Entries to the awards are now open across seven categories – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, writing for young adults, Indigenous writing and the new children’s literature award, as well as the Unpublished Manuscript Award.
Titles published in 2022 and 2023 are eligible for the Award for Children’s Literature. All other category submissions must be works published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.
Entries close 5pm, Sunday 10 September 2023 and the winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony in February 2024. The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Victorian Government.