On Friday 4th June 2004, the Premier, the Hon Geoff Gallop, announced that Reg Cribb had won the 2003 Premier's Prize for his script, Last Cab to Darwin. This is the first time that a script has won the overall Award.

• Winners of the 2003 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
• 2003 Gallery
• 2003 Judges Report
• Dr Simon Adams' Speech
• 2003 Shortlist
• Media Statement by the Minister for Culture and the Arts, Hon Sheila McHale
• The 2003 Judging Panel shortlisted 24 books/scripts in the 6 categories from a total of 115 entries. Entries were received in the following categories: Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction (2 Awards), Children's Books, Scripts and Writing for Young Adults.