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ESSAYS FOR THE FIVE FINALISTS IN THE WRITERS PRIZE NOW AVAILABLE

Please see The Writers Prize section below.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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Click here to view the interviews with the finalists.

The winner of the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 is ALEXIS WRIGHT.

Congratulations to the Prize finalists:

• Patricia Cornelius
• Garry Disher
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The winner of The Writers Prize 2024, valued at $10,000, is CARRIE TIFFANY for her essay Seven Snakes, published in Meanjin’s 2024 summer edition 83.4

Congratulations to the Prize finalists:

• Judith Bishop – History can repeat (A tale of artificial noses)
• Marika Sosnowski – 58 Facets
• Jeff Sparrow – A Future of Dust (published in The Conversation)
• Beau Windon – Robots in Disguise

The two winners of the inaugural Falls Creek Writers Residencies 2024, consisting of three-weeks accommodation at the resort, plus $1,000 cash supported by Readings, are CLAIRE THOMAS & ANGUS CERINI.

The winner of the $1,500 Civic Choice Award 2024, presented to a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 or The Writers Prize 2024 with the highest number of public votes, is JUDITH BISHOP.

Thank you to the entrants across all categories this year.

All non-winning finalists in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 and The Writers Prize 2024 receive $1,000, supported by Fed Square.

Click here for the prize categories
Click here for the media release
Click here for the judges

Thank you to our 2024 partners and patrons – please see below. 

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The annual Melbourne Prize, which is run by the Melbourne Prize Trust, is funded through public and private sector community investment and we acknowledge and thank all our partners this year who have made it possible to offer the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024.

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This year’s design identity and website is made possible by the generous support of the following partners.

PLAYGROUND

Congratulations – Playground has won a GOLD medal in Melbourne Design Awards for ‘Graphic Design – Identity & Branding – Community’ for the Melbourne Prize for Sculpture 2023.

PLAYGROUND studios are a leading Melbourne-based design studio. As a Founding Partner of the annual Melbourne Prize, the studio develops the identity each year for music, literature and (urban) sculpture.

About the 2024 design
The visuals created by PLAYGROUND are inspired by literature as an artform—both in the storytelling and letters themselves. For this year’s design, our creative team have used simple words and letters to create a kaleidoscope of arrangements and shapes, each with a depth and dimension akin to the immersive narratives and sensory experiences of great literature.

THE MIGHTY WONTON

The Mighty Wonton are Founding Partners of the annual Melbourne Prize and have been with the Melbourne Prize Trust since inception. The company develop and manage IT for the Melbourne Prize and together with PLAYGROUND, design and manage the website.