The Peter Blazey Fellowship in an Australian literary award, in honour of the life and work of Peter Bradford Blazey (1939-1997).AustLit Biography. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7191. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
Establishment of Fellowship The Fellowship was established by Clive Blazey and Tim Herbert, respectively, brother and partner to Peter Blazey, to honour his life and work, as a journalist, author and gay activist.Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016. The Fellowship was launched by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby at the Australia Centre, in Melbourne, on 30 April 2004.Transcript of Speech from the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby. www.michaelkirby.com.au/.../1950-BLAZEY_FELLOWSHIP_MAY_2004.doc. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
Nature of Fellowship The Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing, and is intended to further a work in progress.Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016. The Fellowship comprises a monetary prize and a one-month writing residence with the Australia Centre, within the University of Melbourne.
Fellowship winners +YearNameProjectReferences2004Sara HardyThe Unusual Life of Edna Walling2005Jennifer Compton"Who Doesn't Want Me to Dance"2006Robert KennyThe Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World2007Judith Pugh"In My Seventies" -- published as Unstill Life: Art, politics and living with Clifton Pugh.2008Andrew Lindsay"The God of Morphine"Dmetri KakmiMotherland2009Maggie MacKellar"Anatomy of a Grief" -- published as When It Rains: A Memoir2010Lily ChanToyo2011Robyn Davidson"Self-Portrait with Imaginary Mother" -- published as Unfinished Woman2012Helen EnnisOlive Cotton: A life in photography2013Kim MahoodPosition Doubtful2014Michael FarrellThe Case of Jong Ah SingMark MordueBoy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave2015Rebe TaylorInto the Heart of Tasmania: A Search For Human Antiquity2016Julia LeighAvalanche2017Eleanor HoganInto the Loneliness: The Unholy Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates2018Cassandra Pybus Truganini: Journey through the Apocalypse2019Sanaz FotouhiLove Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir2020Ellen van NeervenPersonal Score2021Declan Fry"Justice for Elijah or a Spiritual Dialogue with Ziggy Ramo"2022Dženana Vucic"A Teleology"2023S.J. NormanSkin in the Game
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