Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction explained

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 100,000.

The prize was formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction from inception until 2010 when the awards were re-established under the stewardship of the Wheeler Centre and restarted with new prize amounts and a new name. The Nettie Palmer Prize was valued at 30,000 in 2010. According to the State Library of Victoria which managed the prize from 1997 to 2010, "This prize is offered for a published work of non-fiction. Books consisting principally of photographs or illustrations are ineligible unless the accompanying text is of substantial length."[1] Palmer wrote regularly for numerous newspapers all round Australia. She wrote on a wide range of topics, from environment to cultural events, reviewing all important books being published in Australia, America, Europe and elsewhere.

Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction

Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon .

Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction winners and finalists!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2011Winner[2]
Good Living StreetFinalist
My Blood’s CountryFinalist
Delusions of GenderFinalist
Finalist
Into the WoodsFinalist
2012Winner[3] [4]
1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of AustraliaFinalist[5]
AdelaideFinalist
Finalist
True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth DurackFinalist
Her Father's DaughterFinalist
2014Forgotten WarWinner[6]
White BeechFinalist[7] [8]
On WarneFinalist
Gardens of Fire: An Investigative MemoirFinalist
Boy, Lost: A Family MemoirFinalist
Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St JohnFinalist
NPY Women's CouncilCommended: Traditional Healers of Central Australia: NgangkariFinalist
2015Winner[9] [10]
Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam CullenFinalist[11] [12]
DarwinFinalist
Where Song BeganFinalist
Finalist
Finalist
2016Something for the PainWinner[13] [14]
and Kendrah MorganModern Love: The Lives of John and Sunday ReedFinalist[15]
Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own WeatherFinalist
Australia’s Second ChanceFinalist
Second Half FirstFinalist
MannixFinalist
2017Offshore: Behind the wire on Manus and NauruWinner[16]
with Ben MckelveySongs of a War BoyFinalist[17]
Finalist
with Patricia DrumFinalist
Position DoubtfulFinalist
Finalist
2018Winner[18] [19]
Finalist[20]
Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of ConsciousnessFinalist
For a Girl: A True Story of Secrets, Motherhood and HopeFinalist
TrackerFinalist
2019Winner[21]
Staying: A MemoirFinalist[22]
Finalist
Eggshell SkullFinalist
Miss Ex-YugoslaviaFinalist
AxiomaticFinalist
2020Sea People: The Puzzle of PolynesiaWinner[23] [24]
Finalist[25]
Finalist
Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital TechnologyFinalist
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music Finalist
Gay’wu Group of WomenSongspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country Through SonglinesFinalist
2021Body Count: How Climate Change is Killing UsWinner[26]
Show Me Where It HurtsFinalist[27] [28]
Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking JusticeFinalist
and Lynne KellySonglines: The Power and PromiseFinalist
BlueberriesFinalist
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save AustraliaFinalist
2022Winner[29] [30]
Coming of Age in the War on TerrorFinalist[31]
Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing FutureFinalist
Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and ResilienceFinalist
Buried Not DeadFinalist
Another Day in the ColonyFinalist
2023Root & Branch: Essays on InheritanceWinner[32] [33] [34]
ChildhoodFinalist[35]
Finalist
Finalist
People Who Lunch: Essays on Work, Leisure and Loose LivingFinalist
Our Members Be Unlimited: A Comic about Workers and Their UnionsFinalist
2024 Ellen van NeervenPersonal Score: Sport, culture, identityWinner[36]
Kris KneenFat Girl DancingFinalist[37]
Antony LoewensteinThe Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the worldFinalist
Chris MastersFlawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimesFinalist
David MarrKilling for Country: A family storyFinalist
Jordana SilversteinCruel Care: A history of children at our bordersFinalist

Nettie Palmer Prize for Nonfiction

Nettie Palmer Prize for Nonfiction winners!Year!Author!Title!Ref.
1985Bernard SmithThe Boy Adeodatus : The Portrait of a Lucky Young Bastard[38]
1986John BrysonEvil Angels[39]
1987Hugh StrettonPolitical Essays[40]
1988Brian MatthewsLouisa[41]
1989Paradise Found and Lost[42]
1990The Sixpenny Soldier[43]
1991Wild Card
1992Patrick White: A Life
1993Mr Bligh's Bad Language
1994Lyrebird Rising: Louise Hanson-Dyer of Oiseau-Lyre 1884-1962
1995Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer
1996
1997Midnight in Sicily
1998Romulus, My Father
1999M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio
2000
2001Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800-2000
2002
2003Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession[44]
2004Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities[45]
2005Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev[46]
2006Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography[47]
2007Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes[48]
2008[49]
2009[50]
2010Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life[51]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Library of Victoria . 2008-04-15 . 2008-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080721105654/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/index.html . live .
  2. Web site: 2011 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190208195454/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2011 . February 8, 2019 . January 29, 2014 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
  3. Web site: 2012 . 21 big names. One big decision. Start reading. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190202043859/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2012 . February 2, 2019 . January 29, 2014 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
  4. Web site: 17 October 2012 . 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘The Biggest Estate on Earth’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128134829/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2012/10/17/25263/2012-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-winners-announced-the-biggest-estate-on-earth-wins-victorian-prize-for-literature/ . 2021-11-28 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  5. Web site: 9 August 2012 . 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924161142/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2012/08/09/24622/2012-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced/ . 2021-09-24 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  6. Web site: 29 January 2014 . 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘Liquid Nitrogen’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924161656/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/01/29/29295/2014-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-winners-announced-liquid-nitrogen-wins-victorian-prize-for-literature/ . 2021-09-24 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  7. Web site: 2014 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140125133913/http://wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2014 . 25 January 2014 . 29 January 2014 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
  8. Web site: 29 November 2013 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803041253/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2013/11/29/28954/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2014-shortlists-announced/ . 2021-08-03 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  9. Web site: 2015 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093306/http://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2015 . 8 December 2015 . 8 December 2015 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
  10. Web site: 29 January 2015 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 winners announced; ‘The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703180404/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2015/01/29/32164/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2015-winners-announced-the-europeans-in-australia-volume-three-nation-wins-victorian-prize-for-literature/ . 2022-07-03 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  11. Web site: Puvanenthiran . Bhakthi . 2014-12-11 . Diverse 2015 Victorian Premiers Literary Award Shortlist features itinerant novelist Ceridwan Dovey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180618203216/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/diverse-2015-victorian-premiers-literary-award-shortlist-features-itinerant-novelist-ceridwan-dovey-20141211-1256bh.html . 2018-06-18 . 2023-02-21 . . en.
  12. Web site: 12 December 2014 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220815054935/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/12/12/32000/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2015-shortlists-announced/ . 2022-08-15 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  13. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180428053629/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2016 . 28 April 2018 . 1 May 2018 . The Wheeler Centre.
  14. Web site: 29 January 2016 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811115159/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/01/29/40461/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2016-winners-announced/ . 2022-08-11 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  15. Web site: 7 December 2015 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818104716/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2015/12/07/35577/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2016-shortlists-announced/ . 2022-08-18 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  16. Web site: 1 February 2017 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129140302/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/02/01/83467/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2017-winners-announced/ . 2021-11-29 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  17. Web site: 5 December 2016 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030082020/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/12/05/82063/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2017-shortlists-announced/ . 2020-10-30 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  18. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180501161311/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2018 . 1 May 2018 . 1 May 2018 . The Wheeler Centre.
  19. Web site: 1 February 2018 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405113726/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/02/01/101425/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2018-winners-announced/ . 2018-04-05 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  20. Web site: 4 December 2017 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128220902/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/12/04/99205/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2018-shortlists-announced/ . 2022-01-28 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  21. Web site: 1 February 2019 . VPLAs 2019: Manus detainee Boochani wins $100k top prize . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220320040710/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/02/01/122726/vplas-2019-manus-detainee-boochani-wins-100k-top-prize/ . 2022-03-20 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  22. Web site: 12 December 2018 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225718/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/12/12/121398/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2019-shortlists-announced/ . 2018-12-15 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  23. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200304000632/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2020 . 2020-03-04 . 2020-01-31 . . en.
  24. Web site: Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221223706/https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2020 . 2023-02-21 . 2023-02-21 . Readings Books . en.
  25. Web site: 2019-12-02 . 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128115404/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/12/02/143249/2020-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced/ . 2020-01-28 . 2019-12-02 . . en-AU.
  26. Web site: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210202002421/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2021 . 2021-02-02 . 2021-02-01 . The Wheeler Centre . en.
  27. Web site: 2020-12-08 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207232220/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/12/08/160636/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2021-shortlists-announced/ . 2020-12-07 . 2020-12-08 . . en-AU.
  28. Web site: The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards shortlists 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201207201159/https://www.readings.com.au/news/the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-2021 . 2020-12-07 . 2023-02-21 . Readings Books . en.
  29. Web site: 2022-02-04 . Gorrie wins 2022 Victorian Prize for Literature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220203235455/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/02/04/209513/gorrie-wins-2022-victorian-prize-for-literature/ . 2022-02-03 . 2022-02-04 . . en-AU.
  30. Web site: Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220203081237/https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2022 . 2022-02-03 . 2023-02-21 . Readings Books . en.
  31. Web site: 2021-12-07 . VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206235345/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/12/07/207323/vpla-2022-shortlists-announced/ . 2021-12-06 . 2021-12-07 . . en-AU.
  32. Web site: The 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203100916/https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/ . 2023-02-03 . 2023-02-02 . The Wheeler Centre . en-US.
  33. Web site: 2 February 2023 . Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202083629/https://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023 . 2023-02-02 . 2023-02-21 . Readings Books . en.
  34. News: Burke . Kelly . 2023-02-02 . Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $125,000 for ‘quietly powerful’ novella . en-GB . . live . 2023-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230212065421/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/02/melbourne-author-jessica-au-wins-125000-for-quietly-powerful-novella . 2023-02-12 . 0261-3077.
  35. Web site: PMLAs 2022 winners, 2023 Indie Book Awards longlists, VPLAs shortlists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221223708/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/01/11/224865/pmlas-2022-winners-2023-indie-book-awards-longlists-vplas-shortlists/ . 2023-02-21 . 2023-02-21 . . en-AU.
  36. News: Heath . Nicola . 2024-02-01 . Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn't published . 2024-02-02 . ABC News . en-AU.
  37. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced . 2023-12-19 . Books+Publishing.
  38. Web site: "Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction — 1985" . Austlit. 13 December 2023.
  39. Web site: "Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction — 1986" . Austlit. 25 December 2023.
  40. Web site: "Victorian fiction award to Janine Burke" . The Canberra Times, 16 September 1987, p26. 26 December 2023.
  41. Web site: "Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction — 1988" . Austlit. 25 December 2023.
  42. Web site: "Canberra professor wins award for his Pacific 'good book'" . The Canberra Times, 20 September 1989, p7. 26 December 2023.
  43. Web site: "Litbits" . The Canberra Times, 16 September 1990, p28. 26 December 2023.
  44. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2003 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812151642/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2003.html . 2008-08-12 . 2008-04-15.
  45. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2004 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812151425/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2004.html . 2008-08-12 . 2008-04-15.
  46. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2005 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812152220/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2005.html . 2008-08-12 . 2008-04-15.
  47. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2006 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080811120246/http://slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2006.html . 2008-08-11 . 2008-04-15.
  48. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2007 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812151553/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/winner2007.html . 2008-08-12 . 2008-04-15.
  49. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2008 Winner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080922154840/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_08.html . 2008-09-22 . 2008-09-02.
  50. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2009 Winner . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100505060120/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.html . 2010-05-05 . 2010-04-05.
  51. Web site: 2010 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011: 2010 Winners & Shortlists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220058/http://wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2011/2010-winners-shortlists . February 1, 2014 . January 29, 2014 . Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

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