Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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Edition 0 (2021) Winner
Elfie Shiosaki
エルフィー・シオサキ
Elfie Shiosaki
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English, Noongar, Yawuru
- Residence History
- Perth, Western Australia → Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Academic, Editor
- Active Years
- 2015-
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (fellowship 2015–2018), University of Western Australia (lecturer, School of Indigenous Studies 2018–2022), Australian National University (associate professor, from 2022)
- Nominations
- ALS Gold Medal shortlist (2022), Stella Prize shortlist (2022), John Bray Poetry Award shortlist (2022), Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (2022) highly commended, Queensland Literary Awards shortlist (2021), Prime Minister's Literary Awards (2022) poetry shortlist, Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing shortlist (2025)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtin University | — | — | PhD (Human Rights Education) | — | Australia |
Curtin University
Degree:
PhD (Human Rights Education)
Country:
Australia
Holds a doctorate in Human Rights Education. Held a fellowship at Curtin University 2015–2018.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer | Homecoming | 新人作家部門 | Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (Western Australia) | 受賞 |
| 2022 | ALS Gold Medal | Homecoming | 詩 | Association for the Study of Australian Literature | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
| 2022 | Stella Prize | Homecoming | 文学賞（総合） | The Stella Prize | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
| 2022 | John Bray Poetry Award | Homecoming | 詩 | Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
| 2022 | Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Homecoming | 詩 | Government of Victoria | 高く評価された（highly commended） |
| 2021 | Queensland Literary Awards | Homecoming | 詩 | Queensland Literary Awards | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
| 2022 | Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Homecoming | 詩 | Australian Government | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
| 2025 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing | Refugia | 先住民作家部門 | Government of Victoria | 最終候補（shortlisted） |
Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
新人作家部門
Organization:
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (Western Australia)
Result:
受賞
ALS Gold Medal
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
詩
Organization:
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
Stella Prize
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
文学賞（総合）
Organization:
The Stella Prize
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
John Bray Poetry Award
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
詩
Organization:
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
詩
Organization:
Government of Victoria
Result:
高く評価された（highly commended）
Queensland Literary Awards
2021
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
詩
Organization:
Queensland Literary Awards
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2022
Work:
Homecoming
Category:
詩
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
2025
Work:
Refugia
Category:
先住民作家部門
Organization:
Government of Victoria
Result:
最終候補（shortlisted）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Homecoming
2021 Poetry collectionA debut poetry collection exploring belonging, family and ancestry, homecoming and memory across generations; interweaving personal history with communal Indigenous histories.
homecomingfamily and ancestryland and belongingmemory and traumareconciliation and healing
Refugia
2024 Poetry collectionSecond collection that uses the idea of refugia and refuge to examine place, safety, intergenerational movement, and relationships with the natural world.
refuge and shelterintergenerational movementnature and the seamemory
Bibliography
- Homecoming. Magabala Books. 2021
- Refugia. Magabala Books. 2024
- maar bidi: next generation black writing (editor). Magabala Books. 2020
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical contemporary free versestyle that incorporates oral Indigenous traditions and storytellingblends personal testimony with collective memory
- Recurring Motifs
- homecomingwater and the seafamily and ancestrylandrefugia/refuge
Legacy
Elfie Shiosaki, of Noongar and Yawuru heritage, is an Australian poet and academic whose work foregrounds Indigenous memory and belonging within contemporary poetry. Her debut Homecoming received major recognition including an emerging writer prize and several shortlistings, and she works across both academic and literary spheres.
Archives
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia)
- ANU Research Portal (Australian National University)
Trivia
- The surname 'Shiosaki' comes from a Japanese ancestor who worked as a pearl diver in Broome.
- She is a poet of Noongar and Yawuru heritage.
- Her debut collection Homecoming won the Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer in 2022.
- Her second collection Refugia was published in 2024 and was shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing.
- Holds a doctorate in Human Rights Education from Curtin University and held a fellowship there 2015–2018.
- Lectured in the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia 2018–2022 and moved to the Australian National University as an associate professor in 2022.
- Co-edited the anthology 'maar bidi: next generation black writing' (2020).