The ACT Writing and Publishing Awards are an Australian literary award presented by the ACT Writers Centre for the best books in the categories of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature written in the Canberra region. They have been awarded since 2004. The winners in each category receive a $500 prize.
The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship is for an emerging ACT region writer, and commemorates Anne Edgeworth (also known as Anne Godfrey-Smith).
The June Shenfield Poetry Award is for an emerging Australian poet, and is awarded in collaboration with Demos Journal.
The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award is for an emerging ACT region writer. It was established to commemorate the late short story writer Graber-McInnis, who lived in Canberra.
The Michael Thwaites Poetry Award was previously known as the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Award.
The Publishing awards span four categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books.
List of winners
2004
Non-fiction – Huts in the Victorian Alps by Klaus Hueneke
Fiction – You by Narelle Wickham
Poetry – Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets by Geoff Page
2005
Non-fiction – Days of Innocents edited by Hilary Trotter
Fiction – Trouble in the Garden by Peter Frankis
Poetry – Unfinished Journey by Michael Thwaites
Children's – The Year of the Mean Queen by Graeme Hume and Caroline Ambrus
2006
Non-fiction – Unlocking History's Secrets by Graeme Barrow & "Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview" By Donna Maree Hanson Fiction – The Grinding House by Kaaron Warren Poetry – Southbound by Michael Byrne Children's – Not Awarded
2007
Non-fiction – Men at Birth by David Vernon
Fiction – Ghosts in the Helmet Trees by Rory Steele
Poetry – Verbal Medicine by Tim Metcalf
Children's – Secrets by Stephen Matthews
2008
Non-fiction – Rainbow by Jennifer Horsfield
Fiction – Not a Flotation Device by Peter Frankis
Poetry – Migrant writer on a bus, thinking of Kundera by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers (unpublished poem by an ACT writer) Andy Jackson (unpublished poem by an Australian writer) Children's –
2009
Non-fiction – The Campbell Community by Alan Foskett
Fiction – Smoke and mirrors by Kel Robertson
Poetry – Sleeping Alone by Michael Thorley
Children's – Butterscotch: Family and Friends by William Nevin Morison & Rebecca Dempsey Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award – Basant by Maryanne Khan
2010
Non-fiction – Capital Sailing: The history of the Canberra Yacht Club 1959–2009 by Alan Foskett Fiction – Hornet Bank by Gordon Reid Poetry – Before Afterwards by Leon Trainor Children's – (not awarded) Short story – "Acts of Kindness" by Jennifer Shapcott
2011
Non-fiction – Who Lied? The Ly-ee-moon Disaster and a Question of Truth by Graeme Barrow Fiction – Dead Sea Fruit by Kaaron Warren Poetry – A Man of Emails by Michael Byrne Children's – (not awarded) Short story – The Day for Travelling by Robyn Cadwallader