The Australian /Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$ 20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia. Allen & Unwin guarantees to publish the winning work. ^[1]

The award was initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns ^[1] and is a collaboration between The Australian newspaper, the publisher Allen & Unwin, and Stevns & Company Pty Ltd. Stevns, founder of the company which makes Vogel bread, named the award in honour of Swiss naturopath Alfred Vogel .

The Vogel was not awarded in 1985, 2013, and 2019. ^[2]

The final award was presented in Jun 2024. ^[3] It was replaced by the Australian Fiction Prize by The Australian in partnership with HarperCollins . ^{[2] [4]}

Winners [ edit ]

• 1980 ? Archie Weller , The Day of the Dog (Weller was initially runner-up to Paul Radley, who was disqualified after admitting that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle, who was also older than 35. ^[5]
• 1981 ? Chris Matthews , Al Jazzar and Tim Winton , An Open Swimmer ^[6]
• 1982 ? Brian Castro , Birds of Passage and Nigel Krauth , Matilda, My Darling ^[7]
• 1983 ? Jenny Summerville , Shields of Trell ^[8]
• 1984 ? Kate Grenville , Lilian's Story ^[9]
• 1985 ? No prize awarded ^[9]
• 1986 ? Robin Walton , Glace Fruits ^[9]
• 1987 ? Jim Sakkas , Ilias ^[9]
• 1988 ? Tom Flood , Oceana Fine ^[10]
• 1989 ? Mandy Sayer , Mood Indigo ^[10]
• 1990 ? Gillian Mears , The Mint Lawn and Michael Stephens, Sibling Mischief ^[10]
• 1991 ? Andrew McGahan , Praise ^[11]
• 1992 ? Fotini Epanomitis , The Mule's Foal ^[11]
• 1993 ? Helen Demidenko , The Hand That Signed the Paper ^[11]
• 1994 ? Darren Williams , Swimming in Silk ^[12]
• 1995 ? Richard King , Kindling Does For Firewood ^[12]
• 1996 ? Bernard Cohen , The Blindman's Hat ^[12]
• 1997 ? Eva Sallis , Hiam ^[13]
• 1998 ? Jennifer Kremmer , Pegasus in the Suburbs ^[13]
• 1999 ? Hsu-Ming Teo , Love and Vertigo ^[13]
• 2000 ? Stephen Gray , The Artist is a Thief ^[14]
• 2001 ? Sarah Hay , Skins ^[14]
• 2002 ? Danielle Wood , The Alphabet of Light and Dark ^[14]
• 2003 ? Nicholas Angel , Drown Them in the Sea and Ruth Balint , Troubled Waters ^[15]
• 2004 ? Julienne van Loon , Road Story ^[15]
• 2005 ? Andrew O'Connor , Tuvalu ^[15]
• 2006 ? Belinda Castles , The River Baptists ^[16]
• 2007 ? Stefan Laszczuk , I Dream of Magda ^[16]
• 2008 ? Andrew Croome , Document Z ^[16]
• 2009 ? Kristel Thornell , Night Street and Lisa Lang , Utopian Man ^[17]
• 2010 ? not awarded ? Allen & Unwin Publishers decided to change the announcement of the winner to coincide with the publication of the book. ^[18]
• 2011 ? Rohan Wilson , The Roving Party ^[19]
• 2012 ? Paul D. Carter , Eleven Seasons ^[19]
• 2013 ? No prize awarded ^[19]
• 2014 ? Christine Piper , After Darkness ^[20]
• 2015 ? Murray Middleton , When There's Nowhere Else to Run ^[21]
• 2016 ? Katherine Brabon , The Memory Artist ^[22]
• 2017 ? Marija Peri?i? , The Lost Pages ^[23]
• 2018 ? Emily O'Grady , The Yellow House ^[24]
• 2019 ? No prize awarded ^[25]
• 2020 ? K. M. Kruimink , A Treacherous Country ^[26]
• 2021 ? Emma Batchelor , Now That I See You ^[27]
• 2022 ? Nell Pierce , A Place Near Eden ^[28]
• 2023 ? Anna McGahan , Immaculate ^[29]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• The History of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (Allen & Unwin)