2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award

The 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award went to Omar Musa for Fierceland. The judges chose it from a shortlist of six novels: Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah, First Name Second Name by Steve Minon, My Heart at Evening by Konrad Muller, Little World by Josephine Rowe and You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson, along with the winner. Four of the six shortlisted writers were first-time nominees. Each shortlisted author received a cash award, and the winner received 60,000 Australian dollars. The shortlist was announced on June 24, and Perpetual named the winner at a ceremony in Sydney on August 5, 2026.