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. The award was originally conceived by Voss in 1955, two years before publication of Patrick White's Voss, and is funded from his estate.
Award winners Year Author Title Publisher Result2014 Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin Group (Australia) Winner Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan MacmillanShortlist Christos Tsiolkas Barracuda Allen & Unwin Tim Winton Eyrie Hamish Hamilton Alexis Wright The Swan Book Giramondo2015 Elizabeth Harrower In Certain Circles Text Publishing Winner Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Tribe Giramondo PublishingShortlist Sofie Laguna The Eye of the Sheep Allen & Unwin Gerald Murnane A Million Windows Giramondo Publishing Christos Tsiolkas Merciless Gods Allen & Unwin Rohan Wilson To Name Those Lost Allen & Unwin 2016 Leah Kaminsky The Waiting Room Random House WinnerStephen DaisleyComing RainText PublishingShortlistLisa GortonThe Life of HousesGiramondoGail JonesA Guide to BerlinVintageMireille JuchauThe World Without UsBloomsburyCharlotte WoodThe Natural Way of ThingsAllen & Unwin 2017 Mark O'Flynn The Last Days of Ava Langdon University of Queensland Press WinnerJack CoxDodge RoseText PublishingShortlistJennifer DownOur Magic HourText PublishingToni JordanOur Tiny, Useless HeartsText PublishingZoe MorrisonMusic and FreedomVintageJosephine RoweA Loving, Faithful AnimalUniversity of Queensland Press 2018 Bram Presser The Book of Dirt Text Publishing WinnerFelicity CastagnaNo More BoatsGiramondoShortlistEva HornungThe Last GardenText PublishingSofie LagunaThe ChokeAllen & UnwinCatherine McKinnonStorylandFourth EstatePip SmithHalf WildAllen & Unwin 2019 Tim Winton The Shepherd's Hut Hamish Hamilton WinnerRobyn CadwalladerBook of ColoursFourth EstateShortlistPeter CochraneThe Making of Martin SparrowVikingTrent DaltonBoy Swallows UniverseHamish HamiltonGail JonesThe Death of Noah GlassText PublishingMelissa LucashenkoToo Much LipUniversity of Queensland Press 2020 Tara June Winch The Yield Hamish Hamilton WinnerAlex LandraginCrossingsPicadorShortlistAndrew McGahanThe Rich Man's HouseAllen & UnwinMohammed Massoud MorsiThe Palace of AngelsWild Dingo PressMeg MundellThe TrespassersUniversity of Queensland PressCarrie TiffanyExploded ViewText Publishing 2021 Amanda Lohrey The Labyrinth Text Publishing WinnerRobbie ArnottThe Rain HeronText PublishingShortlistGail JonesOur ShadowsText PublishingVivian PhamThe Coconut ChildrenPenguinNardi SimpsonSong of the CrocodileHachette 2022 Larissa Behrendt After Story University of Queensland Press WinnerMichael Mohammed ArmadThe Other Half of YouHachetteShortlistMichelle De KretserScary MonstersAllen & UnwinJennifer DownBodies of LightText PublishingSusan JohnsonFrom Where I FellAllen & UnwinAlice PungOne Hundred DaysBlack Inc. 2023 Robbie Arnott Limberlost Text Publishing WinnerRobert DreweNimblefootHamish HamiltonShortlistGail JonesSalonika BurningText PublishingFiona Kelly McGregorIrisPicadorJock SerongThe SettlementText PublishingCraig SherborneThe Grass HotelText Publishing 2024 Alexis Wright Praiseworthy Giramondo WinnerAndré DaoAnamHamish HamiltonShortlistPeter PolitesGod Forgets About the PoorUltimoSanya RushdiHospitalGiramondoRonnie ScottShirleyHamish Hamilton2025 Fiona McFarlane Highway 13 Allen & Unwin Winner Michelle de Kretser Theory & Practice Text PublishingShortlist Rodney Hall Vortex Picador Gail Jones One Another Text Publishing Siang Lu Ghost Cities University of Queensland Press
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