Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. The winner of this category prize vies with four other category winners (fiction; non-fiction; poetry; young adult literature) for overall Victorian Prize for Literature.

Winners

1985 David Allen, Cheapside[1]
1986 Janis Balodis, Too Young for Ghosts[2]
1987 Ben Lewin, A Matter of Convenience[3]
1988 Alma De Groen, The Rivers of China
1989 Daniel Keene, Silent Partner
1990 Sam Sejavka, The Hive[4]
1991 Katherine Thomson, Diving for Pearls
1992 Jocelyn Moorhouse, Proof
1993 Michael Gurr, Sex Diary of an Infidel
1994 Louis Nowra, The Temple[5]
1995 Barry Dickins, Remembering Ronald Ryan[6]
1996 Joanna Murray-Smith, Honour
1997 Michael Gurr, Jerusalem
1998 Daniel Keene, Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day[7]
1999 Catherine Zimdahl, Clark in Sarajevo[8]
2000 Hannie Rayson, Life After George
2001 Peta Murray, Salt
2002 Andrew Bovell, Holy Day
2003 Joanna Murray-Smith, Rapture
2004 Stephen Sewell, Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America
2005 Melissa Reeves, The Spook
2006 Stephen Sewell, Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis Bacon
2007 Jane Bodie, A Single Act
2008 Andrew Bovell, When the Rain Stops Falling[9]
2009 Lally Katz, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd
2010 Tom Holloway, And No More Shall We Part
2011 Patricia Cornelius, Do not go gentle…
2012 Lally Katz, A Golem Story
2013 No award
2014 Patricia Cornelius, Savages
2015 Angus Cerini, Resplendence
2016 Mary Anne Butler, Broken
2017 Leah Purcell, The Drover's Wife
2018 Michele Lee, Rice[10]
2019 Kendall Feaver, The Almighty Sometimes[11]
2020 S. Shakthidharan (and associate writer Eamon Flack), Counting and Cracking[12]

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References

"Dobson shares poetry award". The Canberra Times. 59 (18, 223). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 August 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"Wednesday Magazine". The Canberra Times. 61 (18, 634). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"Wednesday magazine". The Canberra Times. 62 (18, 975). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"dren's book music to the ears of parents". The Canberra Times. 65 (20, 246). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"Celebration of kids' books". The Canberra Times. 70 (21, 731). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. 71 (22, 101). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 October 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
"Flanagan wins for Clapping". The Age. 17 October 1998. p. 18.
Steger, Jason (16 October 1999). "Literary prizes sail under the bridge". The Age. p. 7.
"Garner wins Vic Premier's literary prize". ABC News. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
"Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
"Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
Delaney, Brigid (2020-01-30). "Counting and Cracking: Belvoir Street's standout hit wins Australia's richest literary prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-31.

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[1] "Dobson shares poetry award". The Canberra Times. 59 (18, 223). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 August 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Wednesday Magazine". The Canberra Times. 61 (18, 634). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 October 1986. p. 18. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Wednesday magazine". The Canberra Times. 62 (18, 975). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "dren's book music to the ears of parents". The Canberra Times. 65 (20, 246). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Celebration of kids' books". The Canberra Times. 70 (21, 731). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. 71 (22, 101). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 October 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "Flanagan wins for Clapping". The Age. 17 October 1998. p. 18.

[8] Steger, Jason (16 October 1999). "Literary prizes sail under the bridge". The Age. p. 7.

[9] "Garner wins Vic Premier's literary prize". ABC News. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2017-06-04.

[2018_awards-10] "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[11] "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2019-01-31.

[12] Delaney, Brigid (2020-01-30). "Counting and Cracking: Belvoir Street's standout hit wins Australia's richest literary prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-31.