Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron (Text Publishing)

Trent Dalton, All Our Shimmering Skies (HarperCollins)

Kate Grenville, A Room Made of Leaves (Text Publishing)

Erin Hortle, The Octopus and I (Allen & Unwin)

Julie Janson, Benevolence (Magabala Books)

Gail Jones, Our Shadows (Text Publishing)

Amanda Lohrey, The Labyrinth (Text Publishing)

Vivian Pham, The Coconut Children  (Penguin Books)

Mirandi Riwoe, Stone Sky Gold Mountain (University of Queensland Press)

Nardi Simpson, Song of the Crocodile (Hachette Australia)