Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing

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The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The award commenced in 2004 [1] and in 2012 the prize was valued at A$20,000. [2] The winner of this category prize competes with the other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional A$100,000. Nominees are allowed to enter other categories of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. [3]

In 2004 Vivienne Cleven was the inaugural winner. [1] The prize value was increased to A$25,000 in 2016. [4]

Winners and shortlists

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

Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing winners and finalists [1]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2004 Vivienne Cleven Her Sister's EyeWinner
Larissa Behrendt HomeFinalist
Dennis McDermott Dorothy's SkinFinalist
2006 Tara June Winch Swallow the AirWinner
Fabienne Bayet WatershedFinalist
Jared Thomas Sweet GuyFinalist
Noel C. Tovey Little Black Bastard: A Story of SurvivalFinalist
2008 Yvette Holt Anonymous PremonitionWinner
Gayle Kennedy Me, Antman and FleabagFinalist
John MaynardFight for Liberty and Freedom: The Origins of Australian Aboriginal ActivismFinalist
2010 Larissa Behrendt LegacyWinner [5]
Kate Howarth Ten Hail Marys: A MemoirFinalist
Lorraine McGee-Sippel Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste?Finalist
2012 Anita Heiss Am I Black Enough For You?Winner [6] [7]
Jeanine Leane Purple Threads Finalist [8]
Nicole Watson The BoundaryFinalist [8]
2014 Melissa Lucashenko Mullumbimby Winner [2]
Tony Birch The PromiseFinalist
Lionel Fogarty Mogwie-Idan: Stories of the LandFinalist
Bruce Pascoe Dark Emu Finalist
Jared Thomas Calypso SummerFinalist
Alexis Wright The Swan Book Finalist
2016 Tony Birch Ghost RiverWinner [4] [9] [10]
Ali Cobby Eckermann Inside My MotherFinalist [11]
Ellen van Neerven Heat and LightFinalist [11]
2019 Kim Scott TabooWinner [12]
Tony Birch Common PeopleFinalist [13]
Melissa Lucashenko Too Much LipFinalist [13]
Alison Whittaker BlakworkFinalist [13]
2021 Archie Roach Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my musicWinner [14]
Kirli Saunders KindredFinalist [15] [16]
Nardi Simpson Song of the CrocodileFinalist [15] [16]
Karen Wyld Where the Fruit FallsFinalist [15] [16]
2022 Blueribbon icon.png Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience Winner [17] [18]
Evelyn Araluen DropbearFinalist [19]
Gary Lonesborough The Boy from the MishFinalist [19]
S. J. Norman PermafrostFinalist [19]
Elfie Shiosaki HomecomingFinalist [19]
Chelsea Watego Another Day in the Colony Finalist [19]
2023 Lystra Rose The UpwellingWinner [20] [21] [22]
Lionel Fogarty Harvest LingoFinalist [23] [24] [25]
Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli AstronomyFinalist [23] [24] [25]
Amy Thunig Tell Me AgainFinalist [23] [24] [25]

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