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Award judging panel

^{Angela Meyer, Julia Carlomagno and Lliane Clarke (pictured left to right)}

The judges of the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award are a distinguished panel of literary experts – authors, scholars and industry professionals. They bring a wealth of knowledge and a deep appreciation for literature, ensuring that each nominated title is thoroughly evaluated for its quality of research, literary merit, readability and value to the community. Their dedication to maintaining the award's high standards is central to recognising and celebrating Australia’s finest writers.

Find out more about the 2025 judging panel below.

Lliane Clarke

With a passion for diverse written and spoken stories and over 20 years of experience in publishing in print and online, Sydney based writer and arts producer Lliane Clark joins the Nib Literary Award judging panel in 2025. Lliane has written and commissioned titles for markets in Australia and abroad for companies such as New Hobsons Press, New Holland Publishers International, Bauer Media Books, Emap Media Magazines and others. She currently runs manuscript assessment sessions for Writing NSW and is Artistic Director of Voices of Women, a literary and performance program that focuses on monologue as an art form.

Julia Carlomagno

Melbourne-based publisher and editor Julia Carlomagno joined the panel in 2023. Julia has been lucky to work with some of the country’s best writers at houses including Monash University Publishing, Penguin, Macmillan, Scribe and Black Inc. She holds a degree in English Literature and a Master in Publishing and is the recipient of Australia’s two national editing awards, the Barbara Ramsden and the Rosie Award for Editorial Excellence. She taught editing at RMIT University for several years and has judged many other literary prizes.

Angela Meyer

Melbourne-based writer, lecturer and publishing professional Angela Meyer joined the panel in 2024. Angela has worked in the book industry for almost two decades, including as a bookseller, book journalist, Books+Publishing editor, commissioning editor and publisher, freelance editor and author. She is currently a lecturer in the Masters of Writing and Publishing at RMIT. Her debut novel, A Superior Spectre, was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award, the MUD Literary Prize, an ABIA, the Readings Prize and a Saltire Literary Society Award. She is the author of a novella, Joan Smokes, which won the inaugural Mslexia Novella Award (UK), and a book of flash fiction, Captives. Her second novel, Moon Sugar, was released in 2022. She has a Doctor of Creative Arts from the Writing and Society Research Group at Western Sydney University.

Express your interest in becoming an award judge

Each year Waverley Council invites writers, authors, academics, literary critics, and book industry professionals to express their interest in joining the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Judging Panel. A new judge is appointed annually for a three-year term, completing the panel of three. The annual judging cycle typically spans from late April until October. Judges are appointed by Waverley Council with support from the independent Nib Advisory Group.

Expressions of interest will open again in 2026. For more information, email nibaward@waverley.nsw.gov.au.