The Ned Kelly Awards are closely associated with the Melbourne Writers Festival and recognises Crime fiction within Australian Literature. The 2012 long list was recently announced.
Best First Fiction
- Boyd Anderson Ludo
- Allan Barbeler An Absence of Discretion
- Andrez Bergen Tobacco Stained Mountain Goat
- Claire Corbett When We Have Wings
- Virginia Duigan The Precipice
- Y.A. Erskine The Brotherhood
- Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerrilla Knitter’s Institute
- Sylvia Johnson Watch Out For Me
- Melanie Joosten Berlin Syndrome
- Stuart Littlemore Harry Curry: Counsel of Choice
- Noel Mealey Murder and Redemption
- Daniel O’Malley The Rook
- Alastair Sarre Prohibited Zone
- Peter Twohig The Cartographer
- Kim Westwood The Courier’s New Bicycle
- Gas Wylde Casino Kurnell
Best Fiction
- Lenny Bartulin De Luxe
- A.A. Bell Hindsight
- Honey Brown After The Darkness
- J.C. Burke Pig Boy
- Peter Corris Comeback
- Miranda Darling Siren’s Sting
- Garry Disher Whispering Death
- Jaye Ford Scared Yet?
- Kerry Greenwood Cooking the Books
- Brett Hoffmann The Race
- Katherine Howell Silent Fear
- Stephen M Irwin The Broken One
- Malcolm Knox The Life
- Adriana Koulias The Sixth Key
- Nansi Kunze Dangerously Placed
- Tobsha Learner The Map
- Stuart Littlemore Harry Curry: Counsel of Choice
- Colleen McCullough The Prodigal Son
- Barry Maitland Chelsea Mansions
- Kel Robertson Rip Off
- Michael Robotham The Wreckage
- Jennifer Rowe Love, Honour & O’Brien
- Kirsten Tranter A Common Loss
- Peter Twohig The Cartographer
- Kim Westwood The Courier’s New Bicycle
- Felicity Young A Dissection of Murder
Best True Crime
- Hilary Bonney The Double Life of Herman Rockefeller
- Peter Corris Mad Dog
- Eamonn Duff Sins of the Father
- Michael Duffy Call Me Cruel
- Lucy Frost Abandoned Women
- Fiona Harari A Tragedy in Two Acts
- Rochelle Jackson Partners and Crime
- Rachael Jane Chin Nice Girl
- Kevin Morgan Detective Piggot’s Casebook
- Kevin Morgan Gun Alley
- James Morton and Susanna Lobez Gangland Melbourne
- James Morton and Susanna Lobez Gangland Sydney
- Stephen Orr The Cruel City
- Liz Porter Cold Case File
- Mark ‘Chopper’ Read Road To Nowhere
- Kay Schubert Perfect Stranger
- Adam Shand Outlaws
- David Spiteri The Prez