Five writers vie for $60,000 Melbourne Prize

By Jason Steger
Updated September 8 2015 - 10:13am, first published September 2 2015 - 12:21pm
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Victorian athor Steven Carroll has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Jason South
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne Prize for Literature shortlister Brenda Niall. Photo: Eddie Jim
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Award-winning Indigenous author Miles Franklin. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Author Christos Tsiolkas has been shortlisted for the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter
Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Photo: Simon Schluter

It doesn't quite have the clout of the Nobel Prize and the prize money falls short by more than $1.2 million, but, like the Nobel, the Melbourne Prize for Literature honours a writer's body of work.

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