The Nita Kibble Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian book of fiction or nonfiction classifiable as 'life writing' for Australian women writers. The 2010 prize has been awarded to Shirley Walker for her memoir The Ghost at the Wedding.
The 2010 Dobbie Encouragement Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer, was awarded to Deborah Forst for her novel The Book of Emmett.
The 2010 Dobbie Encouragement Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer, was awarded to Deborah Forst for her novel The Book of Emmett.