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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently $20,000 (AUD), is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia.
The first winner in 1980, Paul Radley, later admitted that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle who was over 35 years old, and Radley was disqualified (and replaced by Archie Weller). The award is named after and sponsored by The Australian newspaper and Vogel bread company. [1]
[edit] Winners
- 2006 - Belinda Castles, The River Baptists
- 2005 - Andrew T. O'Connor, Tuvalu
- 2004 - Julienne van Loon, Road Story
- 2003 - Nicholas Angel, Drown Them in the Sea
- 2002 - Danielle Wood, The Alphabet of Light and Dark
- 2001 - Sarah Hay, Skins
- 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; Nigel Krauth, Matilda, My Darling
- 1981 - Chris Matthews (writer), Al Jazzar; Tim Winton, An Open Swimmer
- 1980 - Archie Weller, The Day Of The Dog
[edit] Notes
- ^ [1]The Bests Web site, Web page titled "The Australian/Vogel Literary Award - Winners", accessed November 5, 2006
