The Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award is a literary award for an unpublished manuscript. It can be entered by any author from the Australian State of Victoria that has not published a project based on fiction.
The Award was established by the State Library of Australia in 2003. In 2011 administration of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards changed to the Wheeler Centre. As of 2017 is valued at A$15,000.
Winners and shortlists +Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award winners and shortlistsYearAuthorTitleResult2003Everyman's Rules for Scientific LivingWinner2004Thai DiedWinner2005I Hate Martin Amis et al.Winner2006RohypnolWinner2007The Ghost WriterWinner2008Going FinishWinnerConditions of ReturnShortlistIn Search of the Blue TigerShortlist2009Sufficient GraceWinnerLike Being a WifeShortlistShortlist2010House of SticksWinnerCambodia Darkness and LightShortlistWinsome of Rangoon (published as The Monsoon Bride)Shortlist2012WinnerShortlistStrange Eventful HistoryShortlistHonorable mention2013Foreign SoilWinnerShortlistShortlistDreamsCommendedHijroticCommendedFire and IcecreamCommendedCommendedBaroque DaysCommendedGoodsirCommended2014Fever of AnimalsWinnerOur Magic HourShortlistGood MoneyShortlistWatershedCommendedHeadlandCommendedSome Thoughts on Music and Freedom (published as Music and Freedom)CommendedMan of ClayCommendedWinter TrafficCommendedCommended2015WinnerNikolai the PerfectShortlistFineShortlistCommendedCommendedForeign Madam and the White YogiCommendedUnhomely PlacesCommendedCommended2016Australia DayWinnerIronbarkShortlistWildgirlShortlistTrouble SleepingCommendedFailed ManhoodCommendedTo Skin a Rabbit (published as Wimmera)Commended2017Decay TheoryWinnerTruth UntoldShortlistLow LightShortlistHey Luna and Other StoriesCommendedCommended2019KokomoWinnerWedding Cake IslandShortlistFrontier SportShortlist2020HoveringWinnerIn Real LifeShortlistShortlist2021AnamWinnerOn A Knife's EdgeShortlistBut the GirlShortlistChildren of TomorrowCommendedGoblinsCommendedCommended2022Fauna of MirrorsWinnerLead Us NotFinalistFinalistOrangutan BalletCommendedCommendedStrange IntersectionsCommended2023One Divine NightWinnerStillwaterShortlistBright ObjectsShortlist2024PanajachelWinnerGarbageShortlistLaughing RiverShortlist2025I Made This Just for YouWinnerEvery Stolen MomentShortlistHeavy PettingShortlist2026The KookaburraWinnerIncognitoShortlistThe Final Voyage of Charles Le CorreShortlist
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