Sir John Sulman Prize 2005
- Carlos Barrios - Pushing the pram
- Michael Bell - The dog walker
- Lee Anne Bethel - My Father's handkerchief
- G W Bot - Islands
- Joanna Braithwaite - Fowl relatives, 2005
- Gina Bruce - 4 days passing (Highly commended)
- Patricia Casey - Squall
- John Edwards - Vessels of the New World
- Jasmine Estorninho - Loss of virginity
- Helen Farthing - Merging of families
- Faye Gabriel - Sunday morning
- John Gilfillan - Watch out Nemo
- Guan Wei - Secret histories no. 3
- Lucy Hennessy - First stop
- Denise Hutch - Under the house at no. 17
- Alan Jones - Head and a grey field
- Gillian Mann - Beneath the skin
- V R Morrison - The vicious circle
- Michael Muir - Indecisive
- Sandro Nocentini - My son has two mothers (Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 2005)
- Chris O’Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa) - Holding the book at
- Nana Ohnesorge - Loaded
- Michael Phillips - Untitled (Rheem factory, Brisbane River, for Ray)
- Paul Ryan - Hearts and minds
- Amanda Seddon - Pat the dog! (little pup; Marsden Park cassanova)
- Andrew Sullivan - Butterfly
- Paul Worstead - Third world entertainment tax