The Tasmanian Literary Awards celebrate excellence in the Tasmanian literary sector, raise the profile of Tasmanian authors and foster literary talent in our State. They are administered by Arts Tasmania on behalf of the Tasmanian Government.

Premier's Prize for Fiction

• Heartsease by Kate Kruimink (Pan Macmillan Australia, 2024)
• Limberlost by Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing, 2022)
• The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell (Penguin Random House, 2022)

Premier's Prize for Non-fiction

• Convict Orphans by Lucy Frost (Allen & Unwin, 2023)
• Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths by Matthew Lamb (Penguin Random House, 2023)
• Graft by Maggie MacKellar (Penguin Random House, 2023)
• Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose (Allen & Unwin, 2022)

Minister for the Arts' Prize for Books for Young Readers and Children

• Amazing Animal Journeys by Jennifer Cossins (Lothian Children’s Books, 2022)
• Digger Digs Down by Johanna Bell, illustrated by Huni Melissa Bolliger (University of Queensland Press, 2024)
• Feathered Alphabet by Monica Reeve (Forty South Publishing, 2023)

Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry

• AfterLife by Kathryn Lomer (Puncher & Wattmann, 2023)
• say, a river by Pam Schindler (Ginninderra Press, 2023)
• Slack Tide by Sarah Day (Pitt Street Poetry, 2022)
• Ways to Say Goodbye by Anne Kellas (Liquid Amber Press, 2023)

University of Tasmania Prize

• Deceptions by Stella Kent
• Department of the Vanishing by Johanna Bell
• Fire Lights by Gemma Gilmore
• The 7 Elaborate Defences of Frederick Irvine by Blake Nuto