The Australian/Vogel Literary Award

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"The Australian"/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently $20,000 (AUD), is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia.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 and Unwin. [Goodwin (1986) p. 270]

The award was initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns [Goodwin (1986) p. 270] 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

*2008 - Andrew Croome, "Document Z"
*2007 - Stefan Laszczuk, "I Dream of Magda"
*2006 - Belinda Castles, "The River Baptists"
*2005 - Andrew O'Connor, "Tuvalu"
*2004 - Julienne van Loon, "Road Story"
*2003 - Nicholas Angel, "Drown Them in the Sea" and Ruth Balint, "Troubled Waters"
*2002 - Danielle Wood, "The Alphabet of Light and Dark"
*2001 - Sarah Hay, "Skins" and Catherine Padmore, "Sibyl's Cave"
*2000 - Stephen Gray, "The Artist is a Thief"
*1999 - Hsu-Ming Teo, "Love and Vertigo"
*1998 - Jennifer Kremmer, "Pegasus in the Suburbs"
*1997 - Eva Sallis, "Hiam"
*1996 - Bernard Cohen, "The Blindman's Hat"
*1995 - Richard King, "Kindling Does For Firewood"
*1994 - Darren Williams, "Swimming In Silk"
*1993 - Helen Demidenko, "The Hand That Signed the Paper"
*1992 - Fotini Epanomitis, "The Mule's Foal"
*1991 - Andrew McGahan, "Praise"
*1990 - Gillian Mears, "The Mint Lawn"
*1989 - Mandy Sayer, "Mood Indigo"
*1988 - Tom Flood, "Oceana Fine"
*1987 - Jim Sakkas, "Ilias"
*1986 - Robin Walton, "Glace Fruits"
*1985 - No prize awarded
*1984 - Kate Grenville, "Lilian's Story"
*1983 - Jenny Summerville, "Shields Of Trell"
*1982 - Brian Castro, "Birds of Passage" and Nigel Krauth, "Matilda, My Darling"
*1981 - Chris Matthews, "Al Jazzar" and Tim Winton, "An Open Swimmer"
*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. [ [http://www.listsofbests.com/list/3944/compare/dt123] Lists of Bests, winners of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, website accessed November 5, 2006] )

Notes

References

*Goodwin, Ken (1986) "A History of Australian Literature", Basingstoke, Macmillan
* [http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=444 The History of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (Allen & Unwin)]


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