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The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The award commenced in 2004[1] and in 2012 the prize was valued at A$20,000.[2] 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.[3]

In 2004 Vivienne Cleven was the inaugural winner.[1] The prize value was increased to A$25,000 in 2016.[4]

Winners and shortlists

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Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon (Blue ribbon).

Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing winners and finalists[1]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2004 Vivienne Cleven Her Sister's Eye Winner
Larissa Behrendt Home Finalist
Dennis McDermott Dorothy's Skin Finalist
2006 Tara June Winch Swallow the Air Winner
Fabienne Bayet Watershed Finalist
Jared Thomas Sweet Guy Finalist
Noel C. Tovey Little Black Bastard: A Story of Survival Finalist
2008 Yvette Holt Anonymous Premonition Winner
Gayle Kennedy Me, Antman and Fleabag Finalist
John Maynard Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The Origins of Australian Aboriginal Activism Finalist
2010 Larissa Behrendt Legacy Winner [5]
Kate Howarth Ten Hail Marys: A Memoir Finalist
Lorraine McGee-Sippel Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste? Finalist
2012 Anita Heiss Am I Black Enough For You? Winner [6][7]
Jeanine Leane Purple Threads Finalist [8]
Nicole Watson The Boundary Finalist [8]
2014 Melissa Lucashenko Mullumbimby Winner [2]
Tony Birch The Promise Finalist
Lionel Fogarty Mogwie-Idan: Stories of the Land Finalist
Bruce Pascoe Dark Emu Finalist
Jared Thomas Calypso Summer Finalist
Alexis Wright The Swan Book Finalist
2016 Tony Birch Ghost River Winner [4][9][10]
Ali Cobby Eckermann Inside My Mother Finalist [11]
Ellen van Neerven Heat and Light Finalist [11]
2019 Kim Scott Taboo Winner [12]
Tony Birch Common People Finalist [13]
Melissa Lucashenko Too Much Lip Finalist [13]
Alison Whittaker Blakwork Finalist [13]
2021 Archie Roach Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my music Winner [14]
Kirli Saunders Kindred Finalist [15][16]
Nardi Simpson Song of the Crocodile Finalist [15][16]
Karen Wyld Where the Fruit Falls Finalist [15][16]
2022 Blue ribbon Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience Winner [17][18]
Evelyn Araluen Dropbear Finalist [19]
Gary Lonesborough The Boy from the Mish Finalist [19]
S. J. Norman Permafrost Finalist [19]
Elfie Shiosaki Homecoming Finalist [19]
Chelsea Watego Another Day in the Colony Finalist [19]
2023 Lystra Rose The Upwelling Winner [20][21][22]
Lionel Fogarty Harvest Lingo Finalist [23][24][25]
Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli Astronomy Finalist [23][24][25]
Amy Thunig Tell Me Again Finalist [23][24][25]
2024 Daniel Browning Close to the Subject: Selected works Finalist [26]
John Morrissey Firelight Finalist [26]
Ellen van Neerven Personal Score: Sport, culture, identity Finalist [26]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Lucashenko wins 2014 Vic Prem's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing". Books+Publishing. 2014-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  3. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  4. ^ a b "Birch wins 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-09. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. ^ "2012 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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  9. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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  12. ^ "VPLAs 2019: Manus detainee Boochani wins $100k top prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-02-01. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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  14. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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  17. ^ "Gorrie wins 2022 Victorian Prize for Literature". Books+Publishing. 2022-02-04. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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  19. ^ a b c d e "VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-12-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  20. ^ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  21. ^ "Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023". Readings Books. 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  22. ^ Burke, Kelly (2023-02-02). "Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $125,000 for 'quietly powerful' novella". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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  26. ^ a b c "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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