WA Premier's Book Awards

The awards support, develop and recognise excellence in Western Australian writing. The State Library of Western Australia manages the Premier's Book Awards on behalf of the Government of Western Australia. 

The 2025 Awards will open soon  and will be open to  books published or self-published in 2024.

The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction is administered and presented by Magabala Books External link. Consult their website  External linkfor more details on how to enter. 

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The logo is based on an original illustration, "Constellation" by © Moira Court, from the enchanting children's book My Superhero written by Chris Owen (Fremantle Press), shortlisted in 2023 and 2014 for Best Children's Book. Original illustrations from the book can be viewed on the Catalogue (PWC/218) Catalogue link.

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Winners and Shortlists from previous years of the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.