Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The award commenced in 2014 with a prize valued at A$20,000s.[1] The winner of this category prize competes with the other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional A$100,000. Nominees are allowed to enter other categories of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.[2]
The inaugural winner, Melissa Lucashenko, was announced on Indigenous Literacy Day, 3 September 2014.[2]
In 2016 the prize value was increased to A$25,000.[3]
Winners and shortlists
Blue ribbon (
) = winner.
- 2014[1]
- Tony Birch, The Promise
- Lionel Fogarty, Mogwie-Idan: Stories of the Land
Melissa Lucashenko, Mullumbimby[1]- Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu
- Jared Thomas, Calypso Summer
- Alexis Wright, The Swan Book
- 2016[4]
- Tony Birch, Ghost River[3]
- Ali Cobby Eckermann, Inside My Mother
- Ellen van Neerven, Heat and Light
- 2019[5]
- Tony Birch, Common People
- Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip
- Kim Scott, Taboo[6]
- Alison Whittaker, Blakwork
- 2021[7]
- Archie Roach, Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my music[8]
- Kirli Saunders, Kindred
- Nardi Simpson, Song of the Crocodile
- Karen Wyld, Where the Fruit Falls
References
- ^ a b c "Lucashenko wins 2014 Vic Prem's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing". Books+Publishing. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ a b "Birch wins 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2016 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "VPLAs 2019: Manus detainee Boochani wins $100k top prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2021-02-01.