The Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia. The rules of the competition include that the winner's work be published by Allen & Unwin. The award was initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns and is a collaboration between The Australian newspaper, the publisher Allen & Unwin, and Stevns & Company Pty Ltd. Stevns, founder of the company which makes Vogel bread, named the award in honour of Swiss naturopath Alfred Vogel. Winners 2022 – Nell Pierce, A Place Near Eden 2021 – Emma Batchelor, Now That I See You 2020 – K. M. Kruimink, A Treacherous Country 2019 – No prize awarded 2018 – Emily O'Grady, The Yellow House 2017 – Marija Peričić, The Lost Pages 2016 – Katherine Brabon, The Memory Artist 2015 – Murray Middleton, When There’s Nowhere Else to Run 2014 – Christine Piper, After Darkness 2013 – No prize awarded 2012 – Paul D. Carter, Eleven Seasons 2011 – Rohan Wilson, The Roving Party 2010 – not awarded – Allen & Unwin Publishers decided to change the announcement of the winner to coincide with the publication of the book. 2009 – Kristel Thornell, Night Street and Lisa Lang, Utopian Man 2008 – Andrew Croome, Document Z 2007 – Stefan Laszczuk, I Dream of Magda 2006 – Belinda Castles, The River Baptists 2005 – Andrew O'Connor, Tuvalu 2004 – Julienne van Loon, Road Story 2003 – Nicholas Angel, Drown Them in the Sea and Ruth Balint, Troubled Waters 2002 – Danielle Wood, The Alphabet of Light and Dark 2001 – Sarah Hay, Skins 2000 – Stephen Gray, The Artist is a Thief 1999 – Hsu-Ming Teo, Love and Vertigo 1998 – Jennifer Kremmer, Pegasus in the Suburbs 1997 – Eva Sallis, Hiam 1996 – Bernard Cohen, The Blindman's Hat 1995 – Richard King, Kindling Does For Firewood 1994 – Darren Williams, Swimming in Silk 1993 – Helen Demidenko, The Hand That Signed the Paper 1992 – Fotini Epanomitis, The Mule's Foal 1991 – Andrew McGahan, Praise 1990 – Gillian Mears, The Mint Lawn 1989 – Mandy Sayer, Mood Indigo 1988 – Tom Flood, Oceana Fine 1987 – Jim Sakkas, Ilias 1986 – Robin Walton, Glace Fruits 1985 – No prize awarded 1984 – Kate Grenville, Lilian's Story 1983