Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, formerly known as the Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration 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.

From inception in 1999 to 2010, the award was administered by the State Library of Australia and known as the Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction. In 2011 stewardship changed to the Wheeler Centre where the prize was re-launched with a new new, rules and prize amount. According to the State Library of Australia, "This prize [was] offered for a published work of fiction or collection of short stories written for a readership between the ages of 13 and 18. Publishers may consider submitting books that are appropriate to young adult readers but not published under a young adult imprint. Literary merit is the major judging criterion. In the case of illustrated books, the additional criterion of literary and artistic unity is considered." [1]

Blue ribbon (Blue ribbon) = winner.

Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011: 2010 Winners & Shortlists". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2009 Winner
  7. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2008 Winner
  8. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2007 Winner
  9. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2006 Winner
  10. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2005 Winner
  11. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2004 Winner
  12. ↑ Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 2003 Winner
  13. ↑ Phillip Gwynne webpage
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