Awards and Nominations
- Four time Miles Franklin Award winner, 1984, 1992, 2002, 2009
- Two time Booker Prize nominee
- Winton was included in the Bulletin's "100 Most Influential Australians" list in 2006
Full list of awards and nominations:
- 1981 Australian Vogel National Literary Award An Open Swimmer
- 1984 Miles Franklin Award, Shallows
- 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award, Scission
- 1990 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Fiction, Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
- 1991 Miles Franklin Award, Cloudstreet
- 1991 NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, Cloudstreet
- 1991 West Australian Fiction Award, Cloudstreet
- 1992 Deo Gloria Award, Cloudstreet
- 1993 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award, Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
- 1993 Wilderness Society Environment Award, Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster
- 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) The Riders
- 1995 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book), The Riders
- 1998 Bolinda Audio Book Awards, Blueback
- 1998 Family Award for Children's Literature, Lockie Leonard, Legend
- 1998 Wilderness Society Environment Award, Blueback
- 1999 WAYRBA Hoffman Award for Young Readers, Blueback
- 2001 Western Australian Premier's Book Award Premier's Prize, Dirt Music
- 2001 Good Reading Award, 2001, Dirt Music
- 2002 Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, Dirt Music
- 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist), Dirt Music
- 2002 Miles Franklin Award, Dirt Music
- 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Dirt Music
- 2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Fiction, 2002 – shortlist, Dirt Music
- 2003 Australian Society of Authors Medal
- 2004 Colin Roderick Award, 2004 – joint winner, The Turning
- 2005 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, The Turning
- 2005 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, The Turning
- 2005 Inaugural Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award – shortlisted, The Turning
- 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book – commended, The Turning
- 2008 Age Book of the Year, Fiction – winner, Breath
- 2009 Miles Franklin Award, Breath
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