Voss Literary Prize

The Voss Literary Prize is an annual award named in honour of historian Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930–1963). It is awarded to the best novel published in the previous year and is managed and judged by the Australian University Heads of English.[1] The award was originally conceived by Voss in 1955, two years before publication of Patrick White's Voss, and is funded from his estate.[2]

Award winners

Year Author Title Publisher Result
2014 Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin Group (Australia) Winner[3]
Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan Macmillan Shortlist[4]
Christos Tsiolkas Barracuda Allen & Unwin
Tim Winton Eyrie Hamish Hamilton
Alexis Wright The Swan Book Giramondo
2015 Elizabeth Harrower In Certain Circles Text Publishing Winner[5]
Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Tribe Giramondo Publishing Shortlist[6]
Sofie Laguna The Eye of the Sheep Allen & Unwin
Gerald Murnane A Million Windows Giramondo Publishing
Christos Tsiolkas Merciless Gods Allen & Unwin
Rohan Wilson To Name Those Lost Allen & Unwin
2016 Leah Kaminsky The Waiting Room Random House Winner[7]
2017 Mark O'Flynn The Last Days of Ava Langdon University of Queensland Press Winner[8]
2018 Bram Presser The Book of Dirt Text Publishing Winner[9]
2019 Tim Winton The Shepherd's Hut Hamish Hamilton Winner[10]
2020 Tara June Winch The Yield Hamish Hamilton Winner[11]
2021 Amanda Lohrey The Labyrinth Text Publishing Winner[12]
2022 Larissa Behrendt After Story University of Queensland Press Winner[13]
2023 Robbie Arnott Limberlost Text Publishing Winner[14]
2024 Alexis Wright Praiseworthy Giramondo Winner[15]
2025 Fiona McFarlane Highway 13 Allen & Unwin Winner[16]
Michelle de Kretser Theory & Practice Text Publishing Shortlist[17]
Rodney Hall Vortex Picador
Gail Jones One Another Text Publishing
Siang Lu Ghost Cities University of Queensland Press

References

  1. ^ "About the Voss Literary Prize". The Voss Literary Prize. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ Uhlmann, Anthony (21 November 2014). "The Voss Literary Prize celebrates a fine new Australian novel". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ "'The Night Guest' wins the Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ ""Short List 2014"". Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Harrower wins 2015 Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ ""Short List 2015"". Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Kaminsky wins 2016 Voss Literary Prize". Books + Publishing. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. ^ "O'Flynn wins 2017 Voss Literary Prize". 5 December 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Presser wins 2018 Voss Literary Prize for 'The Book of Dirt'". 7 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Winton wins 2019 Voss Literary Prize for 'The Shepherd's Hut'". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Winner 2020". The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  12. ^ ""Winner 2021"". The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Winner 2022". The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Arnott wins 2023 Voss Literary Prize". Books+Publishing. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Wright wins 2024 voss". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  16. ^ ""2025 Winner"". Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  17. ^ ""Short List 2025"". Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 19 December 2025.


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