ALS Gold Medal

1920s

• 1928: Martin Mills (Martin Boyd) – The Montforts^[2]
• 1929: Henry Handel Richardson – Ultima Thule^[3]

1930s

• 1930: Vance Palmer – The Passage^[4]
• 1931: Frank Dalby Davison – Man-Shy^[5]
• 1932: Leonard Mann – Flesh in Armour^[6]
• 1933: G. B. Lancaster (Edith J. Lyttleton) – Pageant^[7]
• 1934: Eleanor Dark – Prelude to Christopher^[8]
• 1935: Winifred Birkett – Earth's Quality^[9]
• 1936: Eleanor Dark – Return to Coolami^[10]
• 1937: Seaforth Mackenzie – The Young Desire It^[11]
• 1938: R. D. FitzGerald – Moonlight Acre^[12]
• 1939: Xavier Herbert – Capricornia^[13]

1940s

• 1940: William Baylebridge – This Vital Flesh^[14]
• 1941: Patrick White – Happy Valley^[15]
• 1942: Kylie Tennant – The Battlers^[16]
• 1943–1947: Not awarded^[17]
• 1948: Herz Bergner – Between Sky and Sea^[18]
• 1949: Percival Serle – Dictionary of Australian Biography^[19]

1950s

• 1950: Jon Cleary – Just Let Me Be^[20]
• 1951: Rex Ingamells – The Great South Land : An Epic Poem^[21]
• 1952: T. A. G. Hungerford – The Ridge and the River : A Novel^[22]
• 1954: Mary Gilmore – Fourteen Men^[23]
• 1955: Patrick White – The Tree of Man^[24]
• 1957: Martin Boyd – A Difficult Young Man^[25]
• 1959: Randolph Stow – To the Islands^[26]

1960s

• 1960: William Hart-Smith – Poems of Discovery^[27]
• 1961: No Award
• 1962: Vincent Buckley – Masters in Israel^[28]
• 1963: John Morrison – Twenty-Three : Stories^[29]
• 1964: Geoffrey Blainey – The Rush that Never Ended^[30]
• 1965: Patrick White – The Burnt Ones^[31]
• 1966: A. D. Hope^[32]

1970s

• 1970: Manning Clark
• 1971: Colin Badger
• 1972: Alex Buzo – Macquarie (play)
• 1973: Francis Webb
• 1974: David Malouf – Neighbours in a Thicket^[33]
• 1975–79: No Award

1980s

• 1980: No Award
• 1981: No Award
• 1982: No Award
• 1983: David Malouf – Child's Play; Fly Away Peter^[34]
• 1984: Les Murray – The People's Otherworld : Poems^[34]
• 1985: David Ireland – Archimedes and the Seagle^[34]
• 1986: Thea Astley – Beachmasters^[34]
• 1987: Alan Wearne – The Nightmarkets^[34]
• 1988: Brian Matthews – Louisa^[34]
• 1989: Frank Moorhouse – Forty-Seventeen^[34]

1990s

• 1990: Peter Porter – Possible Worlds^[34]
• 1991: Elizabeth Jolley – Cabin Fever^[34]
• 1992: Rodney Hall – The Second Bridegroom^[34]
• 1993: Elizabeth Riddell – Selected Poems^[34]
• 1994: Louis Nowra – Radiance and The Temple^[34]
• 1995: Helen Demidenko – The Hand That Signed the Paper^[34]
• 1996: Amanda Lohrey – Camille's Bread^[34]
• 1997: Robert Dessaix – Night Letters^[34]
• 1998: James Cowan – A Mapmaker's Dream^[34]
• 1999: Murray Bail – Eucalyptus^[34]

2000s

• 2000: Drusilla Modjeska – Stravinsky's Lunch^[34]
• 2001: Rodney Hall – The Day We Had Hitler Home^[34]
• 2002: Richard Flanagan – Gould's Book of Fish^[34]
• 2003: Kate Jennings – Moral Hazard^[34]
• 2004: Laurie Duggan – Mangroves^[34]
• 2005: Gail Jones – Sixty Lights^[34]
• 2006: Gregory Day – The Patron Saint of Eels^[34]
• 2007: Alexis Wright – Carpentaria^[34]
• 2008: Michelle de Kretser – The Lost Dog^[34]
• 2009: Christos Tsiolkas – The Slap^[34]

2010s

• 2010: David Malouf – Ransom^[34]
• 2011: Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance^[34]
• 2012: Gillian Mears – Foal's Bread^[34]
• 2013: Michelle de Kretser – Questions of Travel^[34]
• 2014: Alexis Wright – The Swan Book^[34]
• 2015: Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms^[34]
• 2016: Brenda Niall – Mannix^[35]
• 2017: Zoe Morrison – Music and Freedom^[36]
• 2018: Shastra Deo – The Agonist^[37]
• 2019: Pam Brown – click here for what we do^[38]

2020s

• 2020: Charmaine Papertalk Green – Nganajungu Yagu^[39]
• 2021: Nardi Simpson – Song of the Crocodile^[40]
• 2022: Andy Jackson – Human Looking^[41]
• 2023: Debra Dank – We Come With This Place^[42]
• 2024: Alexis Wright – Praiseworthy^[43]
• 2025: Fiona McFarlane – Highway 13^[44]

2020–

2010–2019

2008–2009