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The Miles Franklin Award

One of the most prestigious Australian literary awards, granted annually for a novel depicting Australian life in any period.

Award Criteria

Awarded for the best novel of the year by an Australian author, depicting some aspect of Australian experience.

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2025 Winner

WINNER

Siang Lu

Ghost Cities

Shortlist (5)

1

Brian Castro Chinese Postman

2

Michelle de Kretser Theory and Practice

3

Winnie Dunn Dirt Poor Islanders

4

Julie Janson Compassion

5

Fiona McFarlane Highway 13

2024 Winner

WINNER

Alexis Wright

Praiseworthy

Shortlist (4)

1

Jen Craig Wall

2

Andre Dao Anam

3

Gregory Day The Bell of the World

4

Sanya Rushdi Hospital

2023 Winner

WINNER

Shankari Chandran

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shortlist (4)

1

Robbie Arnott Limberlost

2

Jessica Au Cold Enough for Snow

3

Yumna Kassab The Lovers

4

Fiona Kelly McGregor Iris

2022 Winner

WINNER

Jennifer Down

Bodies of Light

Shortlist (4)

1

Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Other Half of You

2

Michelle de Kretser Scary Monsters

3

Alice Pung One Hundred Days

4

Michael Winkler Grimmish

2021 Winner

WINNER

Amanda Lohrey

The Labyrinth

Shortlist (4)

1

Aravind Adiga Amnesty

2

Robbie Arnott The Rain Heron

3

Andrew Pippos Lucky's

4

Madeleine Watts The Inland Sea

2020 Winner

WINNER

Tara June Winch

The Yield

Shortlist (4)

1

Carrie Tiffany Exploded View

2

Philip Salom The Returns

3

Peggy Frew Islands

4

Tony Birch The White Girl

2019 Winner

WINNER

Melissa Lucashenko

Too Much Lip

Shortlist (5)

1

Gail Jones The Death of Noah Glass

2

Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Lebs

3

Gregory Day A Sand Archive

4

Rodney Hall A Stolen Season

5

Jennifer Mills Dyschronia

2018 Winner

WINNER

Michelle de Kretser

The Life to Come

Shortlist (5)

1

Eva Hornung The Last Garden

2

Gerald Murnane Border Districts

3

Felicity Castagna No More Boats

4

Catherine McKinnon Storyland

5

Kim Scott Taboo

2017 Winner

WINNER

Josephine Wilson

Extinctions

Shortlist (4)

1

Mark O'Flynn The Last Days of Ava Langdon

2

Emily Maguire An Isolated Incident

3

Ryan O'Neill Their Brilliant Careers

4

Philip Salom Waiting

2016 Winner

WINNER

A. S. Patric

Black Rock White City

Shortlist (4)

1

Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things

2

Peggy Frew Hope Farm

3

Myfanwy Jones Leap

4

Lucy Treloar Salt Creek

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