Miles Franklin Award

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".[1] The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (1901). She bequeathed her estate to fund this award.[2] As of 2016, the award is valued A$60,000.[3]

Miles Franklin Award
Awarded fora novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases
Sponsored byEstate of Miles Franklin
LocationAustralia
First awarded1957
WebsiteMiles Franklin Award

Winners
Year Author Title Publisher
1957[4] Patrick White Voss Eyre & Spottiswoode
1958[5] Randolph Stow To the Islands Macdonald
1959[6] Vance Palmer The Big Fellow Angus and Robertson
1960[7] Elizabeth O'Conner The Irishman Angus and Robertson
1961[8] Patrick White Riders in the Chariot Eyre & Spottiswoode
1962[9] Thea Astley
George Turner		 The Well Dressed Explorer
The Cupboard Under the Stairs		 Angus & Robertson
Cassell
1963[10] Sumner Locke Elliott Careful, He Might Hear You Harper and Row
1964[11] George Johnston My Brother Jack Collins
1965[12] Thea Astley The Slow Natives Angus and Robertson
1966[13] Peter Mathers Trap Cassell
1967[14] Thomas Keneally Bring Larks and Heroes Cassell
1968[15] Thomas Keneally Three Cheers for the Paraclete Angus and Robertson
1969[16] George Johnston Clean Straw for Nothing Collins
1970[17] Dal Stivens A Horse of Air Angus and Robertson
1971[18] David Ireland The Unknown Industrial Prisoner Angus and Robertson
1972[19] Thea Astley The Acolyte Angus and Robertson
1973 No award
1974[20] Ronald McKie The Mango Tree Collins
1975[21] Xavier Herbert Poor Fellow My Country Fontana Books
1976[22] David Ireland The Glass Canoe Macmillan
1977 Ruth Park Swords and Crowns and Rings Nelson Books
1978 Jessica Anderson Tirra Lirra by the River Macmillan
1979 David Ireland A Woman of the Future Penguin Books
1980[23] Jessica Anderson The Impersonators Macmillan
1981[24] Peter Carey Bliss Faber and Faber
1982 Rodney Hall Just Relations Penguin Books
1983 No award
1984[25] Tim Winton Shallows Allen & Unwin
1985[26] Christopher Koch The Doubleman Chatto & Windus
1986 Elizabeth Jolley The Well Viking Press
1987 Glenda Adams Dancing on Coral Viking Press
1988 No award Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement.
1989 Peter Carey Oscar and Lucinda University of Queensland Press
1990[27] Tom Flood Oceana Fine Allen & Unwin
1991 David Malouf The Great World Chatto & Windus
1992 Tim Winton Cloudstreet Penguin Books
1993[28] Alex Miller The Ancestor Game Penguin Books
1994 Rodney Hall The Grisly Wife Macmillan
1995 Helen Demidenko The Hand That Signed the Paper Allen & Unwin
1996 Christopher Koch Highways to a War Heinemann
1997 David Foster The Glade Within the Grove Vintage
1998 Peter Carey Jack Maggs University of Queensland Press
1999 Murray Bail Eucalyptus Random House
2000 Thea Astley
Kim Scott		 Drylands
Benang		 Penguin Books
Fremantle Press
2001 Frank Moorhouse Dark Palace Knopf
2002 Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador
2003 Alex Miller Journey to the Stone Country Allen & Unwin
2004 Shirley Hazzard The Great Fire Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2005 Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen & Unwin
2006 Roger McDonald The Ballad of Desmond Kale Vintage
2007 Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo
2008 Steven Carroll The Time We Have Taken HarperCollins Publishers
2009 Tim Winton Breath Hamish Hamilton
2010 Peter Temple Truth Text Publishing
2011 Kim Scott That Deadman Dance Picador
2012 Anna Funder All That I Am Hamish Hamilton
2013 Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin
2014[29] Evie Wyld All the Birds, Singing Random House
2015[30] Sofie Laguna The Eye of the Sheep Allen & Unwin
2016[31] A. S. Patrić Black Rock White City Transit Lounge
2017[32] Josephine Wilson Extinctions UWA Publishing
2018[33] Michelle de Kretser The Life to Come Allen & Unwin
2019 Melissa Lucashenko Too Much Lip University of Queensland Press
2020[34] Tara June Winch The Yield Penguin Random House

Shortlisted works

Shortlisted titles are only shown for the years 1987 onwards. No record has yet been found for any shortlists being released prior to that year. Winners are listed in bold type.

1980s

1987

1988 Note: Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement, so no award was made in this year.

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

Note: Dorothy Porter's What a Piece of Work is the first verse novel to be shortlisted.

2001

Note: Matthew Kneale's novel is the first by a non-Australian to be shortlisted for the award. Hannie Rayson's, Life after George, is the first play to be shortlisted.

2002

2003

2004[35]

2005[36]

2006[37]

2007[38]

2008[39]

2009[40][41]

2010s

2010[42]

2011[43]

2012[44]

2013[45]

2014[46]

2015[47]

2016[48]

2017[49][50]

2018[51]

2019[52]

2020s

2020[54]

Longlisted works

Longlisted titles are only shown for the years 2005 onwards. That was the first year that such a list was released by the judging panel. The number of works included on the longlist varies from year to year.

2005

2006[55]

2007[56]

2008[57]

2009[58]

2010[59]

2011[60]

2012[61]

2013[62]

2014[63]

2015[64]

2016[65]

2017[66]

  • The Easy Way Out, Steven Amsterdam
  • An Isolated Incident, Emily Maguire
  • The Last Days of Ava Langdon, Mark O'Flynn
  • Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill
  • A Loving, Faithful Animal, Josephine Rowe
  • Waiting, Philip Salom
  • Where The Trees Are, Inga Simpson
  • Hold, Kirsten Tranter
  • Extinctions, Josephine Wilson

2018[67]

  • A Long Way from Home, Peter Carey (Penguin Random House)
  • No More Boats, Felicity Castagna (Giramondo Publishing)
  • The Life to Come, Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
  • The Crying Place, Lia Hills (Allen & Unwin)
  • The Last Garden, Eva Hornung (Text Publishing)
  • Some Tests, Wayne Macauley (Text Publishing)
  • Storyland, Catherine McKinnon (HarperCollins Publishers)
  • Border Districts, Gerald Murnane (Giramondo Publishing)
  • From the Wreck, Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)
  • The Restorer, Michael Sala (Text Publishing)
  • Taboo, Kim Scott (Picador Australia/Pan Macmillan Australia)

2019[68]

2020[69]

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See also

References
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