The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia.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]
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.
Winners[edit]
- 2023 – Anna McGahan, Immaculate[2]
- 2022 – Nell Pierce, A Place Near Eden[3]
- 2021 – Emma Batchelor, Now That I See You[4]
- 2020 – K. M. Kruimink, A Treacherous Country[5]
- 2019 – No prize awarded[6]
- 2018 – Emily O'Grady, The Yellow House[7]
- 2017 – Marija Peričić, The Lost Pages[8]
- 2016 – Katherine Brabon, The Memory Artist[9]
- 2015 – Murray Middleton, When There’s Nowhere Else to Run[10]
- 2014 – Christine Piper, After Darkness[11]
- 2013 – No prize awarded[12]
- 2012 – Paul D. Carter, Eleven Seasons[12]
- 2011 – Rohan Wilson, The Roving Party[12]
- 2010 – not awarded – Allen & Unwin Publishers decided to change the announcement of the winner to coincide with the publication of the book.[13]
- 2009 – Kristel Thornell, Night Street and Lisa Lang, Utopian Man[14]
- 2008 – Andrew Croome, Document Z[15]
- 2007 – Stefan Laszczuk, I Dream of Magda[15]
- 2006 – Belinda Castles, The River Baptists[15]
- 2005 – Andrew O'Connor, Tuvalu[16]
- 2004 – Julienne van Loon, Road Story[16]
- 2003 – Nicholas Angel, Drown Them in the Sea and Ruth Balint, Troubled Waters[16]
- 2002 – Danielle Wood, The Alphabet of Light and Dark[17]
- 2001 – Sarah Hay, Skins[17]
- 2000 – Stephen Gray, The Artist is a Thief[17]
- 1999 – Hsu-Ming Teo, Love and Vertigo[18]
- 1998 – Jennifer Kremmer, Pegasus in the Suburbs[18]
- 1997 – Eva Sallis, Hiam[18]
- 1996 – Bernard Cohen, The Blindman's Hat[19]
- 1995 – Richard King, Kindling Does For Firewood[19]
- 1994 – Darren Williams, Swimming in Silk[19]
- 1993 – Helen Demidenko, The Hand That Signed the Paper[20]
- 1992 – Fotini Epanomitis, The Mule's Foal[20]
- 1991 – Andrew McGahan, Praise[20]
- 1990 – Gillian Mears, The Mint Lawn and Michael Stephens, Sibling Mischief[21]
- 1989 – Mandy Sayer, Mood Indigo[21]
- 1988 – Tom Flood, Oceana Fine[21]
- 1987 – Jim Sakkas, Ilias[22]
- 1986 – Robin Walton, Glace Fruits[22]
- 1985 – No prize awarded[22]
- 1984 – Kate Grenville, Lilian's Story[22]
- 1983 – Jenny Summerville, Shields of Trell[23]
- 1982 – Brian Castro, Birds of Passage and Nigel Krauth, Matilda, My Darling[24]
- 1981 – Chris Matthews, Al Jazzar and Tim Winton, An Open Swimmer[25]
- 1980 – Archie Weller, The Day of the Dog (Weller was initially runner-up to Paul Radley, who was disqualified after admitting that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle, who was also older than 35.[26]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Goodwin (1986) p. 270
- ^ "'Immaculate' wins 2023 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "'A Place Near Eden' wins 2022 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'A Treacherous Country' wins 2020 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "No Vogel to be awarded this year". Books+Publishing. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "O'Grady wins Vogel for 'The Yellow House'". Books+Publishing. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Peričić wins Vogel for 'The Lost Pages'". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Brabon wins 2016 Vogel Award". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Middleton wins 2015 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Piper wins Vogel for 'After Darkness'". Books+Publishing. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "No Vogel Award to be presented in 2013". Books+Publishing. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "A&U: Changes to the Vogel award". Books+Publishing. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2009-2012"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2006-2008"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2000-2002"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1997-99"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1994-96"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1991-93"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1988-90"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 1984-87"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1983"". Austlit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1982"". Austlit. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1981"". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ ""Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1980"". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
External links[edit]
- Goodwin, Ken (1986) A History of Australian Literature, Basingstoke, Macmillan
- The History of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (Allen & Unwin)