Melbourne Prize for Literature
The Melbourne Prize for Literature is an award given by the Melbourne Prize Trust, which 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. Melbourne Prize for Literature Recipients 2006 Helen Garner 2009 Gerald Murnane 2012 Alex Miller 2015 Chris Wallace-Crabbe 2018 Alison Lester 2021 Christos Tsiolkas Melbourne Prize for Music Recipients 2007 Professor Paul Grabowsky AO 2010 David Jones 2013 Brett Dean 2016 Kutcha Edwards 2019 Deborah Cheetham AO 2022 Missy Higgins Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture Recipients 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) References External links Official website Australian literary awards Awards established in 2004