Miles Franklin Literary Award 2026

9 books on the longlist. The winner and the shortlist come first.

• Fierceland Omar Musa

  Fierceland

  Omar Musa

  Winner
• Discipline Randa Abdel-Fattah

  

  Discipline

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Shortlist
• First Name Second Name Steve MinOn

  

  First Name Second Name

  Steve MinOn

  Shortlist
• Little World Josephine Rowe

  

  Little World

  Josephine Rowe

  Shortlist
• My Heart at Evening Konrad Muller

  My Heart at Evening

  Konrad Muller

  Shortlist
• You Must Remember This Sean Wilson

  You Must Remember This

  Sean Wilson

  Shortlist

Also on the longlist, 3 books

• Elegy, Southwest Madeleine Watts

  

  Elegy, Southwest

  Madeleine Watts
• Salt upon the Water Lyn Dickens

  Salt upon the Water

  Lyn Dickens
• Tenderfoot Toni Jordan

  Tenderfoot

  Toni Jordan