The winners of the WA Premier's Awards for 2004 (an award that slipped under the Matilda radar) have now been announced. The winners:
Fiction
Sixty Lights, Gail Jones [along with the Premier's Award]
Poetry
Against Certain Capture, Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Non-Fiction
Conversations with the Constitution, Greg Craven
Redbill: From Pearls to Peace - The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger, Kate Lance
West Australian History Award
Behind the Play, Anthony Maker
Children's Books
A Home for Bilby, Joanne Crawford & Grace Fielding
Young Adults' Award
Fireshadow, Anthony Eaton
Script Award
Yandy, Jolly Read
Full details of the shortlists are also available. It is interesting to note that Jones and Winton have now gone head-to-head in two Premier's awards with the current score being one-all. Jones is also nominated for the Miles Franklin Award, unlike Winton.
