Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award

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The Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award is a literary award for an unpublished manuscript. It can be entered by any author from the Australian State of Victoria that has not published a project based on fiction.

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The Award was established by the State Library of Australia in 2003. In 2011 administration of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards changed to the Wheeler Centre. As of 2017 is valued at A$15,000. [1]

Winners and shortlists

Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award winners and shortlists
YearAuthorTitleResult
2003 Carrie Tiffany Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Winner
2004 Angela Savage Thai DiedWinner
2005 Peter BarryI Hate Martin Amis et al.Winner [2]
2006 Andrew Hutchinson RohypnolWinner [3]
2007 Nick Gadd The Ghost WriterWinner [4]
2008 Mandy Maroney Going FinishWinner
Daniel Ducrou Conditions of ReturnShortlist
Robert PowerIn Search of the Blue TigerShortlist
2009 Amy Espeseth Sufficient GraceWinner [5]
Catherine HarrisLike Being a WifeShortlist
Lisa Jacobson The Sunlit Zone Shortlist
2010 Peggy Frew House of SticksWinner
Andrew Nette Cambodia Darkness and LightShortlist
Michelle Aung Thin Winsome of Rangoon (published as The Monsoon Bride)Shortlist
2012 [a] Graeme Simsion The Rosie Project Winner
Rose Mulready The Day We Lost The MoonShortlist
Stephen SamuelStrange Eventful HistoryShortlist
Clive Wansbrough The Twoway BoyHonorable mention
2013 Maxine Beneba Clarke Foreign SoilWinner
Naomi Bailey A Field Guide to Birdwatching in Bad WeatherShortlist
Emily Bitto The StraysShortlist
Kirsten Alexander DreamsCommended
Beverly Almeida HijroticCommended
Matt DaviesFire and IcecreamCommended
Leah De Forest The Borrowed RiverCommended
Vince Leigh Baroque DaysCommended
Stuart McCullough GoodsirCommended
2014 Miles Allinson Fever of AnimalsWinner
Jennifer Down Our Magic HourShortlist
JM Green Good MoneyShortlist
Jane Abbott WatershedCommended
Caitlin Crowley HeadlandCommended
Zoe Morrison Some Thoughts on Music and Freedom (published as Music and Freedom)Commended
Victoria Osborne Man of ClayCommended
Genevieve Poetka Winter TrafficCommended
Yannick Thoraval The CurrentCommended
2015 Jane Harper The Dry Winner [6]
Jim McIntyreNikolai the PerfectShortlist [6]
Michelle WrightFineShortlist [6]
Lucinda Berg The Kafka Papers: The Revised Memoirs of Max BrodCommended [6]
Alice Bishop A Constant HumCommended [6]
Chris Mooney-Singh Foreign Madam and the White YogiCommended [6]
Kerry Munnery Unhomely PlacesCommended [6]
Imbi Neeme The Hidden DrawerCommended [6]
2016 Melanie Cheng Australia DayWinner [7] [8]
Jay Carmichael IronbarkShortlist
Susan Johnston WildgirlShortlist
Jacquie Byron Trouble SleepingCommended
Chris Quigley Failed ManhoodCommended
Mark Brandi To Skin a Rabbit (published as Wimmera)Commended
2017 Christian White Decay TheoryWinner
Kaz Kilmore-Barrymore Truth UntoldShortlist
Laura Stortenbeker Low LightShortlist
Terry DonnellyHey Luna and Other StoriesCommended
R. W. R. McDonald The NancysCommended
2019 Victoria Hannan KokomoWinner [9]
John ByronWedding Cake IslandShortlist [10]
Wayne MarshallFrontier SportShortlist [10]
2020 Rhett Davis HoveringWinner [11] [12]
Allee Richards In Real LifeShortlist [11] [13]
Emily Spurr A Million Things Shortlist [11] [13]
2021 André Dao AnamWinner [14] [15] [16]
Neela Janakiramanan On A Knife's EdgeShortlist [17] [18]
Jessica Zhan Mei Yu But the GirlShortlist [17] [18]
J.R. Burgmann Children of TomorrowCommended [17] [18]
Patrick Hunn GoblinsCommended [17] [18]
Kylie Mirmohamadi The Guest House Commended [17] [18]
2022 Keshe Chow Fauna of MirrorsWinner [19] [20]
Abbey Lay Lead Us NotFinalist [21]
Nina Wan The AlbatrossFinalist [21]
C. J. Garrow Orangutan BalletCommended [21]
Elliot J. Han The Echoes of George Street Commended [21]
Soja Pitt Strange IntersectionsCommended [21]
2023 Mick Cummins One Divine NightWinner [22] [23] [24]
Amy BrownStillwaterShortlist [22] [25]
Ruby Todd Bright ObjectsShortlist [22] [25]
2024 Rachel Morton PanajachelWinner [26]
Hayley Elliott-Ryan GarbageShortlist [26]
N. J. Madden Laughing RiverShortlist [26]
2025 Chris Ames I Made This Just for YouWinner [27]
Lauren K. Williams Every Stolen MomentShortlist [28]
Kat Capel Heavy PettingShortlist [28]

Notes

  1. No award was presented in 2011 due to change in timing.

References

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