The Russell Prize (Russell Prize for Humour Writing) is an Australian literary prize awarded every second year by the State Library of New South Wales to a humorous book. It was established in 2014 through a donation by Peter Wentworth Russell, "a farmer, businessman and passionate reader". A shortlist of six books is selected and publicly announced before the prize, which comes with a cash award of $10,000.
In 2021 a second category, Humour Writing for Young People, was introduced for a work aimed at the 5âÂÂ12 age group. Both winners were announced in June 2021.