Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 & Awards

As the Foundation Event partner, Fed Square is the home of the annual Melbourne Prize – Australia’s most valuable arts prize.

An exhibition, showcasing interviews with the finalists in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 and The Writers Prize 2024, is available in The Atrium. Using QR codes at podiums located throughout The Atrium, visitors can see interviews with each finalist and obtain the Finalist Catalogue.

Click here to download the Finalist Catalogue.

Click here to view the interviews with the finalists.

Finalists in the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 are:

Patricia Cornelius
Garry Disher
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Alexis Wright

Finalists in The Writers Prize 2024, valued at $10,000 are:

Judith Bishop
Marika Sosnowski
Jeff Sparrow
Carrie Tiffany
Beau Windon

VOTING NOW OPEN. Click here to cast a vote for a finalist in these two categories to win the Civic Choice Award 2024 – voters have a chance to win a $100 Readings gift voucher.

Recipients of The Falls Creek Writers Residencies 2024 and Civic Choice Award 2024 will be announced on November 14.

All non-winning finalists receive $1,000, supported by Fed Square.

For more information visit: https://www.melbourneprize.org/