A big congratulations to all the wonderful authors who have been shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards in fiction, non-fiction, young adult, children’s, short story, poetry and emerging writer categories.

The finalists include Booked Out’s very own Anna Krien for Act of Grace (Fiction Book Award), Alice Bishop for A Constant Hum (University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection) and Tristan Bancks for Detention (Griffith University Children’s Book Award).

State Library of Queensland proudly manages the awards in collaboration with sponsors, industry partners and the writing community.

See the full shortlists for each category here.