Steven Carroll, The Year of the Beast (HarperCollinsPublishers)

Alex Landragin, Crossings (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Wayne Macauley, Simpson Returns (Text Publishing)

Andrew McGahan, The Rich Man’s House (Allen & Unwin)

Mohammed Massoud Morsi, The Palace of Angels (Wild Dingo Press)

Meg Mundell, The Trespassers (University of Queensland Press)

Kate Richards, Fusion (Penguin Random House Australia)

Carrie Tiffany, Exploded View (Text Publishing Company)

Lucy Treloar, Wolfe Island (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Tara June Winch, The Yield (Penguin Random House Australia)