Miles Franklin Award

Miles Franklin Award
Awarded for	a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases
Sponsored by	Estate of Miles Franklin
Location	Australia
First awarded	1957
Official website	Miles Franklin Award

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (published in 1901) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award. As of 2016, the award is valued A$60,000.

Shortlisted titles are only shown for the years 1987 onwards. No record has yet been found for any shortlists being released prior to that year. Winners are listed in bold type.

1987

1988 Note: Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement, so no award was made in this year.

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Note: Dorothy Porter's What a Piece of Work is the first verse novel to be shortlisted.

2001

Note: Matthew Kneale's novel is the first by a non-Australian to be shortlisted for the award. Hannie Rayson's, Life after George, is the first play to be shortlisted.

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Longlisted titles are only shown for the years 2005 onwards. That was the first year that such a list was released by the judging panel. The number of works included on the longlist varies from year to year.