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The Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 is for a Victorian author whose body of published/produced work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life. The author’s work can include all genres and forms for example, fiction, non-fiction, essays, plays, screenplays and poetry.
The Prize is supported by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and the City of Melbourne.
With this Prize, the Trust encourages local and overseas travel for career development and to foster our arts and culture.
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The Best Writing Award 2009 is for a piece of published or produced work of outstanding clarity, originality and creativity by a Victorian writer, 40 years or under. The work can be any genre or form for example, fiction, non-fiction,
essays, plays, screenplays and poetry. |
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The Best Writing Award 2009 is supported by its patron, The Robert Salzer Foundation.
The recipient of the Best Writing Award 2009 will be invited to participate in a 3-month association with the School of Culture & Communication at The University of Melbourne.
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A public display of the finalists in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 and Best Writing Award 2009 will be exhibited at Federation Square between 9 and 23 November 2009.
After the finalists are announced on 16 September 2009, public votes for one to win this award can be cast at www.melbourneprizetrust.org and
during the exhibition at Federation Square.
The announcement of the winner of the Civic Choice Award 2009 will be made on 27 November 2009 on the Trust’s website.
The Civic Choice Award 2009 is supported by Readings Books Music & Film and Hardie Grant Books. |
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