Below is a list of the awards Amanda has won or been shortlisted for, along with a list of the special programmes she has been selected for.

Awards and Shortlistings

2024 – Top #15 – Coverly’s ‘The Red List’ (Jan) for Sci-Fi Short Story (Prose) for Turbines.

2023 – Winner – Scribe Award for Best Short Fiction (All Genres and Ages) for Reconsecration.

2022 – Winner – Scribe Award for Best Original Novel – General for Pandemic: Patient Zero.

2021 – Finalist – Premier’s Book Awards, 2020 Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship.

2021 – Winner – Tin Duck Award for Best Long Written Work for The Sensation (Salvation #2).

2020 – Finalist – AACTA Regional Landscapes Pitch for The Artisan feature film.

2019 – Finalist – Ditmar Award for Best Novel for The Subjugate (Salvation #1).

2019 – Winner – Tin Duck Award for Best Long Written Work for The Subjugate (Salvation #1).

2018 – Finalist – Tin Duck Award for Best Long Written Work for The Time of The Stripes.

2015 – Finalist – Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Aurora: Meridian (Aurora #3).

Programme Selections

2024 – Selected for the Tele-Navigator TV Development initiative, run by Screenwest.

2023 – Selected to attend MIFF Post Script & Direct by MIFF and Screenwest.

2022 – Selected for First Break WA – run by the Australian Writers Guild, supported by Screenwest.

2021 – Selected to take part in the Untapped Program – run by Australians in Film (AiF).