Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

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The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was set up in 2011 in memory of Hazel Rowley by her sister, Della Rowley and friends, in association with Writers Victoria Inc. The Fellowship was originally valued at AU$10,000, but was increased to AU$15,000 in 2017 [1] and then to AU$20,000 in 2022. [2]

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Winners

YearAuthorProject
2012 [3] Mary Hobanbiography of Julia Arnold, published in 2019 as An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold [4]
2013 [5] Stephany Steggallbiography of Thomas Keneally, published in 2015 as Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally [6]
2014 [7] Maxine Beneba Clarke memoir, The Hate Race, published in 2016 [8]
2015 [9] Caroline Baum biography of Lucie Dreyfus
2016 [10] Matthew Lambbiography of Frank Moorhouse
2017 [3] Ann-Marie Priestbiography of Gwen Harwood, published in 2022 as My Tongue Is My Own: a life of Gwen Harwood [11]
2018 [12] Jacqueline Kent biography of Vida Goldstein, published in 2020 as Vida: A woman for our time [13]
2019 [14] Eleanor Hoganbiography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, published in 2021 as Into the Loneliness : The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates [15]
2020 [16] Lance Richardsonbiography of Peter Matthiessen
2021 [17] Mandy Sayer biography of Australian silent filmmakers, the McDonagh sisters, published in 2022 as Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia's First Female Filmmaking Team
2022 [18] Naomi Parry Duncanbiography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito
2023 [19] Diane Bellbiography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason, ‘The Queen and the Protector’
2024 [20] Kate Fullagarbiography of Marguerite Wolters

Shortlists

YearAuthorProject
2012 [21] Patrick Allington
Martin Edmond
Mary Hoban
Anne Houen
Heather Long
Chris Pash
Loretta Smith
Michelle Scott Tucker
Sally Percival Wood
2013 [5] Lisa Milner
John Murphy
Helen O'Neill
Sheridan Palmer
Ann-Marie Priest
Stephany Steggal
Elizabeth Taylor
2014 [22] Maxine Beneba Clarke autobiography – The Hate Race
Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan John and Sunday ReedRebels with a Cause
Rodney Jamesart critic Alan McCulloch – Letters to a Critic
Sylvia Martin Amy WittingThe Survivor
Michelle Potterauthorised biography of Margaret Scott
Ruth Starkepolitician Don DunstanBetween the Lines
Warren Wardthe love lives of seven philosophers – Lovers of Philosophy
Nadia Wheatley A Memoir of Memory
2015 [23] Patrick AllingtonAustralian writer David Malouf
Caroline Baum Lucie Dreyfus
Barry Divola Happy Man – Australian band The Sunnyboys and singer-songwriter Jeremy Oxley
Lyn GallacherDiscurio record store owners Ruth and Peter Mann
Naomi ParryIndigenous bushranger Musquito
Ann-Marie PriestAustralian poet Gwen Harwood
Ronnie Scott Agatha Christie – her journey across three countries
Biff Wardmemoir – Vietnam, Mon Amour
2016 [24] Shannon BurnsAustralian writer Gerald Murnane
Philip Dwyer Napoleon Bonaparte – volume 3
Kitty Hauserart teacher Geoffrey Bardon
Eleanor Hogan"Into the Loneliness: The Literary Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates"
Sharon HuebnerNoongar woman Bessy Flowers
Jacqueline Kent Robert Helpmann
Matthew Lamb Frank Moorhouse
Alec O'Halloran Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
Jeff SparrowAfrican-American singer Paul Robeson
2017 [25] Peter Edwards Robert Marsden Hope
Thornton McCamishactor Robert Hughes
Craig MunroLiterary Lions – A. G. Stephens, P. R. 'Inky' Stephensen, Beatrice Davis and Kenneth Slessor
Ann-Marie Priestpoet Gwen Harwood
Judith PughArtist in a Suit – William Dargie
Suzanne SpunnerIndigenous artist Rover Thomas
Terri-ann Whiteepidemiologist Fiona Stanley
2018 [26] Catherine Bishop"Annie Lock: A Challenging Woman"
Clem GormanAustralian artist David Rankin
Jillian GrahamAustralian composer Margaret Sutherland
Diana James"Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story"
Jacqueline Kent Vida Goldstein
Drusilla Modjeska memoir, First Half Second: Volume 2
Andrew Ramsey Mark Oliphant and Ernest Rutherford
Judith White"Colin Lanceley: The Artist's World"
2019 [27] James BoyceGovernor Lachlan Macquarie
Stephenie CahalanAustralian artist Jean Bellette
Gabrielle CareyAustralian writer Elizabeth von Arnim
Eleanor HoganAustralian writers Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates
Diana James"Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story"
James MairataAustralian producer Hal McElroy
Brigitta OlubasAustralian writer Shirley Hazzard
Maggie TonkinAustralian choreographer Meryl Tankard
2020 [28] Margo BeasleyAustralian doctor and political activist Eric Dark
Diane Bell "The Queen and the Protector" – Ngarrindjeri woman Louisa Karpany and South Australian "Sub-Protector of Aborigines" George Mason
Tegan Bennett Daylight New Zealand-born writer Ruth Park
Stephenie CahalanAustralian artist Jean Bellette
Gabrielle Carey Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim – Highly commended [16]
Madelaine DickieKimberley Indigenous leader Wayne Bergmann
Shakira Husseinmemoir – "Nine Eleven-itis"
Lance RichardsonAmerican writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist Peter Matthiessen
Suzanne Robinson"Decadent Melbourne" art, artists and immorality in the 1890s
2021 [29] Jillian GrahamAustralian composer and arts activist Margaret Sutherland
Amanda LourieEnglish-born Australian anthropologist and explorer A. W. Howitt
Jo OliverAustralian artist Adelaide Perry
Sheila Ngoc PhamAustralian science-fiction writer and psychotherapist Anne Spencer Parry
Kate RiceAustralian mother and daughter Marian Dunn and Marian Marcus Clarke
Mandy Sayer Australia's first female filmmakers – the McDonagh sisters
Michelle Scott Tuckermemoir for Torres Strait Islander Aaron Fa'aoso
2022 [30] Lorin Clarkememoir of her father, John Clarke
Melanie Duckworthbiography of Christobel Mattingley
Hannah Finkbiography of Rosalie Gascoigne
Kelly Gellatlybiography of Rosalie Gascoigne
Sylvia Martinartists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Wilson (highly commended) [18]
Mark Morduebiography of Nick Cave
Aunty Joy Murphy and Jessica Hortonbiography of Aunty Joy’s father, Jarlo Wandoon
Naomi Parry Duncanbiography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito
Michelle Nayahamui Rooneybiography of Nahau Rooney
2023 [31] Diane Bellbiography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason [19]
Gabrielle Carey biography of Alex Carey
Aunty Elly Chatfieldmemoir of her Stolen Generations experience
Carolyn Dowleybiography of Sadie Canning
Jane McCrediebiography of Jane Eastment
Jo Oliverbiography of Yvonne Boyd
Belinda Probert biography of Bill Probert, 'Secrets and War: Ambition and identity in 20th-century Britain'
Charlie Wardbiography of Jean Zakaria/Xullwy
Susan Wyndhambiography of Elizabeth Harrower
2024 [32] Kate Fullagarbiography of Marguerite Wolters [20]
Sophie Cullbiography of Calvin Duncan
Carolyn Dowleybiography of Sadie Canning
Erik Jensen biography of Rafael Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company
Jane McCrediebiography of Jane Eastment
Suzanne Robinson"Becoming Modern: Australian women composers in London between the wars"
Michelle Scott Tuckerbiography of Louisa Lawson
Helen Trinca biography of Elizabeth Harrower
Charlie Wardbiography of Jean Zakaria and family
2025 [33] Lucas Jordan"Touching the dream-dime"
Jennifer Martinbiography of Eva Sommer
Jo Oliverbiography of Isobel Rae
Monique Rooneybiography of Ruth Park
Melanie Sawardmemoir, "With the Feathers"
Michelle Scott Tuckerbiography of Louisa Lawson
Michelle Staffbiography of Bessie Rischbieth and Olive Evans
Yen Tranmemoir of her Vietnamese family
Julienne van Loon biographical essays on women scientists

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