Books published by the Giramondo Publishing Company have won or been short-listed for the following literary and design awards.
Press Release
Lisa Gorton's poetry collection Press Release has been shortlisted for the 2008 Victorian Premier's CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry.
The Australian Popular Song Book
Alan Wearne's poetry collection The Australian Popular Song Book has been shortlisted for the 2008 Queensland Premier's Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry.
Not Finding Wittgenstein
J.S. Harry's poetry collection Not Finding Wittgenstein has been shortlisted for the 2008 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, the Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the Adelaide Festival John Bray Award for Poetry
An Illustrated History of Dairies
Joanne Burns' poetry collection An Illustrated History of Dairies has been shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.
Someone Else
John Hughes' collection of fictional essays Someone Else is the winner of the 2008 Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation and has been longlisted for the 2009 Warwick Prize for Writing, and shortlisted for the 2008 Queensland Premier's Steele Rudd Short Story award.
Burning In
Mireille Juchau's novel Burning In has been shortlisted for the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards, 2008 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction, Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, longlisted for the inaugural West Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award, and has been highly commended in the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.
The Orphan Gunner
Sara Knox's novel The Orphan Gunner has been shortlisted for the 2008 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.
Carpentaria
Alexis Wright's Carpentaria is the winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Award, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction, Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction, and the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award.
The Garden Book
Brian Castro's The Garden Book was the winner of the 2006 Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2006 Miles Franklin Award.
Friendly Fire
Jennifer Maiden's Friendly Fire was the winner of the Age Poetry Book of the Year Award and Age Book of the Year Award in 2006.
The Idea of Home
John Hughes' collection of essays The Idea of Home was the winner of the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Wolf Notes
Judith Beveridge's poetry collection Wolf Notes was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the 2004 Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the 2004 Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.
The Sleep of a Learning Man
Anthony Lawrence's poetry collection The Sleep of a Learming Man was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the 2004 Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.
Shanghai Dancing
Brian Castro's novel Shanghai Dancing has been shortlisted for the 2003 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction, and has won the Victorian Premier's Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and the NSW Premier's Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and Book of the Year Award.
Anything the Landlord Touches
Emma Lew's poetry collection Anything the Landlord Touches was shortlisted for the 2003 NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
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Short listed Phillips Fox Award for Best Designed C Format Book, 1998 Australian Publishers' Association Design Awards
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Winner Penguin Award for Best Designed Paperback, 1997 Australian Publishers' Association Design Awards