AustLit
History
'The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour Australian writing. The awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Premier of Victoria.
'The winners of the main suite of awards – fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry, writing for young adults, and the biennial Prize for Indigenous Writing – each receive $25,000. The winner of the Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript receives $15,000.'
(https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2019)
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From 2010 onwards, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were administered by the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas.
Subcategories
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Works About this Award
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Laura Jean McKay's Pandemic Fiction The Animals in That Country Wins Victorian Premier's Literary Awards' $100,000 Top Gong 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , February 2021;'Victorian author Laura Jean McKay has won the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards with her debut novel, which imagines a viral pandemic in Australia that gives humans the ability to understand animals.' (Introduction)
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Premier’s Literary Award Gives a Lift, Says Fiction Winner Tsiolkas 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , February 2020;'Winning a literary award, last week he won his second Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for fiction, may be a regular event for novelist and playwright Christos Tsiolkas but awards offer recognition for what is essentially a lonely craft.' (Introduction)
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Tsiolkas Novel ‘Damascus’ Wins Victorian Premier’s Literary Award 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , January 2020;'Christos Tsiolkas won the fiction category prize of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for 2020 on Thursday for his critically acclaimed historical novel Damascus which is set in the early years of Christianity and centres around the conversion of St Paul.'
(Introduction)
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Behrouz Boochani : Detained Asylum Seeker Wins Australia's Richest Literary Prize 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 31 January 2019;'Guardian writer on Manus Island wins $125,000 after sweeping non-fiction prize and Victorian prize for literature at Victorian premier’s literary awards 2019.'
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Behrouz Boochani's Literary Prize Acceptance Speech – Full Transcript 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 February 2019;'This is a transcript of the speech Behrouz Boochani delivered via video link on 31 January 2019'
