The Melbourne Prize for Literature, the Melbourne Prize for Music, and the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture are Australian arts awards given by the Melbourne Prize Trust, on a rotating three-year basis.

History

The Melbourne Prize Trust was founded by Simon Warrender in 2005. The trust grants awards on a rolling three-year basis for Urban Sculpture, Literature and Music, in that order. The first award was presented for Urban Sculpture in 2005.[1]

Literature

Apart from the Melbourne Prize for Literature, which is given for a writer's body of work "which has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life", other literary prizes are also awarded as part of this event. The Civic Choice Award has been retained from the beginning, but other prize names have varied over the years, including: Best Writing Award (later including a residency); and Readings Residency Award.[2] The $20,000 Writers Prize was introduced in 2015 as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Melbourne Prize, sponsored by the Copyright Agency. It is open to published authors for an essay of 10,000–20,000 words. Five finalists receive $2,000 each.[3]

In 2021, apart from the main prize, there was the Civic Choice Award, the Writer's Prize, and the Professional Development Award (created 2021).[2][4] As of 2021, the Civic Choice Award is given to the finalist who in both the Melbourne Prize for Literature and Writer's Prize received the highest number of votes from the public.[4] Recipients of the Melbourne Prize for Literature include:

Recipients of the Civic Choice Award include:

Recipients of the Best Writing Award (worth $30,000) include:

Recipients of the Writers Prize and Residency:

Recipients of the Writer's Prize:

  • 2021: Eloise Grills, for her essay "The Fat Bitch in Art"[4][2]

Recipients of the Professional Development Award include:

Music

The Melbourne Prize for Music is worth $60,000.[10][11] The trust also awards the $20,000 Beleura Emerging Composers Award, and the $10,000 Professional Development Award.[11] Recipients for the Melbourne Prize for Music include:[12]

Urban Sculpture

Recipients for the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture include:

  • 2005: OSW: Terri Bird, Bianca Hester, Natasha Johns-Messenger and Scott Mitchell
  • 2008: Alexander Knox
  • 2011: Bianca Hester
  • 2014: Geoff Robinson
  • 2017: Daniel von Sturmer
  • 2020: Beth Arnold, Mikala Dwyer, Emily Floyd, Nicholas Mangan, Kathy Temin and Field Theory (shared between six finalists)[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne Prize Trust". Melbourne Prize Trust. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Literature". Melbourne Prize Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Finalists announced for the Melbourne Prize for Literature and Awards 2015". Readings Books. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "The 2021 winners of the Melbourne Prize for Literature & Awards". Readings Books. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Austlit — Melbourne Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "A very Melbourne man collects literary prize in "The Age"". The Age. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Steger, Jason (11 November 2015). "Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe wins the Melbourne Prize for Literature". The Age. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Steger, Jason (14 November 2018). "Alison Lester wins the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Burke, Kelly (10 November 2021). "Christos Tsiolkas wins $60,000 Melbourne prize for literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Drummer taps into rhythm of tranquillity". The Age. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 "Melbourne Prize for Music 2022". Melbourne Prize. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Melbourne Prize for Music". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "David Jones". Drumtek Store. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  14. ↑ Wright, Simon. "David Jones". Move Records. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Finalists come together to share $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Sculpture 2020" (PDF). 11 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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