The Crime Writers Association of Australia overseas the implementation of the annual Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing.
This event has been a fixture of the Melbourne Writers Festival for the past 6 years and was established in 1995.
The Official site

Year	Best Novel	Best First Novel	Best True Crime
2007	Chain of Evidence Garry Disher	Diamond Dove Adrian Hyland	Killing for Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders Debi Marshall
			Written on the Skin Liz Porter
2006	Crook as Rookwood Chris Nyst Joint Winner 2006	Out of the Silence Wendy James	Packing Death Lauchlin McCulloch
	The Broken Shore Peter Temple Joint Winner 2006
2005	Lost Michael Rowbotham	A Private Man Malcolm Knox	Jo Cinque’s Consolation Helen Garner
2004	Degrees of Connection Jon Cleary	The Walker Jane R Goodall Joint Winner 2004	Killing Juanita Peter Rees
		Junkie Pilgrim Wayne Grogan Joint Winner 2004
2003	White Dog Peter Temple	Blood Redemption Alex Palmer	Blood Stain Peter Lalor
2002	Death Delights Gabrielle Lord	Apartment 255 Bunty Avieson Joint Winner 2002	Razor Larry Writer
		Who Killed Angelique? Emma Darcy Joint Winner 2002	The Hanged Man Mike Richards
2001	Dead Point Peter Temple Joint Winner 2001	Last Drinks Andrew McGahan	Broken Lives Estelle Blackburn
	The Second Coming Andrew Masterson Joint Winner 2001
2000	Shooting Star Peter Temple	The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders Marshall Browne	Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life John Dale Joint Winner 2000
			Underbelly 3 Andrew Rule and John Silvester Joint Winner 2000