Awards & Fellowships

 Joyce Mercy arriving at Perth Airport to visit Aboriginal Groups in Perth ca1962
The State Library of Western Australia is pleased to open a $10 000 Fellowship for Aboriginal Researchers in 2024. Applications now closed.
Protestors take the knee - in deference to George Floyds death at the hands of a police officer - for one minute at the intersection of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street during the march at the 2nd Black Lives Matter protest rally
A $10 000 grant for researchers and scholars to enhance understanding of WA through research based on the State Library’s heritage collections. Applications now closed.
DJ at the pond in the Perth Cultural Centre as part of the Centenary of Federation National Conference of Young People September 2001
at the State Library of Western Australia
Two $20 000 researcher-in-residence opportunities, to investigate and examine the newly digitised WA audio and audio-visual (AV) history collections to advance online discovery and curation. Applications now closed.
Premiers Book Awards
The 2024 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards shortlist announced!. The awards support, develop and recognise excellence in Western Australian writing. The State Library of Western Australia manages the Premier's Book Awards on behalf of the Government.
Doris Pilkington Garimara AM Hall of Fame
Find out about notable and prolific WA writers.
Lennie McCall AM Dr Kerry Smith AM Richard Hazlewood Emeritus Professor Margaret Nowak AM Dr Ronda Jamieson Margaret Allen PSM FALIA and Sue North - Fellows of the Library Board
The Award recognises a person, a group of people or an organisation that has furthered the cause of library services in Western Australia.
Taylor Coventry for City of Karratha Library Board Awards 2023
Promoting innovation and collaboration in the library sector by any person, library or organisation in Western Australia. Nominations for the 2024 Awards are now closed.
Photograph of the Interior of Kelmscott Library
The scholarship supports the development of professional staff working in the WA public library network and aims to enhance library services through research and learning experiences. Entries closed on 27 March 2024.