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

Year: 2024

winner Alexis Wright

Year: 2021

winner Christos Tsiolkas

Year: 2018

winner Alison Lester

Year: 2015

winner Chris Wallace-Crabbe

Year: 2012

winner Alex Miller
VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (31)

Works About this Award

Christos Tsiolkas Wins $60,000 Literary Award 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , November 2021;
“The Slap” Author Christos Tsiolkas Is a Melbourne Prize for Literature 2021 Finalist 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , September 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)
Miller Wins Melbourne Literature Prize; Sherborne Wins Best Writing Prize 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2012/13 vol. 92 no. 3 2012; (p. 7)
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