Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of A$25,000. The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional A$100,000.

The prize was formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction from inception until 2010 when the awards were re-established under the stewardship of the Wheeler Centre and restarted with new prize amounts and a new name. The Nettie Palmer Prize was valued at A$30,000 in 2010. According to the State Library of Victoria which managed the prize from 1997 to 2010, "This prize is offered for a published work of non-fiction. Books consisting principally of photographs or illustrations are ineligible unless the accompanying text is of substantial length."[1] Palmer wrote regularly for numerous newspapers all round Australia. She wrote on a wide range of topics, from environment to cultural events, reviewing all important books being published in Australia, America, Europe and elsewhere.

Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction

Blue ribbon () = winner.

  • 2018[7]
    • Sarah Krasnostein, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster (Text Publishing)
      • Georgia Blain, The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing and Mortality (Scribe Publications)
      • Kate Cole-Adams, Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness (Text Publishing)
      • Mary-Rose MacColl, For a Girl: A True Story of Secrets, Motherhood and Hope (Allen & Unwin)
      • Alexis Wright, Tracker (Giramondo)
  • 2020[10]
    • Christina Thompson, Sea People: The puzzle of Polynesia (HarperCollins)[11]
      • Gay’wu Group of Women, Songspirals: Sharing women’s wisdom of country through songlines
      • Chloe Higgins, The Girls
      • Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse
      • Lizzie O’Shea, Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune can teach us about digital technology
      • Archie Roach, Tell Me Why: The story of my life and my music
  • 2021[12]
    • Paddy Manning, Body Count: How climate change is killing us[13]
    • Margo Neale and Lynne Kelly, Songlines: The Power and Promise
    • Kylie Maslen, Show Me Where It Hurts
    • Louise Milligan, Witness: An investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice
    • Ellena Savage, Blueberries
    • Victor Steffensen, Fire Country: How Indigenous fire management could help save Australia

Nettie Palmer Prize for Nonfiction

References
  1. State Library of Victoria
  2. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "21 big names. One big decision. Start reading". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  5. Later the basis of the film Acute Misfortune
  6. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  9. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  10. "2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  11. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2020". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  12. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  13. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  14. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011: 2010 Winners & Shortlists". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  15. "Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2009 Winner". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  16. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2008 Winner
  17. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2007 Winner
  18. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2006 Winner
  19. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2005 Winner
  20. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2004 Winner
  21. Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - 2003 Winner
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