Amy McQuire shortlisted for the 2025 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award
Congratulations to UQP author Amy McQuire whose book Black Witness has been shortlisted for the 2025 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award.
With a major prize of $40,000, the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is Waverley Council’s annual celebration of the best in Australian research-based literature.
This year’s award judges, Sydney based writer, editor and arts producer Lliane Clarke, publisher and award-winning editor Julia Carlomagno, and author and publishing professional Angela Meyer said, “In reading the nominations this year, we noted the effort, dedication and often bravery required to delve with such depths into topics of personal, political and cultural significance. The shortlisted books display great passion and commitment on the part of the authors and publishers, often years and decades of work, and they are all thoughtfully constructed, absorbing, moving works of literature with great value to the community”.
This year’s finalists were chosen from 174 submissions with a vibrant variety of works on display across non-fiction, fiction, drama and poetry.
Vote for Black Witness for the People's Choice Award on the Nib webpage. Voting closes October 9.
