fiction | Heather Grace | The Lighthouse Spark | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1996 | Fiction | Dave Warner | City of Light | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1996 | Historical & Critical Studies | Banjo Woorunmurra and Howard Pedersen | Resistance: Jandamarra and the Bunuba | Magabala Books |
| 1996 | Poetry | Dorothy Hewett | Collected Poems | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1996 | Script Award | Sarah Rossetti | Culture Clash | Rosenbaum Whitbread |
| 1996 | Special Award | Mike Leonard | The Kimberley: A journey through Northwest Australia | CIS Cardigan Street Publishers |
| 1997 | Overall | Gail Jones | Fetish Lives | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1997 | Overall | Robert Drewe | The Drowner | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 1997 | Children & Young Adult's Books | Deborah Lisson | A Place of Safety | Mammoth (Reed Books) |
| 1997 | Fiction | Gail Jones | Fetish Lives | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1997 | Fiction | Robert Drewe | The Drowner | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 1997 | Historical & Critical Studies | Phillip Playford | Carpet of Silver: The Wreck of the Zuytdorp | University of Western Australia Press |
| 1997 | Poetry | Alec Choate | The Wheels of Hama: Collected War Poems | Victor Publishing |
| 1997 | Script Award | Dickon Oxenburgh and Andrew Ross | Merry-Go-Round-In -the Sea | Black Swan Theatre |
| 1997 | Special Award | | Songs of Strength: Sixteen Women Talk About Cancer | Women's Cancer Group (Macmillan) |
| 1998 | Overall | Carolyn Polizzotto | Pomegranate Season | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1998 | Children's book | Pat Lowe and Jimmy Pike | Desert Dog | Magabala Books |
| 1998 | Fiction | Pat Jacobs | Going Inland | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 1998 | Historical & Critical Studies | Quentin Beresford and Paul Omaji | Our State of Mind: Racial Planning and the Stolen Generations | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1998 | Poetry | Fay Zwicky | The Gatekeeper's Wife | Brandl & Schlesinger |
| 1998 | Poetry | John Kinsella | The Hunt | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1998 | Script Award | Ingle Knight | Milk and Honey | Perth Theatre Company |
| 1998 | Writing for Young Adults | Deborah Lisson | Red Hugh | Lothian |
| 1999 | Children's book | Reg Bolton | Showtime: Over 75 Ways to Put on a Show | Dorling Kindersley |
| 1999 | Fiction | Kim Scott | Benang: From the Heart | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1999 | Fiction | Kim Scott | Benang: From the Heart | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1999 | Historical & Critical Studies | Estelle Blackburn | Broken Lives | Stellar Publishing |
| 1999 | Poetry | Tracy Ryan | The Willing Eye | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1999 | Special Award | Victor France, Larry Mitchell, and Alison Wright | Abrolhos Islands Conversations | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 1999 | Writing for Young Adults | Glyn Parry | Scooterboy | Hodder Headline |

### 2000s

| Year | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| 2000 | Overall | Michèle Drouart | Into the Wadi | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2000 | Children's book | Kirsty Murray | Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish | Allen & Unwin |
| 2000 | Fiction | Simone Lazaroo | The Australian Fiancé | Pan Macmillan |
| 2000 | Non-fiction | Robert Drewe | The Shark Net: Memories and Murder | Viking |
| 2000 | Non-fiction | Michèle Drouart | Into the Wadi | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2000 | Poetry | Mark Reid | Parochial | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2000 | Writing for Young Adults | Anthony Eaton | The Darkness | University of Queensland Press |
| 2001 | Overall | Tim Winton | Dirt Music | Picador |
| 2001 | Children's book | Deborah Lisson | The Yankee Whaler | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Fiction | Tim Winton | Dirt Music | Picador |
| 2001 | Non-fiction | Jan Gothard | Blue China: Single Female Migration to Colonial Australia | Melbourne University Publishing |
| 2001 | Non-fiction | John Bailey | The White Divers of Broome | Macmillan |
| 2001 | Poetry | Dorothy Hewett | Halfway up the Mountain | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2001 | Script | Sally Riley and Archie Weller | Confessions of a Headhunter | |
| 2001 | Writing for Young Adults | Julia Lawrinson | Obsession | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2002 | Overall | Richard Bosworth | Mussolini | Edward Arnold |
| 2002 | Children's book | Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac | The Legend of Moondyne Joe | Cygnet/University of Western Australia |
| 2002 | Fiction | Gail Jones | Black Mirror | Picador |
| 2002 | Non-fiction | Richard Bosworth | Mussolini | Edward Arnold |
| 2002 | Non-fiction | Walmajarri storytellers, ed. Joyce Hudson, Pat Lowe, and Eirlys Richards | Out of the Desert: Stories from the Walmajarri Exodus | Magabala Books |
| 2002 | Poetry | Barbara Temperton | Going Feral | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2002 | Script | Hellie Turner | Bench | |
| 2002 | Writing for Young Adults | Pat Lowe | Feeling the Heat | Penguin |
| 2003 | Overall | Reg Cribb | Last Cab to Darwin | Pork Chop Productions/Black Swan Theatre Company |
| 2003 | Children's book | Mark Greenwood | The Legend of Lasseter's Reef | Cygnet/University of Western Australia |
| 2003 | Fiction | Brett D'Arcy | The Mindless Ferocity of Sharks | Vintage |
| 2003 | Non-fiction | John Dowson | Old Fremantle | University of Western Australia Press |
| 2003 | Non-fiction | Stephen Kinnane | Shadow Lines | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2003 | Poetry | John Kinsella | Peripheral Light | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2003 | Script | Reg Cribb | Last Cab to Darwin | Pork Chop Productions/Black Swan Theatre Company |
| 2003 | Writing for Young Adults | Colin Bowles | Nights in the Sun | Penguin |
| 2004 | Overall | Gail Jones | Sixty Lights | |
| 2004 | Children's book | Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding | A Home for Bilby | Magabala Books |
| 2004 | Fiction | Gail Jones | Sixty Lights | Random House Australia |
| 2004 | Non-fiction | Greg Craven | Conversations with the Constitution | University of New South Wales |
| 2004 | Non-fiction | Kate Lance | Redbill: From Pearls to Peace: The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2004 | Poetry | Miriam Wei Wei Lo | Against Certain Capture | Five Islands Press |
| 2004 | Script | Jolly Read | Yandy | Black Swan Theatre Company |
| 2004 | Western Australian History | Anthony Barker | Behind the Play | West Australian Football Commission |
| 2004 | Writing for Young Adults | Anthony Eaton | Fireshadow | University of Queensland |
| 2005 | Overall | Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson, and Yuwali | Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert | |
| 2005 | Children's book | Wendy Binks | Where's Stripey? | Stunned Emu Press |
| 2005 | Fiction | Carrie Tiffany | Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living | Picador |
| 2005 | Non-fiction | Philippa Nikulinsky and Stephen D Hopper | Soul of the Desert | Fremantle Arts Centre |
| 2005 | Non-fiction | Richard Bosworth | Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 | Allen Lane/Penguin |
| 2005 | Poetry | Rod Moran | The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970-2005 | Salt Publishing |
| 2005 | Script | Reg Cribb | Last Train to Freo | Sue Taylor Media |
| 2005 | Western Australian History | Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson, and Yuwali | Cleared Out: First Contact in the Western Desert | Aboriginal Studies Press |
| 2005 | Writing for Young Adults | Kirsty Murray | A Prayer for Blue Delaney | Allen & Unwin |
| 2006 | Overall | Shaun Tan | The Arrival | |
| 2006 | Children's book | Shaun Tan | The Arrival | Hachette Livre Australia |
| 2006 | Fiction | Simone Lazaroo | The Travel Writer | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 2006 | Non-fiction | Quentin Beresford | Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice | Aboriginal Studies Press |
| 2006 | Nonfiction | Peter Edwards | Arthur Tange: Last of the Mandarins | Allen & Unwin |
| 2006 | Poetry | Dennis Haskell | All the Time in the World | Salt Publishing |
| 2006 | Script | Hellie Turner | Sardines | Tropic Sun Theatre Queensland |
| 2006 | Western Australian History | Bobbie Oliver | The Workshops: A History of the Midland Government Railway Workshops | University of Western Australia Press |
| 2006 | Writing for Young Adults | Kate McCaffrey | Destroying Avalon | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| 2007 | Overall | Liz Lofthouse and Robert Ingpen | Ziba Came on a Boat | |
| 2007 | Children's book | Liz Lofthouse and Robert Ingpen | Ziba Came on a Boat | Viking Press |
| 2007 | Fiction | Stephen Scourfield | Other Country | Allen & Unwin |
| 2007 | History Section | Lucy Taksa | Bobbie Oliver and Patrick Bertola: The History of the Westrail Midland Railway Workshops | University of Western Australia Press |
| 2007 | Non-fiction | Antonio Buti | Sir Ronald Wilson: A Matter of Conscience | University of Western Australia Press |
| 2007 | Poetry | Hal Colebatch | The Light River | Connor Court Publishing |
| 2007 | Script | Elissa Down and Jimmy the Exploder | The Black Balloon | Black Balloon Film Productions |
| 2007 | Western Australian History | Ruth Marchant James | Cottesloe: A Town of Distinction | Town of Cottesloe |
| 2007 | Writing for Young Adults | Ken Spillman | Love Is a UFO | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| 2008 | Overall | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | |
| 2008 | Children's book | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | |
| 2008 | Fiction | Richard Flanagan | Wanting | |
| 2008 | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | |
| 2008 | Poetry | Bronwyn Lea | The Other Way Out | |
| 2008 | Script | Damien Millar | The Modern International Dead | |
| 2008 | Western Australian History | Brian Dibble | Doing Life: A biography of Elizabeth Jolley | |
| 2008 | Writing for Young Adults | Shaun Tan | Tales from Outer Suburbia | |
| 2009 | Overall | Shirley Barrett | South Solitary | |
| 2009 | Children's book | Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood | Harry & Hopper | |
| 2009 | Fiction | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | |
| 2009 | Fiction | J. M. Coetzee | Summertime | |
| 2009 | Non-fiction | Iain McCalman | Darwin's Armada | |
| 2009 | Poetry | Kate Middleton | Fire Season | |
| 2009 | Script | Shirley Barrett | South Solitary | |
| 2009 | Western Australian History | Penelope Hetherington | Paupers: Poor Relief & Poor Houses | |
| 2009 | Writing for Young Adults | Justine Larbalestier | Liar | |

### 2010s

| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result |
| 2010 | Overall | Kim Scott | That Deadman Dance | Winner |
| 2010 | Children's book | Sally Murphy and Rhian Nest James | Toppling | Winner |
| 2010 | Digital Narrative | Robin Craig Clark | The Garden | Winner |
| 2010 | Fiction | Kim Scott | That Deadman Dance | Winner |
| 2010 | Non-fiction | Jim Davidson | The Historian: W K Hancock | Winner |
| 2010 | People's Choice | Lisa Lang | Utopian Man | Winner |
| 2010 | Poetry | Mark Tredinnick | Fire Diary | Winner |
| 2010 | Script | Tommy Murphy | Gwen in Purgatory | Winner |
| 2010 | Western Australian History | Susanna Iuliano | Vite Italiane, Italian Lives in Western Australia | Winner |
| 2010 | Writing for Young Adults | Scot Gardner | Happy as Larry | Winner |
| 2010 | Writing for Young Adults | James Roy | Anonymity Jones | Winner |
| 2011 | Overall | Fiona Skyring | Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia | Winner |
| 2011 | Children's book | Michele Gillespie and Sonia Martinez | Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck | Winner |
| 2011 | Digital Narrative | Max Barry | Machine Man | Winner |
| 2011 | Fiction | Anna Funder | All That I Am | Winner |
| 2011 | Non-fiction | Alice Pung | Her Father's Daughter | Winner |
| 2011 | People's Choice | Anna Funder | All That I Am | Winner |
| 2011 | Poetry | Tracy Ryan | The Argument | Winner |
| 2011 | Script | Tim Winton and Ellen Fontana | Cloudstreet: The Screenplay | Winner |
| 2011 | Western Australian History | Fiona Skyring | Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia | Winner |
| 2011 | Writing for Young Adults | Penni Russon | Only Ever Always | Winner |
| 2012 | Overall | Michelle de Kretser | Questions of Travel | Winner |
| 2012 | Children's book | Peter Macinnis | Australian Backyard Naturalist | Winner |
| 2012 | Children's book | Stephen Herrick | Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend | Winner |
| 2012 | Digital Narrative | David Reiter | My Planets Reunion Memoir | Winner |
| 2012 | Fiction | Michelle de Kretser | Questions of Travel | Winner |
| 2012 | Non-fiction | Roger Averill | Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz | Winner |
| 2012 | People's Choice | Deborah Forster | The Meaning of Grace | Winner |
| 2012 | Poetry | Robert Gray | Cumulus | Winner |
| 2012 | Script | Ingle Knight | The Fremantle Candidate | Winner |
| 2012 | Western Australian History | Aboriginal Studies Press | Kurlumarniny: We come from the Desert | Winner |
| 2012 | Writing for Young Adults | Margo Lanagan | Sea Hearts | Winner |
| 2014 | Overall | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Winner |
| 2014 | Children's book | Jan Ormerod and Andrew Joyner | The Swap | Winner |
| 2014 | Children's book | Dianne Wolfer and Brian Simmonds | Light Horse Boy | Winner |
| 2014 | Digital Narrative | Christy Dena | AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS | Winner |
| 2014 | Emerging Writer's Award | Yvette Walker | Letters to the End of Love | Winner |
| 2014 | Fiction | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Winner |
| 2014 | Non-fiction | Kristina Olsson | Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir | Winner |
| 2014 | People's Choice | Tim Winton | Eyrie | Winner |
| 2014 | Poetry | Paul Hetherington | Six Different Windows | Winner |
| 2014 | Script | Van Badham | The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars | Winner |
| 2014 | Western Australian History | Margaret Simons | Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man | Winner |
| 2014 | Writing for Young Adults | Alyssa Brugman | Alex as Well | Winner |
| 2016 | Overall | Helen Garner | This House of Grief | Winner |
| 2016 | Children's Books | Glenda Millard, illustrated by Stephen Michael King | The Duck and the Darklings | Winner |
| 2016 | Digital Narrative | David P. Reiter | Timelord Dreaming | Winner |
| 2016 | Fiction | Joan London | The Golden Age | Winner |
| 2016 | Non-fiction | Helen Garner | This House of Grief | Winner |
| 2016 | People's Choice Award | Miles Allinson | Fever of Animals | Winner |
| 2016 | Poetry | Lucy Dougan | The Guardians | Winner |
| 2016 | Script | Suzie Miller | Dust | Winner |
| 2016 | Western Australian Emerging Writers Award | Brooke Davis | Lost and Found | Winner |
| 2016 | Western Australian History | Ruth A. Morgan | Running Out? Water in WA | Winner |
| 2016 | Young Adult | Claire Zorn | The Protected | Winner |
| 2018 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Kirli Saunders | Mother Speaks | Winner |
| 2018 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Reneé Pettitt-Schipp | The Sky Runs Right Through Us | Winner |
| 2018 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Kelly Canby | The Hole Story | Winner |
| 2018 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | A. J. Betts | | Winner |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame | Kim Scott | | Winner |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Amanda Curtin | | Winner |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Lucy Dougan | | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Rafeif Ismail | | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Caitlin Maling | | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Carl Merrison | | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Holden Sheppard | Invisible Boys | Winner |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Bindy Pritchard | Fabulous Lives | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Virginia Jealous | Rapture's Roadway | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | David Pollock | The Wooleen Way | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Helen Milroy | Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Teela May Reid | Our Matriarchs Matter | Winner |
| 2019 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Ellen van Neerven | 18 Comments | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Elizabeth Stuart | Swell | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Jannali Jones | Yenda | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Krista Dunstan | Noble Intentions | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Meg McKinlay | Catch a Falling Star | Winner |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Kathryn Lefroy | Alex and the Alpacas Save the World | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Leila Rudge | Let me Sleep, Sheep! | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Michael Speechley | The Gift | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Fiona Burrows | Violet and Nothing | Shortlist |

### 2020s

| Year | Category | Writer | Title | Publisher | Result |
| 2020 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Sisonke Msimang | | | Winner |
| 2020 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Amanda Bridgeman | | | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Donna Mazza | | | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Jon Doust | | | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Madelaine Dickie | | | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Rebecca Giggs | Fathoms: The World in the Whale | Scribe | Winner |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Yuot A. Alaak | Father of the Lost Boys | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Pattie Lees and Adam C. Lees | A Question of Colour | Magabala Books | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Sophie McNeill | We Can't Say We Didn't Know | ABC Books | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Catherine Noske | The Salt Madonna | Pan Macmillan Australia | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler | Dirran | | Winner |
| 2020 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors | Natasha Leslie | Home Is Calling | | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Matt Ottley | How to Make a Bird | | Winner |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Kelly Canby | Littlelight | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Shirley Purdie | Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe | Magabala Books | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Bren MacDibble | Across The Risen Sea | Allen & Unwin | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Helen Milroy | Willy-willy Wagtail: Tales from the Bush Mob | Magabala Books | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame | Doris Pilkington Garimara | | | Winner |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Nandi Chinna | | | Winner |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Caitlin Maling | | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | David Whish-Wilson | | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | John Mateer | | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Julia Lawrinson | | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Elfie Shiosaki | Homecoming | Magabala Books | Winner |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Cindy Solonec | Debesa | Magabala Books | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Josephine Taylor | Eye of a Rook | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | David Allan-Petale | Locust Summer | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Emily Sun | Vociferate | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Writing | Mariah Sweetman | Robert Runs | | Winner |
| 2021 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Writing | Sean Owen | Jack Trials: Whistling Spider | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Writing | Shirleyann Wilson | That One Summer | | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Shirley Marr | A Glasshouse of Stars | Puffin | Winner |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Steve Heron | One Thousand Snapshots | Shawline | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | James Foley | Stellarphant | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Cristy Burne and Denis Knight | Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows | Lothian | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Premier's Prize for Writing for Children | Katie Stewart | Where Do the Stars Go? | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Tracy Ryan | | | Winner |
| 2023 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Carolyn Wadley Dowley | | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Madison Godfrey | | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Michael Trant | | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Norman Jorgensen | | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Nathan Hobby | The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard | Melbourne University Publishing | Winner |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Robert Drewe | Nimblefoot | Penguin Random House | |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Joe Fox | The Shield and the Spear: the Kimberley Land Council | Magabala Books | |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Louise Helfgott | Thistledown Seed: A Memoir | Brandl & Schlesinger | |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Scott-Patrick Mitchell | Clean | Upswell Publishing | |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Josh Kemp | Banjawarn | UWA Publishing | Winner |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Alan Fyfe | T | Transit Lounge | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Thomas Simpson | Bone Picker | Ginninderra Press | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Vivien Stuart | Acacia House | self-published | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Madeline Te Whiu | The Assassin Thief | New Dawn Publishing | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Jared Thomas | Uncle Xbox (Book 2) - Getting Dusty | | Winner |
| 2023 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Kristie Harris | A Queen's Glory | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Kim Morrison | The Ultimate AGD | | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Leonard Cronin (Chris Nixon, illustrator) | Wild Australian Life | Allen & Unwin | Winner |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Moira Court | Lion Is That You | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble | The Raven's Song | Allen & Unwin | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Helen Milroy | Owl and Star | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Judith Vun Price and Jacqui Vun | Nenek Tata and the Mangrove Menace | Crotchet Quaver noteworthy publications | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Kylie Howarth | | | Winner |
| 2024 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Lucy Dougan | | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Alan Fyfe | | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Laurie Steed | | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Western Australian Writer's Fellowship | Emma Young | | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Stephen Daisley | A Better Place | Text | Winner |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | John Kinsella | Cellnight: A Verse Novel | Transit Lounge | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Viki Cramer | The Memory of Trees | Thames & Hudson | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Paul Grace | Operation Hurricane | Hachette | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Book of the Year | Jill Griffiths | What's for Dinner? | Thames & Hudson | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Michael Thomas | The Map of William | Fremantle Press | Winner |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Chemutai Glasheen | I Am the Mau and Other Stories | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Georgia Tree | Old Boy | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Molly Schmidt | Salt River Road | Fremantle Press | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Gemma Nisbet | The Things We Live With | Upswell | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Marly and Linda Wells | "Dusty Tracks" | | Winner |
| 2024 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Stephen Hagan | "Acacia: 6 Eyes on Yesterday" | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Maureen Glover | "Brothers in Arms" | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction | Elise Thornthwaite | "Underneath the Surface" | | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Dianne Wolfer | Scout and the Rescue Dogs | Walker Books | Winner |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Julia Lawrinson (Heather Potter & Mark Jackson, illustrators) | City of Light | Wild Dog | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Ash Harrier | The Eerie Excavation: An Alice England mystery | Pantera | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Gabriel Evans | A Friend for George | Puffin | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year | Mark Greenwood (Frané Lessac, illustrator) | Our Country: Where History Happened | Walker Books | Shortlist |