Five months to the day after Premier Campbell Newman axed the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, the state’s writing community presented their own literature prizes, reports The Courier Mail.

More than 250 writers, editors, publishers and book retailers attended the inaugural Queensland Literary Awards held at State Library Queensland on Tuesday night.

The shortlist:

Television Script

Blake Ayshford for The Straits (episode 3 )
Brendan Cowell for The Slap (episode 3)
Liz Doran for Dance Academy (season 2, ep 24)
Anthony Mullins for Strange Calls (episode 3)
Sue Smith for Mabo WINNER 2012

Film Script

Louise Fox for Dead Europe WINNER 2012
Miro Bilbrough for Being Venice
Shayne Armstrong & Shane Krause for Rarer Monsters
Brendan Cowell for Save Your Legs