Patrick White Award

The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize.

The $25,000 cash award is given to a writer who has been highly creative over a long period but has not necessarily received adequate recognition. White stipulated that the award be announced the Friday after the Melbourne Cup to turn attention from sport to literature.[1] The 2010 award was reduced to $18,000 because of the economic slump,[2] and in 2012 it was $23,000.[3] In 2020 the winner received $15,000.[4] Writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.

Winners


References
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  2. "Literary postman delivers again, winning mentor's bequest ", Nov 13, 2010
  3. Susan Wyndham (16 November 2012). "Religion shapes winner's prose". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. Steger, Jason (29 November 2020). "Patrick White makes a writer's Day, again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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  8. Steger, Jason (2017). "Tony Birch wins Patrick White Award". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. "Carmel Bird wins the $20,000 Patrick White Award", Sydney Morning Herald, October 17, 2016.
  10. 2015 Patrick White Literary Award announced, Australian Eye, October 28, 2015.
  11. Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour, The Age, November 7, 2014
  12. "Louis Nowra wins $23,000 Patrick White Literary Award", Sydney Morning Herald, November 9, 2013
  13. Former inmate wins $18,000 poetry prize, The Canberra Times, 5 November 2011.
  14. "Farmer wins literary award". Theage.com.au. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  15. "The Age", 8 November 2008, p13
  16. Sorensen, Rosemary (10 November 2007). "White award soothes poet's anger". The Australian. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  17. "In the right place at the White time, for $25,000". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  18. "Writers' solitary life interrupted by award". Theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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