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Longlist, finalists & winners
Waverley Council is delighted to announce the longlist for this year’s $40,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. View the full longlist here. Congratulations to all longlisted authors and their publishers.
Finalists
Our 2024 finalists will each receive the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize ($1,500) and become eligible for the Nib People’s Choice Prize, awarded by popular vote. Voting is now open and closes on 17 October 2024.
Winners
Recipients of the Nib People's Choice Prize and $40,000 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award will be announced at a public event on 27 November 2025.
Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
Reaching Through Time (Shauna Bostock, Allen & Unwin)
Book of Life (Deborah Conway, Allen & Unwin)
Donald Horne (Ryan Cropp,La Trobe University Press)
Wifedom (Anna Funder, Hamish Hamilton)
Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)
What the Trees See (Dave Witty, Monash University Publishing)
Read more about the 2024 Shortlist Prize winners.
Judges follow Waverley Council's conflict-of-interest procedure whereby conflicts are declared, and members of the judging panel do not participate in judging decisions regarding these titles.
Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
An Intimate History of Evolution (Alison Bashford, Allen Lane)
Nib People’s Choice Prize
The Age of Seeds (Fiona McMillan-Webster, Thames & Hudson Australia)
Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton)
Emperors in Lilliput (Jim Davidson, The Miegunyah Press)
Life So Full of Promise (Ross McMullin, Scribe Publications)
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by (Brigitta Oluba, Virago)
Read more about the 2023 Prize winners.
Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
Signs and Wonders (Delia Falconer, Scribner Australia)
Nib People’s Choice Prize
Mortals (Rachel E. Menzies and Ross G. Menzies, Allen & Unwin)
Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium (Tim Bonyhady, Text Publishing)
The Asparagus Wars (Carol Major, ES Press)
Mafioso (Colin McLaren, Hachette Australia)
Here Goes Nothing (Steve Toltz, Penguin Random House)
Read more about 2022 Prize winners.
Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
Amnesia Road: Landscape, violence and memory (Luke Stegemann, NewSouth)
Nib People’s Choice Prize
Son of the Brush (Tim Olsen, Allen & Unwin)
Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize:
Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim (Gabrielle Carey, UQP)
The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek (Kate Holden, BlackInc.)
A Letter to Layla: Travels to Our Deep Past and Near Future (Ramona Koval, Text Publishing)
The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death & Faith (Sarah Krasnostein, Text Publishing)
Read more about 2021 Prize winners.
For enquiries about this award, email nibaward@waverley.nsw.gov.au.
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