Winners: Ned Kelly Awards 2009

Best first fiction
Ghostlines, Nick Gadd

Best Fiction – joint winners
Peter Corris, Deep Water
Kel Robertson, Smoke & Mirrors

True crime
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man

SD Harvey Short Story
Scott McDermott, Fidget's Farewell

Lifetime Achievement
Shane Maloney

Nominations: Ned Kelly Awards 2009

Best first fiction
Ghostlines, Nick Gadd
Crooked, Camilla Nelson
The Build Up, Phillip Gwynne

Best Fiction
Bright Air Barry Maitland
Deep Water Peter Corris
Smoke & Mirrors Kel Robertson

Best True crime
The Killing of Caroline Byrne, Robert Wainwrights
The Tall Man, Chloe Hooper
A Question of Power, Michelle Schwarz

The SD Harvey Short Story
Fidget's Farewell, Scott McDermott
Farewell My Lovelies, Chris Womersley
Fern's Farewell, Bronwyn Mehan
Farewell to the shade, Cheryl Rogers