Melbourne Prize for Literature (2005-)
Subcategory of Melbourne Prize
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History

The Melbourne Prize runs on a three-year awards cycle, alternating between literature, music, and urban sculpture.

Notes

  • Awarded, by the Melbourne Prize Trust, every three years to a Victorian writer in recognition of outstanding literary achievement.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Works About this Award

Alexis Wright Becomes the First Aboriginal Author to Win the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature Hannah Story , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2024;

'Waanyi author Alexis Wright has won the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, awarded to a Victorian writer who has made an "outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life".'  (Introduction)

Christos Tsiolkas Wins $60,000 Literary Award 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , November 2021;
Body of Work : Wallace-Crabbe Lands Top Literary Prize Jason Steger , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 November 2015; (p. 31)
A Miller's Tale Chris Weaver , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Voice , 11 March - 8 April vol. 9 no. 3 2013; (p. 7)
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