Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama

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The Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. The winner of this category prize vies with four other category winners (fiction; non-fiction; poetry; young adult literature) for overall Victorian Prize for Literature.

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Until 2012, the award was called the Louis Esson Prize for Drama.

Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama

Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon ( Blueribbon icon.png ).

Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2012 Lally Katz A Golem StoryWinner [1] [2]
Aidan Fennessy NationalFinalist [1] [3]
Daniel Keene BoxmanFinalist [1] [3]
2014 [lower-alpha 1] Patricia Cornelius SavagesWinner [4]
Kate Grenville The Secret River Finalist [5] [6]
Anne-Louise Sarks and Kate Mulvany MedeaFinalist [5] [6]
2015 Angus Cerini ResplendenceWinner [7] [8]
Alison Croggon MayakovskyFinalist [7] [9] [10]
Daniel Keene The Long Way HomeFinalist [7] [9] [10]
2016 Blueribbon icon.png Mary Anne Butler BrokenWinner [11] [12]
Angela Betzien MortidoFinalist [13]
Patricia Cornelius SHITFinalist [13]
Declan Greene I am a MiracleHighly commended [13]
2017 Blueribbon icon.png Leah Purcell The Drover's Wife Winner [14]
Gita Bezard Girl Shut Your MouthFinalist [15]
Zoë Coombs Marr Trigger WarningFinalist [15]
2018 Michele Lee RiceWinner [16] [17]
Nakkiah Lui Black is the New White Finalist [18] [19]
Kate Mulvany The Rasputin AffairFinalist [18] [19]
2019 Kendall Feaver The Almighty SometimesWinner [20] [21]
Michele LeeGoing DownFinalist [22]
Ursula Yovich and Alana Valentine Barbara and the Camp Dogs Finalist [22]
2020 Blueribbon icon.png S. Shakthidharan (and associated writer Eamon Flack) Counting and Cracking Winner [23] [24] [25]
Samah Sabawi ThemFinalist [26]
Meyne Wyatt City of GoldFinalist [26]
2021 Angus Cerini WonnangattaWinner [27]
Dan Giovannoni SLAP. BANG. KISS.Finalist [28] [29]
Andrea James Sunshine Super Girl: The Evonne Goolagong StoryFinalist [28] [29]
Kendall Feaver Wherever She WandersHighly Commend [28] [29]
Benjamin Law Torch the PlaceHighly Commend [28] [29]
2022 Dylan Van Den Berg MilkWinner [30] [31]
Steve Perie Return to the DirtFinalist [32]
Melissa ReevesArchimedes WarFinalist [33]
Andrea James & Catherine RyanDoggedHighly commend [34]
2023 John Harvey The ReturnWinner [35] [36] [37]
Merlynn Tong Golden BloodFinalist [38] [39]
Dylan Van Den Berg Whitefella Yella TreeFinalist [38] [39]

Louis Esson Prize for Drama

Louis Esson Prize for Drama winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1985 David AllenCheapsideWinner [40]
1986 Janis Balodis Too Young for Ghosts Winner [41]
1987 Ben Lewin A Matter of Convenience Winner [42]
1988 Alma De Groen The Rivers of ChinaWinner
1989 Daniel Keene Silent PartnerWinner
1990 Sam Sejavka The HiveWinner [43]
1991 Katherine Thomson Diving for Pearls Winner
1992 Jocelyn Moorhouse Proof Winner
1993 Michael Gurr Sex Diary of an InfidelWinner
1994 Louis Nowra The TempleWinner [44]
1995 Barry Dickins Remembering Ronald RyanWinner [45]
1996 Joanna Murray-Smith HonourWinner
1997 Michael Gurr JerusalemWinner
1998 Daniel Keene Every Minute, Every Hour, Every DayWinner [46]
1999 Catherine Zimdahl Clark in SarajevoWinner [47]
2000 Hannie Rayson Life After George Winner
2001 Peta Murray SaltWinner
2002 Andrew Bovell Holy DayWinner
2003 Joanna Murray-Smith RaptureWinner
2004 Stephen Sewell Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary AmericaWinner
2005 Melissa Reeves The SpookWinner
2006 Stephen Sewell Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis BaconWinner
2007 Jane Bodie A Single ActWinner
Kit Lazaroo AsylumFinalist [48]
Stephen Sewell It Just StoppedFinalist [48]
2008 Andrew Bovell When the Rain Stops Falling Winner [49] [50]
Wesley Enoch The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s TableFinalist [50]
Michael Gow Toy Symphony Finalist [50]
2009 Lally Katz Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie MuddWinner
Paul GallowayRealismFinalist [51]
Damien Millar The Modern International DeadFinalist [51]
2010 Tom Holloway And No More Shall We Part Winner [52]
Declan Greene MothFinalist [53]
Melissa ReevesFurious MattressFinalist [53]
2011 Patricia Cornelius Do not go gentle…Winner [54]
Jane Montgomery Griffiths Sappho…in 9 fragmentsFinalist [54]
Raimondo Cortese IntimacyFinalist [54]

Notes

  1. ↑ Prior to 2014, the award year was directly related to the year of publication. In 2014, the award year referred to books published in the previous year. That is, in 2012, the award went to books published in 2012. In 2014, the award went to books published in 2013.

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