The Alice Literary Award
The Alice literary award of the Society is a trophy presented biennially for a distinguished and long-term contribution to literature by an Australian woman.
Recipients of The Alice have been:
| 1978 | Eleanor Dark |
| 1980 | Dame Judith Wright |
| 1982 | Dame Mary Durack |
| 1984 | Kylie Tennant |
| 1986 | Ruth Park |
| 1988 | Nancy Cato |
| 1990 | Nance Donkin |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Jolley |
| 1994 | Mem Fox |
| 1996 | Patsy Adam Smith |
| 1998 | Kathryn Purnell |
| 2000 | Jill Shearer |
| 2002 | Kate Grenville |
| 2004 | Dr Margaret Scott |
| 2006 | Rosemary Dobson |
| 2008 | Brenda Niall |
| 2010 | Christobel Mattingley |
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