The Voss Literary Prize is an annual award named in honour of historian Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930–1963). It is awarded to the best novel published in the previous year and is managed and judged by the Australian University Heads of English.[1] The award was originally conceived by Voss in 1955, two years before publication of Patrick White's Voss and is funded from his estate.[2]
Year | Title | Author | Publisher | References | |
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2014 | The Night Guest | Fiona McFarlane | Penguin Group (Australia) | [3] | |
2015 | In Certain Circles | Elizabeth Harrower | Text Publishing | [4] | |
2016 | The Waiting Room | Leah Kaminsky | Random House | [5] | |
2017 | The Last Days of Ava Langdon | Mark O'Flynn | University of Queensland Press | [6] | |
2018 | The Book of Dirt | Bram Presser | Text Publishing | [7] | |
2019 | The Shepherd's Hut | Tim Winton | Hamish Hamilton | [8] | |
2020 | The Yield | Tara June Winch | Hamish Hamilton | [9] | |
2021 | The Labyrinth | Amanda Lohrey | Text Publishing | [10] | |
2022 | After Story | Larissa Behrendt | University of Queensland Press | [11] | |
2023 | Limberlost | Robbie Arnott | Text Publishing | [12] |