2009 Melbourne Prize for Literature Shortlists

Best Writing Award 2009

Tom Cho, Look Who's Morphing, Giramondo
Joel Deane, Magisterium, Arcadia
Lisa Gorton, Press Release, Giramondo
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin
Simmone Howell, Everything Beautiful, Pan Macmillan
Myfanwy Jones, The Rainy Season, Viking
Lally Katz, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd, HLA
Nam Le, The Boat, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin
Amra Pajalic, The Good Daughter, Text
Jeff Sparrow, Killing, Melbourne University Press

There is also a Civic Choice Award which is basically a Readers' Choice award with the candidates being those on the Best Writing Award list.  That award will be announced on 27th November.  Presumably the two major awards will also be announced on that date.