Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The award commenced in 2004 and in 2012 the prize was valued at A$20,000. The winner of this category prize competes with the other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 100,000. Nominees are allowed to enter other categories of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

In 2004 Vivienne Cleven was the inaugural winner. The prize value was increased to A$25,000 in 2016.

Winners and shortlists Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon (). +Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.2004 Her Sister's EyeWinner HomeFinalist Dorothy's SkinFinalist2006 Swallow the AirWinner WatershedFinalist Sweet GuyFinalist Little Black Bastard: A Story of SurvivalFinalist2008 Anonymous PremonitionWinner Me, Antman and FleabagFinalist Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The Origins of Australian Aboriginal ActivismFinalist2010 LegacyWinner Ten Hail Marys: A MemoirFinalist Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste?Finalist2012 Am I Black Enough For You?Winner Purple ThreadsFinalist Finalist2014 MullumbimbyWinner Finalist Mogwie-Idan: Stories of the LandFinalist Dark EmuFinalist Calypso SummerFinalist Finalist2016 Ghost RiverWinner Inside My MotherFinalist Heat and LightFinalist2019 TabooWinner Common PeopleFinalist Too Much LipFinalist BlakworkFinalist2021 Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my musicWinner KindredFinalist Song of the CrocodileFinalist Where the Fruit FallsFinalist2022 Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilienceWinner DropbearFinalist Finalist PermafrostFinalist HomecomingFinalist Another Day in the ColonyFinalist2023 Winner Harvest LingoFinalist and Krystal De Napoli AstronomyFinalist Tell Me AgainFinalist2024Close to the Subject: Selected worksFinalistFirelightFinalistPersonal Score: Sport, culture, identityFinalist2025Black WitnessWinnerAfloatFinalistI'm Not Really HereFinalistRefugiaFinalist2026 The RotWinnerThe Eagle & the CrowFinalist and Iwantja Arts (eds)The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in LoveFinalistWindows and MirrorsFinalist

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