Administered by The Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Victorian Government, the VPLAs’ $292,000 prize pool celebrates excellence in Australian literature across seven main categories, with an additional prize dedicated to an Unpublished Manuscript.
Read the full shortlist here: vist.ly/4i8en
Read the full shortlist here: vist.ly/4i8en
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Administered by The Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Victorian Government, the VPLAs’ $292,000 prize pool celebrates excellence in Australian literature across seven main categories, with an additional prize dedicated to an Unpublished Manuscript.
Read the full shortlist here: vist.ly/4i8en
Read the full shortlist here: vist.ly/4i8en
Submissions are now open for the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) – one of Australia’s most prestigious and lucrative literary prize suites.
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July 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Submissions are now open for the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) – one of Australia’s most prestigious and lucrative literary prize suites.
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Robert Skinner at the VPLAs the other night (via a report by Jason Steger): "When Robert Skinner spoke he likened writing a book in Australia to going camping, but with the promise and relief of going home. But publishing a book, he said, was like camping forever."
March 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Robert Skinner at the VPLAs the other night (via a report by Jason Steger): "When Robert Skinner spoke he likened writing a book in Australia to going camping, but with the promise and relief of going home. But publishing a book, he said, was like camping forever."
Quote of the night at the VPLAs: 'I just want to say that Mum lives in Queensland, but Victoria is celebrating her. So maybe Qld...[trails off, shrugs]' – Bruce, son of Wanda Gibson winner of 2025 Book of the Year.
[My] quote of the night: 'I just love Canadians. You're all so *not* American.'
[My] quote of the night: 'I just love Canadians. You're all so *not* American.'
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Quote of the night at the VPLAs: 'I just want to say that Mum lives in Queensland, but Victoria is celebrating her. So maybe Qld...[trails off, shrugs]' – Bruce, son of Wanda Gibson winner of 2025 Book of the Year.
[My] quote of the night: 'I just love Canadians. You're all so *not* American.'
[My] quote of the night: 'I just love Canadians. You're all so *not* American.'
The winners of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) have been announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The winners of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) have been announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
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Congratulations to the winners of prizes at last night's 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Thank you, Wheeler Centre for the live stream and ABC News for the coverage for referencing on #Wikipedia pages. @wmau.bsky.social @wheelercentre.bsky.social #vplas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...
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March 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Congratulations to the winners of prizes at last night's 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Thank you, Wheeler Centre for the live stream and ABC News for the coverage for referencing on #Wikipedia pages. @wmau.bsky.social @wheelercentre.bsky.social #vplas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆Prize for Fiction: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Congratulations to Fiona McFarlane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Fiction for your work ‘Highway 13’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Non-fiction: anything can happen, Susan Hampton
Congratulations to Susan Hampton on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Non-Fiction for ‘anything can happen’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Indigenous Writing: Black Witness, Amy McQuire
Congratulations to Amy McQuire on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Indigenous Writing for the powerful journalistic work ‘Black Witness’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Poetry: Gawimarra: Gathering, Jeanine Leane
Congratulations to Jeanine Leane, on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Poetry for your work Gawimarra: Gathering. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Drama: 37, Nathan Maynard
Congratulations to Nathan Maynard on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Drama for the incredible work ‘37’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Writing for Young Adults: Anomaly, Emma Lord
Congratulations to Emma Lord on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Writing for Young Adults with this strikingly original work ‘Anomaly.’ #wheelercentre #vplas
Love to see winners in the #vplas. Hate to think of them paying tax on their prizes while foreign-owned salmon and fossil fuel companies get off tax-free.
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Love to see winners in the #vplas. Hate to think of them paying tax on their prizes while foreign-owned salmon and fossil fuel companies get off tax-free.
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Children’s Literature: Three Dresses, Wanda Gibson
Congratulations to Wanda Gibson on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Children’s Literature with the heartfelt story of ‘Three Dresses’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Children’s Literature: Three Dresses, Wanda Gibson
Congratulations to Wanda Gibson on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Children’s Literature with the heartfelt story of ‘Three Dresses’. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for Children’s Literature: Three Dresses, Wanda Gibson
Congratulations to Wanda Gibson on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Children’s Literature with the heartfelt story of ‘Three Dresses’. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for Children’s Literature: Three Dresses, Wanda Gibson
Congratulations to Wanda Gibson on being awarded the VPLA Prize for Children’s Literature with the heartfelt story of ‘Three Dresses’. #wheelercentre #vplas
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆People’s Choice Award: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the VPLA's People’s Choice Award. #wheelercentre #vplas #peopleschoice
🏆People’s Choice Award: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the VPLA's People’s Choice Award. #wheelercentre #vplas #peopleschoice
March 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆People’s Choice Award: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the VPLA's People’s Choice Award. #wheelercentre #vplas #peopleschoice
🏆People’s Choice Award: I’d Rather Not, Robert Skinner
Congratulations to Robert Skinner on being awarded the VPLA's People’s Choice Award. #wheelercentre #vplas #peopleschoice
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: I Made This Just for You, Chris Ames.
Congratulations to Chris Ames on being awarded the VPLA Prize for the thought-provoking short story collection 'I Made This Just for You'. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: I Made This Just for You, Chris Ames.
Congratulations to Chris Ames on being awarded the VPLA Prize for the thought-provoking short story collection 'I Made This Just for You'. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025
🏆 Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: I Made This Just for You, Chris Ames.
Congratulations to Chris Ames on being awarded the VPLA Prize for the thought-provoking short story collection 'I Made This Just for You'. #wheelercentre #vplas
🏆 Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: I Made This Just for You, Chris Ames.
Congratulations to Chris Ames on being awarded the VPLA Prize for the thought-provoking short story collection 'I Made This Just for You'. #wheelercentre #vplas
It's the VPLAs! Where's the cheese though?
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It's the VPLAs! Where's the cheese though?
The suspense! The literature! The skeets? We’re moments away from announcing the VPLA 2025 winners. Follow along and go into the draw to win a VPLA book stack (valued at AUD $100) 📚. #wheelercentre #vplas
March 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The suspense! The literature! The skeets? We’re moments away from announcing the VPLA 2025 winners. Follow along and go into the draw to win a VPLA book stack (valued at AUD $100) 📚. #wheelercentre #vplas
The 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards ceremony live streamed from 6pm, 19 Mar 2025 will be Auslan interpreted! Watch here: tinyurl.com/livevpla #wheelercentre #vplas #auslan
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
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March 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards ceremony live streamed from 6pm, 19 Mar 2025 will be Auslan interpreted! Watch here: tinyurl.com/livevpla #wheelercentre #vplas #auslan
Did you know? The 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards ceremony is being live streamed from 6pm, 19 Mar 2025. 🍾🎉Watch here: tinyurl.com/livevpla #wheelercentre #vplas #books
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
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March 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Did you know? The 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards ceremony is being live streamed from 6pm, 19 Mar 2025. 🍾🎉Watch here: tinyurl.com/livevpla #wheelercentre #vplas #books
Congratulations to our authors shortlisted for the 2025 VPLAs!
✨ Bonny Cassidy for Monument (non-fiction)
✨ Hasib Hourani for rock flight (poetry)
And congratulations to Manisha Anjali, whose debut collection Naag Mountain was highly commended ✨
Read the judges’ comments: bit.ly/40C1jcI
✨ Bonny Cassidy for Monument (non-fiction)
✨ Hasib Hourani for rock flight (poetry)
And congratulations to Manisha Anjali, whose debut collection Naag Mountain was highly commended ✨
Read the judges’ comments: bit.ly/40C1jcI
Bonny Cassidy and Hasib Hourani shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards | Giramondo Publishing
Two Giramondo authors are shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Bonny Cassidy’s Monument is a finalist in the non-fiction category, with Hasib Hourani’s rock flight a finalist ...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Congratulations to our authors shortlisted for the 2025 VPLAs!
✨ Bonny Cassidy for Monument (non-fiction)
✨ Hasib Hourani for rock flight (poetry)
And congratulations to Manisha Anjali, whose debut collection Naag Mountain was highly commended ✨
Read the judges’ comments: bit.ly/40C1jcI
✨ Bonny Cassidy for Monument (non-fiction)
✨ Hasib Hourani for rock flight (poetry)
And congratulations to Manisha Anjali, whose debut collection Naag Mountain was highly commended ✨
Read the judges’ comments: bit.ly/40C1jcI
Congrats to everyone on the VPLAs! 😊
I'd also like to point out that 5 of the 30 shortlisted works were released by Australian independent publishers that have since been swallowed up by overseas conglomerates 🙃
I'd also like to point out that 5 of the 30 shortlisted works were released by Australian independent publishers that have since been swallowed up by overseas conglomerates 🙃
Vic Prems shortlists out www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-pr...
2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
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January 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Congrats to everyone on the VPLAs! 😊
I'd also like to point out that 5 of the 30 shortlisted works were released by Australian independent publishers that have since been swallowed up by overseas conglomerates 🙃
I'd also like to point out that 5 of the 30 shortlisted works were released by Australian independent publishers that have since been swallowed up by overseas conglomerates 🙃
Highly commended! At the VPLAs (for nonfiction) @wheelercentre.bsky.social
Congrats to all the shortlisted authors! www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-pr...
Congrats to all the shortlisted authors! www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-pr...
2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
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January 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Highly commended! At the VPLAs (for nonfiction) @wheelercentre.bsky.social
Congrats to all the shortlisted authors! www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-pr...
Congrats to all the shortlisted authors! www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-pr...
Can’t be in Brunswick & not go to @BBoundbks. Been wanting this for ages, which the Vplas the other day reminded me of (+ I had a bonus audience with their legendary staffer/raconteur Robert Skinner, so: an excellent visit!)
December 11, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Can’t be in Brunswick & not go to @BBoundbks. Been wanting this for ages, which the Vplas the other day reminded me of (+ I had a bonus audience with their legendary staffer/raconteur Robert Skinner, so: an excellent visit!)
