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 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[]
Blue ribbon (
) = winner.
- 2004[1]
- Larissa Behrendt, Home
Vivienne Cleven, Her Sister's Eye- Dennis McDermott, Dorothy's Skin
- 2006[1]
- Fabienne Bayet, Watershed
- Jared Thomas, Sweet Guy
- Noel C. Tovey, Little Black Bastard: A Story of Survival
- Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air
- 2008[1]
- Yvette Holt, Anonymous Premonition
- Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag
- John Maynard, Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The Origins of Australian Aboriginal Activism
- 2010[1]
- Larissa Behrendt, Legacy
- Kate Howarth, Ten Hail Marys: A Memoir
- Lorraine McGee-Sippel, Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste?
- 2012[5]
- Anita Heiss, Am I Black Enough For You?[6]
- Jeanine Leane, Purple Threads
- Nicole Watson, The Boundary
- 2014[2]
- Tony Birch, The Promise
- Lionel Fogarty, Mogwie-Idan: Stories of the Land
- Melissa Lucashenko, Mullumbimby[2]
- Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu
- Jared Thomas, Calypso Summer
- Alexis Wright, The Swan Book
- 2016[7]
- Tony Birch, Ghost River[4]
- Ali Cobby Eckermann, Inside My Mother
- Ellen van Neerven, Heat and Light
- 2019[8]
- Tony Birch, Common People
- Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip
- Kim Scott, Taboo[9]
- Alison Whittaker, Blakwork
- 2021[10]
- Archie Roach, Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my music[11]
- Kirli Saunders, Kindred
- Nardi Simpson, Song of the Crocodile
- Karen Wyld, Where the Fruit Falls
- 2022[12]
- Evelyn Araluen, Dropbear
- Veronica Gorrie, Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience
- Gary Lonesborough, The Boy from the Mish
- Chelsea Watego, Another Day in the Colony
- S. J. Norman, Permafrost
- Elfie Shiosaki, Homecoming
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards – Prize for Indigenous Writing". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ a b c "Lucashenko wins 2014 Vic Prem's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing". Books+Publishing. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Vic Prem's award for Indigenous Writing shortlisted titles announced". Books+Publishing. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing: Winner and Shortlist Announced". Wheeler Centre. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2016 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "VPLAs 2019: Manus detainee Boochani wins $100k top prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
Categories:
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
- Australian literary awards
- Australian non-fiction book awards
- Awards established in 2004
- 2004 establishments in Australia