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Madonna Duffy Named 2025 Winner of the Johnno Award

Madonna Duffy Named 2025 Winner of the Johnno Award

UQP Director Madonna Duffy named the 2025 winner of the Johnno Award by the Queensland Writers Centre's Management Committee.

11.12.2025
UQP acquires K.A Ren Wyld's extraordinary novel 'Whichway Shimmering Dust'

UQP acquires K.A Ren Wyld's extraordinary novel 'Whichway Shimmering Dust'

UQP is delighted to announce that we’ve acquired K.A Ren Wyld’s novel Whichway Shimmering Dust.

10.12.2025
Sonny and Tess longlisted for the 2026 Indie Book Awards (Young Adult)

Sonny and Tess longlisted for the 2026 Indie Book Awards (Young Adult)

Congratulations Nova Weetman! Sonny and Tesshas been longlisted in the Young Adult category for the Indie Book Awards 2026.

09.12.2025
Madeleine Dale's 'Portraits of Drowning' wins the Five Islands Poetry Prize

Madeleine Dale's 'Portraits of Drowning' wins the Five Islands Poetry Prize

Madeleine Dale has won the Five Islands Prize with Portraits of Drowning.⁠⁠

25.11.2025
Jazz Money wins the 2025 Kate Challis RAKA Award for their poetry collection 'mark the dawn'

Jazz Money wins the 2025 Kate Challis RAKA Award for their poetry collection 'mark the dawn'

Jazz Money wins the 2025 Kate Challis RAKA Award for their poetry collection 'mark the dawn'

20.11.2025
Madonna Duffy appointed as Director of UQP

Madonna Duffy appointed as Director of UQP

18.11.2025
Winners of UQP Mentorship Prize for Under-Represented Writers Announced

Winners of UQP Mentorship Prize for Under-Represented Writers Announced

11.11.2025
'The Only Branch on the Family Tree' selected for the 2025 Storylines Notable Book List for Junior Fiction

'The Only Branch on the Family Tree' selected for the 2025 Storylines Notable Book List for Junior Fiction

06.11.2025
'Ghost Cities' shortlisted for the 2025 Voss Literary Prize

'Ghost Cities' shortlisted for the 2025 Voss Literary Prize

03.11.2025
UQP announces the recipient of the 2025 UQP Writing Mentorship

UQP announces the recipient of the 2025 UQP Writing Mentorship

03.11.2025