Michael Mohammed Ahmad, The Tribe (Giramondo Publishing)

Elizabeth Harrower, In Certain Circles (Text Publishing)

Sophie Laguna, The Eye of the Sheep (Allen & Unwin)

Gerard Murnane, A Million Windows (Giramondo Publishing)

Christos Tsiolkas, Merciless Gods (Allen & Unwin)

Rohan Wilson, To Name Those Lost (Allen & Unwin)