The Australian/Vogel Literary Award

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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award was an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money AUD$20,000, was the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia. Allen & Unwin guaranteed to publish the winning work.<ref name="Goodwin 1986 p. 270">Template:Cite book</ref>

History

The award had been initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns<ref name="Goodwin 1986 p. 270"/> and was a collaboration between The Australian newspaper, the publisher Allen & Unwin, and Stevns & Company Pty Ltd. Stevns, founder of the company which made Vogel bread, named the award in honour of Swiss naturopath Alfred Vogel.

The Vogel was not awarded in 1985, 2013, and 2019.<ref name=AustLit385 />

The last award was presented in June 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Australian Fiction Prize

The Vogel Prize was replaced by The Australian Fiction Prize by The Australian newspaper in partnership with publisher HarperCollins.<ref name="AustLit385">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The new prize is for an unpublished manuscript–excluding science fiction, young adult, poetry, plays, works for children–of between 75,000 and 100,000 words, and the prize continues at $20,000, plus a $15,000 advance from the publisher, HarperCollins, who will publish the work; there is now no age limit on the entrant, but the entrant must an Australian resident. Submissions in the prize's first year opened on 6 May 2024 and closed on 2 August 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The judges are Caroline Overington, literary editor of The Australian; book critic and literary agent Samuel Bernard; and bookseller Letitia Davy of Gleebooks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Vogel winners

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  • 1980 – Archie Weller, The Day of the Dog (Weller was initially runner-up to Paul Radley, who was disqualified after admitting that his manuscript was actually written by his uncle, who was also older than 35.<ref name="Vogel80">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2000 – Stephen Gray, The Artist is a Thief<ref name="AV2000-2002" />
  • 2001 – Sarah Hay, Skins<ref name="AV2000-2002" />
  • 2002 – Danielle Wood, The Alphabet of Light and Dark<ref name="AV2000-2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2010 – not awarded – Allen & Unwin Publishers decided to change the announcement of the winner to coincide with the publication of the book.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019 – No prize awarded<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2024 – Kristina Ross, First Year<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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