The Victorian Premier's Prize for Indigenous Writing is a prize category in the annual

Victorian Premier's Literary Award The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...

. The award commenced in 2004 and in 2012 the prize was valued at A$20,000. The winner of this category prize competes with the other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 100,000. Nominees are allowed to enter other categories of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. In 2004 Vivienne Cleven was the inaugural winner. The prize value was increased to A$25,000 in 2016.

Winners and shortlists

Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon ().

References

{{Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Australian literary awards Australian non-fiction book awards Awards established in 2004 2004 establishments in Australia