Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer (2003-)
Subcategory of Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
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History

This award was not offered in 2011.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2023

winner Rachel Morton for 'Panajachel'.

Year: 2023

winner Michael Cummins as Mick Cummins, for 'One Divine Night'.

Year: 2022

winner Keshe Chow for 'Fauna of Mirrors'.

Year: 2021

winner y separately published work icon Anam André Dao , Camberwell : Hamish Hamilton , 2023 25676753 2023 single work novel

'Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.

'A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a revolutionary government? Is it an oral history of the grandmother left behind to look after the children? Or is it a love story, or a detective tale?

'Moving from 1930s Hanoi through a series of never-ending wars and displacements to Saigon, Paris, Melbourne and Cambridge, Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.

'Andre Dao mines his family and personal stories to turnover ideas that resonate with all of us around place and home, family legacy and expectations, ambition and sacrifice.

'Anam blends fiction and essay, theory and everyday life to imagine that which has been repressed, left out, and forgotten by archives and by families. As the grandson sifts through letters, photographs, government documents and memories, he has his own family to think about- a partner and an infant daughter. Is there a way to remember the past that creates a future for them as well? Or does coming home always involve a certain amount of forgetting?' (Publication summary)

Year: 2020

winner Rhett Davis for 'Hovering'.

Works About this Award

Debut Spotlight : 5 Questions with Amy Brown Amy Brown , 2024 single work
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2024;

'Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For February that debut is My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown (Scribner Australia), a genre-bending novel exploring Brown’s own life and reimagining the lives of one of Australia’s most celebrated writers, Miles Franklin. We spoke to Amy about her experience in the publishing industry and what advice she has for other writers.' (Introduction)

Heart to Heart Hilary Simmons (interviewer), 2017 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , May vol. 96 no. 4 2017; (p. 25)

Melanie Cheng's Australia Day is a' bittersweet, beautifully crafted collection' about the conflicts and realisations that occur when people of different backgrounds are brought together. She spoke to interviewer Hilary Simmons. (Summary)

Cheng's Engaging Stories from View of a Chameleon Jason Steger , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 June 2016; (p. 10)
Melanie Cheng Wins the Writing Award That Launches Brilliant Careers Jason Steger , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 14 June 2016;
'Cheng was on Tuesday evening named the winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her story collection, Australia Day. The $15,000 prize was presented at the opening of the Emerging Writers Festival. ...'
Jumping at the Chance to Publish Jason Steger , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 May 2014; (p. 11)
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