Books published by the Giramondo Publishing Company have won or been short-listed for the following literary and design awards.
An Illustrated History of Dairies
Joanne Burns' poetry collection An Illustrated History of Dairies has been shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.
Someone Else
John Hughes' collection of fictional essays Someone Else is the winner of the 2008 Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation.
Burning In
Mireille Juchau's novel Burning In has been shortlisted for both the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book and the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers and highly commended in the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.
The Orphan Gunner
Sara Knox's novel The Orphan Gunner has been shortlisted for the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.
Carpentaria
Alexis Wright's Carpentaria is the winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Award, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction, Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction, and the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award.
The Garden Book
Brian Castro's The Garden Book was the winner of the 2006 Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2006 Miles Franklin Award.
Friendly Fire
Jennifer Maiden's Friendly Fire was the winner of the Age Poetry Book of the Year Award and Age Book of the Year Award in 2006.
The Idea of Home
John Hughes' collection of essays The Idea of Home was the winner of the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Wolf Notes
Judith Beveridge's poetry collection Wolf Notes was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the 2004 Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the 2004 Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.
The Sleep of a Learning Man
Anthony Lawrence's poetry collection The Sleep of a Learming Man was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the 2004 Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.
Shanghai Dancing
Brian Castro's novel Shanghai Dancing has been shortlisted for the 2003 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction, and has won the Victorian Premier's Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and the NSW Premier's Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and Book of the Year Award.
Anything the Landlord Touches
Emma Lew's poetry collection Anything the Landlord Touches was shortlisted for the 2003 NSW Premier's Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
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Short listed Phillips Fox Award for Best Designed C Format Book, 1998 Australian Publishers' Association Design Awards
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Winner Penguin Award for Best Designed Paperback, 1997 Australian Publishers' Association Design Awards