The
Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual
literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the
will of
Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic
My Brilliant Career (published in 1901) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award. , the award is valued
A$60,000.