Marginalia — Awards
Kaya Ortiz wins the inaugural Dr Charmaine Papertalk Green Smith Prize for Poetry in the 2026 WA Premier's Book Awards
Lauren Pratt Awards Kaya Ortiz Past & Parallel Lives WA Premier's Book Awards
UWA Publishing author, Kaya Ortiz, has been named the inaugural winner of the Dr Charmaine Papertalk Green Smith Prize for Poetry in the 2026 WA Premier's Book Awards.
The Pull of the Moon shortlisted in the 2026 South Australian Literary Awards
Lauren Pratt Awards Pip Smith South Australian Literary Awards The Pull of the Moon
The young adult shortlistees include Pip Smith, Olivia De Zilva, Sharon Kernot and Margot McGovern. The winner will be announced at the State Library of South Australia in November this year and will be awarded $15,000.
Two UWA Publishing books shortlisted for the 2026 Margaret Medcalf Award
Lauren Pratt Awards Collecting the West Margaret Medcalf Award Riots
Congratulations to the UWA Publishing authors shortlisted for the 2026 Margaret Medcalf Award.
Two UWAP titles shortlisted for the 2026 WA Premier's Book Awards
Lauren Pratt Awards Kaya Ortiz Poetry Shey Marque WA Premier's Book Awards
More than 30 published authors have been recognised across six categories, including past winners and finalists, recipients of national awards and new, emerging voices
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra wins the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Fiction Literature
Lauren Pratt Awards Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Ella and the Frogs Hykie Breeze
The Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature, now in its 31st year, recognises books that inspire a love for nature-from the soil below to the canopy above.