The Australian/Vogel Literary Award

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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia. The rules of the competition include that the winner's work be published by Allen & Unwin. [1]

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The award was initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns [1] and is a collaboration between The Australian newspaper, the publisher Allen & Unwin, and Stevns & Company Pty Ltd. Stevns, founder of the company which makes Vogel bread, named the award in honour of Swiss naturopath Alfred Vogel.

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  2. ↑ "'Immaculate' wins 2023 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "'A Place Near Eden' wins 2022 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Steger, Jason (30 April 2021). "How truth and fiction won Emma Batchelor this year's Vogel Award". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "'A Treacherous Country' wins 2020 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "No Vogel to be awarded this year". Books+Publishing. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "O'Grady wins Vogel for 'The Yellow House'". Books+Publishing. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Peričić wins Vogel for 'The Lost Pages'". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Brabon wins 2016 Vogel Award". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Middleton wins 2015 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Piper wins Vogel for 'After Darkness'". Books+Publishing. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 "No Vogel Award to be presented in 2013". Books+Publishing. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "A&U: Changes to the Vogel award". Books+Publishing. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  14. ↑ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2009-2012"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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  16. 1 2 3 ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  17. 1 2 3 ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2000-2002"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  18. 1 2 3 ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1997-99"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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  23. ↑ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1983"". Austlit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  24. ↑ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1982"". Austlit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  25. ↑ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1981"". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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