The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White who used his Nobel Prize in Literature award to establish a trust for this prize.
The award is given to a writer who has been highly creative over a long period but has not necessarily received adequate recognition. Such writers are automatically eligible without the necessity for submissions.
Previous winners
- 2004 -
- 2003 -
- 2002 -
- 2001 -
- 2000 -
- 1999 -
- 1998 -
- 1997 – Vivian Smith
- 1996 – Elizabeth Harrower
- 1995 – Elizabeth Riddell
- 1994 – Dimitris Tsaloumas
- 1993 – Amy Witting
- 1992 – Peter Cowan
- 1991 – David Martin
- 1990 – Robert Gray
- 1989 – Thea Astley
- 1988 – Roland Robinson
- 1987 – William Hart-Smith
- 1986 – John Morrison
- 1985 – Judah Waten
- 1984 – Rosemary Dobson
- 1983 – Marjorie Barnard
- 1982 – Bruce Beaver
- 1981 – Dal Stivens
- 1980 – Bruce Dawe
- 1979 – Randolph Stow
- 1978 – Gwen Harwood
- 1977 – Sumner Locke Elliott
- 1976 – John Blight
- 1975 – David Campbell
- 1974 – Christina Stead