The Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. The winner of this category prize vies with four other category winners (fiction; non-fiction; poetry; young adult literature) for overall Victorian Prize for Literature.
Until 2012, the award was called the Louis Esson Prize for Drama.
Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon (). +Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.2012WinnerNationalFinalistBoxmanFinalist2014SavagesWinnerFinalist and Kate MulvanyMedeaFinalist2015ResplendenceWinnerMayakovskyFinalistFinalist2016 BrokenWinnerMortidoFinalistSHITFinalistI am a MiracleHighly commended2017 WinnerGirl Shut Your MouthFinalistTrigger Warning Finalist2018RiceWinnerBlack is the New White FinalistFinalist2019WinnerGoing DownFinalist and Alana ValentineBarbara and the Camp Dogs Finalist2020 (and associated writer Eamon Flack)Counting and CrackingWinnerThemFinalistCity of GoldFinalist2021WonnangattaWinnerSLAP. BANG. KISS. FinalistSunshine Super Girl: The Evonne Goolagong StoryFinalistWherever She Wanders Highly CommendTorch the Place Highly Commend2022MilkWinnerReturn to the DirtFinalistArchimedes WarFinalist & Catherine RyanDoggedHighly commend2023WinnerGolden BloodFinalistWhitefella Yella TreeFinalist2024Declan Furber GillickJackyFinalistS. Shakthidharan and Eamon FlackThe Jungle and the SeaFinalistChristos Tsiolkas and Dan GiovannoniLoadedFinalist202537WinnerFrame NarrativeFinalistInto the Shimmering WorldFinalist2026SuperWinnerFly GirlFinalistThe Black Woman of GippslandFinalist
Louis Esson Prize for Drama +Louis Esson Prize for Drama winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.1985CheapsideWinner1986Too Young for GhostsWinner1987Winner1988Winner1989Silent PartnerWinner1990Winner1991Diving for PearlsWinner1992ProofWinner1993Sex Diary of an InfidelWinner1994Winner1995Remembering Ronald RyanWinner1996HonourWinner1997JerusalemWinner1998Every Minute, Every Hour, Every DayWinner1999Clark in SarajevoWinner2000Life After GeorgeWinner2001SaltWinner2002Holy DayWinner2003RaptureWinner2004Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary AmericaWinner2005Winner2006Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis BaconWinner2007Winner AsylumFinalistIt Just Stopped Finalist2008When the Rain Stops FallingWinnerFinalistToy SymphonyFinalist2009Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie MuddWinnerRealismFinalistFinalist2010And No More Shall We PartWinnerMothFinalistFurious MattressFinalist2011Do not go gentle…WinnerSappho…in 9 fragmentsFinalistIntimacyFinalist
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