Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama
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 for overall Victorian Prize for Literature.Winners
- 1985 David Allen, Cheapside
- 1986 Janis Balodis, Too Young for Ghosts
- 1987 Ben Lewin, A Matter of Convenience
- 1988 Alma De Groen, The Rivers of China
- 1989 Daniel Keene, Silent Partner
- 1990 Sam Sejavka, The Hive
- 1991 Katherine Thomson, Diving for Pearls
- 1992 Jocelyn Moorhouse, Proof
- 1993 Michael Gurr, Sex Diary of an Infidel
- 1994 Louis Nowra, The Temple
- 1995 Barry Dickins, Remembering Ronald Ryan
- 1996 Joanna Murray-Smith, Honour
- 1997 Michael Gurr, Jerusalem
- 1998 Daniel Keene, Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day
- 1999 Catherine Zimdahl, Clark in Sarajevo
- 2000 Hannie Rayson, Life After George
- 2001 Peta Murray, Salt
- 2002 Andrew Bovell, Holy Day
- 2003 Joanna Murray-Smith, Rapture
- 2004 Stephen Sewell, Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America
- 2005 Melissa Reeves, The Spook
- 2006 Stephen Sewell, Three Furies: Scenes from the Life of Francis Bacon
- 2007 Jane Bodie, A Single Act
- 2008 Andrew Bovell, When the Rain Stops Falling
- 2009 Lally Katz, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd
- 2010 Tom Holloway, And No More Shall We Part
- 2011 Patricia Cornelius, Do not go gentle…
- 2012 Lally Katz, A Golem Story
- 2013 No award
- 2014 Patricia Cornelius, Savages
- 2015 Angus Cerini, Resplendence
- 2016 Mary Anne Butler, Broken
- 2017 Leah Purcell, The Drover's Wife
- 2018 Michele Lee, Rice
- 2019 Kendall Feaver, The Almighty Sometimes
- 2020 S. Shakthidharan, Counting and Cracking
