Peter Goldsworthy - Awards and Nominations

Awards and Nominations

• 1979: Western Australian Sesquicentenary Literary Prize for the short-story Memoirs of a small 'm' marxist.
• 1982: Commonwealth Poetry Prize Readings from Ecclesiastes
• 1982: FAW Anne Elder Poetry Award, joint winner for Readings from Ecclesiastes
• 1982: South Australian Premier's Award, for Readings from Ecclesiastes
• 1984: Government Biennial Literature Prize (South Australia), for Readings from Ecclesiastes
• 1988: Australian Bicentennial Literary Prize for Poetry
• 1991: NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize, shortlisted for This Goes with That
• 1998: ABC / ABA Bicentennial Literary Award, Poetry Australia Literary Award
• 2002: Robert Helpmann Award for Best Opera and Best New Australian Work for Batavia
• 2002: Green Room Award for Special Creative Achievement for Batavia
• 2003: Colin Roderick Award, shortlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2004: Miles Franklin Award. Shortlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2004: FAW Christina Stead Award for Three Dog Night
• 2004: The Courier-Mail Book of the Year. Shortlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2004: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Shortlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2004: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Shortlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2005: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, longlisted for Three Dog Night
• 2009: Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Shortlisted for Everything I Knew
• 2010: Order of Australia. (AM) Citation: "For service to literature as an author and poet, through arts administration, and to the community."