2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Winners of the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Victorian Prize for Literature
The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation by Alan Atkinson (NewSouth)

Fiction
To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)

Non-fiction
The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation by Alan Atkinson (NewSouth)

Drama
Resplendence by Angus Cerini (Angus Cerini/Doubletap)

Poetry
The Beautiful Anxiety by Jill Jones (Puncher & Wattmann)

Young Adult
The Protected by Claire Zorn (UQP)

People’s Choice
Where Song Began by Tim Low (Penguin)

Unpublished Manuscript
The Dry by Jane Harper



The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. The awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Premier of Victoria.