Libris Awards: The Australian Artists Book Prize
2027 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists Book Prize
Entries for the 2027 Libris Awards open Monday 23 November 2026.
Terms and Conditions of Entry(PDF, 600KB)
Held every two years, the Libris Awards bring together works by leading and emerging artist book makers from across the country. The awards are a chance to celebrate the artform and build on the gallery’s significant artist book collection through the competition’s acquisitive prizes
CATEGORY 1
- Daly Bay National Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - WINNER $10,000
- Daly Bay National Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - HIGHLY COMMENDED $5,000
CATEGORY 2
- Cathy Knezevic Regional Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - $3,000
CATEGORY 3
KEY 2026/27 DATES
Entries Open: Monday 23 November 2026
Entries Close: Monday 8 February 2027 - 11:59pm AEST.
Shortlist Announced: Thursday 25 March 2027 - 5:00pm AEST.
Shortlisted Artworks Received at ASM by: Friday 23 April 2027.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 29 May – Sunday 29 August 2027.
Awards Event, Winners Announced: 6pm, Saturday 10 July 2027.
Artworks Collected/Returned: Wednesday 8 – Tuesday 14 September 2027 (except acquisitive award winners).
Previous awards
2025
Guest Judges: MARIAN MACKEN and ANA ESTRADA
CATEGORY 1
WINNER Daly Bay National Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - $10,000
Jude TAGGART ROBERTS(PDF, 3MB)
HIGHLY COMMENDED Daly Bay National Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - $5,000
Victoria COOPER and Doug SPOWART(PDF, 3MB)
CATEGORY 2
WINNER Cathy Knezevic Regional Artists Book Award (acquisitive) - $3,000
Karen HURFORD and Natalie FIELD(PDF, 2MB)
CATEGORY 3
WINNER Tertiary Artists Book Prize - An invitational award (acquisitive) - $3,000
Megan KENNEDY(PDF, 2MB)
2025 LINKS & DOWNLOADS
Illustrated Catalogue of Finalists(PDF, 14MB)
2022
WINNER Category 1.(PDF, 2MB)
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal National Artists’ Book Award (acquisitive) $7,000
Jessica DORIZAC Passages 1-5 2021, handcut paper board, 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.4 cm. Images courtesy the artist.
HIGHLY COMMENDED Category 1.(PDF, 3MB)
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal National Artists’ Book Award (acquisitive) $3,000
Sarah IND Heavenly states 2021, paper, 4 x 16 x 13 cm. Images courtesy the artist.
WINNER Category 2.(PDF, 2MB)
Mackay Regional Council Regional Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,500
Denise VANDERLUGT Living with green 2021, coiled images suspended in handmade paper, 10.5 x 12.5 x 8 cm (closed). Images courtesy the artist.
WINNER Category 3.(PDF, 2MB)
Artspace Mackay Tertiary Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,000
Ana Paula ESTRADA I am here 2021, digital print and photography, 28 x 43 cm. New York: Visual Studies Workshop. Images courtesy the artist.
2022 Illustrated catalogue of finalists(PDF, 15MB)
2020
WINNER Category 1
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal National Artists’ Book Award (acquisitive) $7,000
Dianne FOGWELL Inferno 2020, linocut, woodcut, and burnt drawings, 79.5 x 27.5 x 3 cm. Images: Jim Cullen Photographer
Click here to view work(PDF, 1MB)
WINNER Category 2
Mackay Regional Council Regional Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,500
Pamela SEE Mackay 2020, cotton rag and thread, bagasse, and acid-free glue, 33 x 32 x 5 cm. Images: Jim Cullen Photographer
Click here to view work(PDF, 679KB)
WINNER Category 3
Artspace Mackay Foundation Tertiary Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,000
Michael PHILLIPS Between earth, four views 2020, woodblock print, 27 x 19.5 cm. Images: Jim Cullen Photographer.
Click here to view work(PDF, 1MB)
2020 Libris Awards Catalogue of Finalists’ Entries(PDF, 5MB)
2018
1. CATEGORY ONE
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal National Artists’ Book Award (acquisitive) $7,000
Clyde MCGILL Witness 2016, etching, letterpress, gold leaf, ink and graphite on BFK 270gsm, edition 3/6, 39 x 46 x 3 cm.
Click here to view work(PDF, 404KB)
2. CATEGORY TWO
Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Altered Book Award (acquisitive) $3,000
Michelle VINE Contested Biography I (quadrat) 2017, cyanotype on altered book, stitched,138 x 216 cm.
Click here to view work(PDF, 5MB)
3. CATEGORY THREE
Mackay Regional Council Regional Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,500
Jamian STAYT Tagged 2018, photography, vintage library card, cardboard and cloth on paper, 111 x 68 cm.
Click here to view work(PDF, 19MB)
4. CATEGORY FOUR
Artspace Mackay Foundation Tertiary Artists’ Book Award (non-acquisitive) $2,000
Jenna LEE A plant in the wrong place 2016, copper plate etching, image transfer, 16.5 x 13 cm.
Click here to view work(PDF, 2MB)
2018 Libris Awards Catalogue of Finalists’ Entries(PDF, 10MB)
2016
WINNER: George MATOULAS, Angela CAVALIERI (artists) Antoni JACH (author) Europa to Oceania (detail) 2016, letterpress, collagraph, linocut, quarter binding, 26 x 23.5 x 2cm. Mackay Regional Council Art Collection.
Illustrated list of works(PDF, 9MB)
Judges Notes(PDF, 101KB)