Premier’s Award (National)
- 2008 Urban myths: 210 Poems by John Tranter
- 2006 Sixty Lights by Gail Jones (Vintage Books)
- 2004 Wild Surmise by Dorothy Porter (Picador)
- 2002 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (University of Queensland Press)
- 2000 Mr Darwin’s Shooter by Roger McDonald (Vintage Books)
- 1998 The Drowner by Robert Drewe (Pan MacMillan)
- 1996 The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery (Reed Books)
Award for Children’s Literature (National)
- 2008 Don’t call me Ishmael! by Michael Gerard Bauer
- 2006 It’s Not All About You, Calma! by Barry Jonsberg (Allen and Unwin)
- 2004 Abyssinia by Ursula Dubosarsky (Viking Penguin)
- 2002 Lirael by Garth Nix (Harper Collins)
- 2000 Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne (Puffin Penguin)
- 1998 The Listmaker by Robin Klein (Viking Penguin)
- 1996 The Third Day, The Frost by John Marsden (Pan MacMillan Australia)
- 1994 Angel’s Gate by Gary Crew (William Heinemann Australia)
- 1992 The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson (Viking Penguin)
- 1990 Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein (Hyland House)
- 1988 Space Demons by Gillian Rubinstein (Omnibus Books)
- 1986 The Long Night Watch by Ivan Southall (Methuen)
Award For Fiction (National)
- 2008 The ballad of Desmond Kale by Roger McDonald
- 2006 Sixty Lights by Gail Jones (Vintage Books)
- 2004 Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings (Picador)
- 2002 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (University of Queensland Press)
- 2000 Mr Darwin’s Shooter by Roger McDonald (Vintage Books)
- 1998 The Drowner by Robert Drewe (Pan MacMillan)
- 1996 Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan (McPhee Gribble/Penguin)
- 1994 Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse (William Heinemann Australia)
- 1992 The Great World by David Malouf (Chatto & Windus)
- 1990 Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (UQP)
- 1988 Julia Paradise by Rod Jones (McPhee Gribble)
- 1986 The Children’s Bach by Helen Garner (McPhee Gribble)
Award for innovation in writing (National)
- 2008 Someone else: Fictional essays by John Hughes
- 2006 <More or Less> 1-100 by MTC Cronin (Shearsman Books)
- 2004 The Eastern Slope Chronicle by Ouyang Yu (Brandl and Schlesinger)
- Award for Non-Fiction (National)
- 2006 Velocity by Mandy Sayer (Vintage)
- 2004 Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island by Rebe Taylor (Wakefield Press)
- 2002 Leviathan: the unauthorised biography of Sydney by John Birmingham (Random House)
- 2000 Throwim Way Leg: An Adventure by Tim Flannery (Text Publishing Company)
- 1998 Claiming a Continent: A History of Australia by David Day (HarperCollins)
- 1996 The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery (Reed Books)
- 1994 Sort of a Place Like Home: Remembering the Moore River Native Settlement by Susan Maushart
(Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
- 1992 Patrick White – A Life by David Marr (Random House Australia)
- 1990 Satura by John Bray (Wakefield Press) (for South Australian non-fiction)
- 1988 The Myriad Faces of War by Trevor Wilson (Polity/Blackwells) (for South Australian non-fiction)
- 1986 A History of Prince Alfred College by R M Gibbs (Peacock Publications) (for South Australian
- non-fiction)
The Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award for the creative development of a play script by a South Australian writer
- 2008 Merger – art, life and the other thing by Duncan Graham
- 2006 This Uncharted Hour by Finegan Kruckemeyer
- 2004 Beautiful Words: A Trilogy by Sean Riley
- 2002 Small Faith by Josh Tyler
The John Bray Award for Poetry (National)
- 2006 Totem by Luke Davies (Allen Unwin)
- 2004 Wild Surmise by Dorothy Porter (Picador)
- 2002 Around Here by Cath Kenneally (Wakefield Press)
- 2000 The Harbour by Dimitris Tsaloumas (UQP)
- 1998 The Blue Cloud of Crying by Peter Boyle (Hale & Ironmonger)
- 1996 The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony by John Kinsella (Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
- 1994 Between Glances by Andrew Lansdown (Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
- 1992 Last Poems by Vincent Buckley (McPhee Gribble)
- 1990 Bone Scan by Gwen Harwood (Angus & Robertson)
- 1988 The Daylight Moon by Les A Murray (Angus & Robertson)
- 1986 Selected Poems – 1963-1983 by Robert Gray (Angus & Robertson)
Award for an Unpublished Manuscript by a South Australian Writer to be published by Wakefield Press
- 2008 The second fouling Mark by Stephen Orr
- 2006 The Quakers by Rachel Hennessy
- 2004 Goddamn Bus of Happiness by Stefan Laszczuk
- 2002 The Black Dream by Corrie Hosking
Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship
- 2008 Steve Evans
- 2006 Mike Ladd
- 2004 Kirsty Brooks
- 2002 Graham Rowlands
- 2000 Jan Owen
- 1998 Cath Kenneally
- 1996 Moya Costello
- 1994 Barry Westburg
Carclew Fellowships
- 2008 Rosanne Hawke
- 2006 Christine Harris
- 2004 Marguerite Hann-Syme
- 2002 Ruth Starke
- 2000 Ian Bone
- 1998 Phil Cummings
- 1996 Chris Tugwell
- 1994 Peter McFarlane
- 1992 Anne Brookman
- 1990 Anne-Marie Mykyta
- 1988 Geoff Goodfellow
