Patrick White Award

Not to be confused with Patrick White Playwrights' Award.

The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White. White used his 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize.

The $25,000 cash award is given to a writer who has been highly creative over a long period but has not necessarily received adequate recognition. White stipulated that the award be announced the Friday after the Melbourne Cup to turn attention from sport to literature.[1] The 2010 award was reduced to $18,000 because of the economic slump,[2] and in 2012 it was $23,000.[3] In 2020 the winner received $15,000.[4] Writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.

  1. ^ Carter, David. "Patrick White to the rescue", ABR, no. 347, December 2012-January 2013 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pw2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference pw2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Steger, Jason (29 November 2020). "Patrick White makes a writer's Day, again". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2020.