Victorian Premier's Literary Award2016

Given by Wheeler Centre

Other Names: C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Victoria Premier's Literary Award, Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults
23 Works 5,708 Books 384 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction is a component of the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued at A$30,000. Most Australian state premiers present annual Australian literary show more awards to promote Australian writing in all its forms. The award is named after Vance Palmer show less
Stages:
All, Winner (143), Shortlist (191), Nominee (65), No Stage (1)
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Years:
All, 2024 (28), 2023 (10), 2022 (2), 2021 (21), 2020 (18), 2019 (23), 2018 (19), 2017 (17), 2016 (23), 2015 (16), 2014 (26), 2012 (19), 2011 (19), 2010 (12), 2009 (11), 2008 (9), 2007 (8), 2006 (6), 2005 (5), 2004 (5), 2003 (6), 2002 (5), 2001 (3), 2000 (3), 1999 (3), 1998 (4), 1997 (4), 1996 (4), 1995 (3), 1994 (3), 1993 (2), 1992 (4), 1991 (3), 1990 (2), 1989 (2), 1988 (3), 1987 (2), 1986 (3), 1985 (4)

Winner 6

WorkCategoryYear
Ghost River by Tony BirchIndigenous Writing2016
Something for the Pain: A Memoir of the Turf by Gerald MurnaneNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016
Crankhandle (Notebooks) by Alan LoneyPoetry2016
The Dry by Jane HarperUnpublished Manuscript2016
The World without Us by Mireille JuchauVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
Welcome to Orphancorp by Marlee Jane WardYoung Adults2016

Shortlist 12

WorkCategoryYear
Inside My Mother by Ali Cobby EckermannIndigenous Writing2016
Heat and Light (David Unaipon Award Winners Series) by Ellen van NeervenIndigenous Writing2016
Fever of Animals by Miles AllinsonVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett DaylightVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
The Other Side of the World by Stephanie BishopVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
Clade by James BradleyVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
Forever young by Steven CarrollVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
The Mothers by Rod JonesVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
Black Rock White City by A. S. PatrićVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte WoodVance Palmer Prize for Fiction2016
A Single Stone by Meg McKinlayYoung Adults2016
Sister Heart by Sally MorganYoung Adults2016

Nominee 5

WorkCategoryYear
Modern Love: The lives of John and Sunday Reed by Lesley HardingNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016
Thea Astley : inventing her own weather by Karen LambNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016
Australia's Second Chance - From the author of The Australian Moment / EXPRES COURIER FROM SYDNEY WITH DHL/ UPS / FEDEX by George MegalogenisNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016
Second Half First by Drusilla ModjeskaNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016
Mannix by Brenda NiallNettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction2016

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The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction is a component of the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued at A$30,000. Most Australian state premiers present annual Australian literary awards to promote Australian writing in all its forms. The award is named after Vance Palmer (English, Member-written)
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction is a component of the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued at A$30,000. (English, Member-written)

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