Alex Landragin, Crossings (Pan Macmillan Australia)
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)
Carrie Tiffany, Exploded View (Text Publishing Company)
Tara June Winch, The Yield (Penguin Random House Australia)