# Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was set up in 2011 in memory of Hazel Rowley by her sister, Della Rowley and friends, in association with Writers Victoria Inc. The Fellowship was originally valued at AU$10,000, but was increased to AU$15,000 in 2017 and then to AU$20,000 in 2022.

## Winners

| Year | Author | Project |
| 2012 | Mary Hoban | biography of Julia Arnold, published in 2019 as An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold |
| 2013 | Stephany Steggall | biography of Thomas Keneally, published in 2015 as Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally |
| 2014 | Maxine Beneba Clarke | memoir, The Hate Race, published in 2016 |
| 2015 | Caroline Baum | biography of Lucie Dreyfus |
| 2016 | Matthew Lamb | biography of Frank Moorhouse |
| 2017 | Ann-Marie Priest | biography of Gwen Harwood, published in 2022 as My Tongue Is My Own: a life of Gwen Harwood |
| 2018 | Jacqueline Kent | biography of Vida Goldstein, published in 2020 as Vida: A woman for our time |
| 2019 | Eleanor Hogan | biography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, published in 2021 as Into the Loneliness : The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates |
| 2020 | Lance Richardson | biography of Peter Matthiessen |
| 2021 | Mandy Sayer | biography of Australian silent filmmakers, the McDonagh sisters, published in 2022 as Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia's First Female Filmmaking Team |
| 2022 | Naomi Parry Duncan | biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito |
| 2023 | Diane Bell | biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason, ‘The Queen and the Protector’ |
| 2024 | Kate Fullagar | biography of Marguerite Wolters |
| 2025 | Michelle Staff | biography of Bessie Rischbieth and Olive Evans |

## Shortlists

| Year | Author | Project |
| 2012 | Patrick Allington | |
| 2012 | Martin Edmond | |
| 2012 | Mary Hoban | |
| 2012 | Anne Houen | |
| 2012 | Heather Long | |
| 2012 | Chris Pash | |
| 2012 | Loretta Smith | |
| 2012 | Michelle Scott Tucker | |
| 2012 | Sally Percival Wood | |
| 2013 | Lisa Milner | |
| 2013 | John Murphy | |
| 2013 | Helen O'Neill | |
| 2013 | Sheridan Palmer | |
| 2013 | Ann-Marie Priest | |
| 2013 | Stephany Steggal | |
| 2013 | Elizabeth Taylor | |
| 2014 | Maxine Beneba Clarke | autobiography – The Hate Race |
| 2014 | Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan | John and Sunday Reed – Rebels with a Cause |
| 2014 | Rodney James | art critic Alan McCulloch – Letters to a Critic |
| 2014 | Sylvia Martin | Amy Witting – The Survivor |
| 2014 | Michelle Potter | authorised biography of Margaret Scott |
| 2014 | Ruth Starke | politician Don Dunstan – Between the Lines |
| 2014 | Warren Ward | the love lives of seven philosophers – Lovers of Philosophy |
| 2014 | Nadia Wheatley | A Memoir of Memory |
| 2015 | Patrick Allington | Australian writer David Malouf |
| 2015 | Caroline Baum | Lucie Dreyfus |
| 2015 | Barry Divola | Happy Man – Australian band The Sunnyboys and singer-songwriter Jeremy Oxley |
| 2015 | Lyn Gallacher | Discurio record store owners Ruth and Peter Mann |
| 2015 | Naomi Parry | Indigenous bushranger Musquito |
| 2015 | Ann-Marie Priest | Australian poet Gwen Harwood |
| 2015 | Ronnie Scott | Agatha Christie – her journey across three countries |
| 2015 | Biff Ward | memoir – Vietnam, Mon Amour |
| 2016 | Shannon Burns | Australian writer Gerald Murnane |
| 2016 | Philip Dwyer | Napoleon Bonaparte – volume 3 |
| 2016 | Kitty Hauser | art teacher Geoffrey Bardon |
| 2016 | Eleanor Hogan | "Into the Loneliness: The Literary Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates" |
| 2016 | Sharon Huebner | Noongar woman Bessy Flowers |
| 2016 | Jacqueline Kent | Robert Helpmann |
| 2016 | Matthew Lamb | Frank Moorhouse |
| 2016 | Alec O'Halloran | Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri |
| 2016 | Jeff Sparrow | African-American singer Paul Robeson |
| 2017 | Peter Edwards | Robert Marsden Hope |
| 2017 | Thornton McCamish | actor Robert Hughes |
| 2017 | Craig Munro | Literary Lions – A. G. Stephens, P. R. 'Inky' Stephensen, Beatrice Davis and Kenneth Slessor |
| 2017 | Ann-Marie Priest | poet Gwen Harwood |
| 2017 | Judith Pugh | Artist in a Suit – William Dargie |
| 2017 | Suzanne Spunner | Indigenous artist Rover Thomas |
| 2017 | Terri-ann White | epidemiologist Fiona Stanley |
| 2018 | Catherine Bishop | "Annie Lock: A Challenging Woman" |
| 2018 | Clem Gorman | Australian artist David Rankin |
| 2018 | Jillian Graham | Australian composer Margaret Sutherland |
| 2018 | Diana James | "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story" |
| 2018 | Jacqueline Kent | Vida Goldstein |
| 2018 | Drusilla Modjeska | memoir, First Half Second: Volume 2 |
| 2018 | Andrew Ramsey | Mark Oliphant and Ernest Rutherford |
| 2018 | Judith White | "Colin Lanceley: The Artist's World" |
| 2019 | James Boyce | Governor Lachlan Macquarie |
| 2019 | Stephenie Cahalan | Australian artist Jean Bellette |
| 2019 | Gabrielle Carey | Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim |
| 2019 | Eleanor Hogan | Australian writers Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates |
| 2019 | Diana James | "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story" |
| 2019 | James Mairata | Australian producer Hal McElroy |
| 2019 | Brigitta Olubas | Australian writer Shirley Hazzard |
| 2019 | Maggie Tonkin | Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard |
| 2020 | Margo Beasley | Australian doctor and political activist Eric Dark |
| 2020 | Diane Bell | "The Queen and the Protector" – Ngarrindjeri woman Louisa Karpany and South Australian "Sub-Protector of Aborigines" George Mason |
| 2020 | Tegan Bennett Daylight | New Zealand-born writer Ruth Park |
| 2020 | Stephenie Cahalan | Australian artist Jean Bellette |
| 2020 | Gabrielle Carey | Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim – Highly commended |
| 2020 | Madelaine Dickie | Kimberley Indigenous leader Wayne Bergmann |
| 2020 | Shakira Hussein | memoir – "Nine Eleven-itis" |
| 2020 | Lance Richardson | American writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist Peter Matthiessen |
| 2020 | Suzanne Robinson | "Decadent Melbourne" – art, artists and immorality in the 1890s |
| 2021 | Jillian Graham | Australian composer and arts activist Margaret Sutherland |
| 2021 | Amanda Lourie | English-born Australian anthropologist and explorer A. W. Howitt |
| 2021 | Jo Oliver | Australian artist Adelaide Perry |
| 2021 | Sheila Ngoc Pham | Australian science-fiction writer and psychotherapist Anne Spencer Parry |
| 2021 | Kate Rice | Australian mother and daughter Marian Dunn and Marian Marcus Clarke |
| 2021 | Mandy Sayer | Australia's first female filmmakers – the McDonagh sisters |
| 2021 | Michelle Scott Tucker | memoir for Torres Strait Islander Aaron Fa'aoso |
| 2022 | Lorin Clarke | memoir of her father, John Clarke |
| 2022 | Melanie Duckworth | biography of Christobel Mattingley |
| 2022 | Hannah Fink | biography of Rosalie Gascoigne |
| 2022 | Kelly Gellatly | biography of Rosalie Gascoigne |
| 2022 | Sylvia Martin | artists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Wilson (highly commended) |
| 2022 | Mark Mordue | biography of Nick Cave |
| 2022 | Aunty Joy Murphy and Jessica Horton | biography of Aunty Joy’s father, Jarlo Wandoon |
| 2022 | Naomi Parry Duncan | biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito |
| 2022 | Michelle Nayahamui Rooney | biography of Nahau Rooney |
| 2023 | Diane Bell | biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason |
| 2023 | Gabrielle Carey | biography of Alex Carey |
| 2023 | Aunty Elly Chatfield | memoir of her Stolen Generations experience |
| 2023 | Carolyn Dowley | biography of Sadie Canning |
| 2023 | Jane McCredie | biography of Jane Eastment |
| 2023 | Jo Oliver | biography of Yvonne Boyd |
| 2023 | Belinda Probert | biography of Bill Probert, 'Secrets and War: Ambition and identity in 20th-century Britain' |
| 2023 | Charlie Ward | biography of Jean Zakaria/Xullwy |
| 2023 | Susan Wyndham | biography of Elizabeth Harrower |
| 2024 | Kate Fullagar | biography of Marguerite Wolters |
| 2024 | Sophie Cull | biography of Calvin Duncan |
| 2024 | Carolyn Dowley | biography of Sadie Canning |
| 2024 | Erik Jensen | biography of Rafael Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company |
| 2024 | Jane McCredie | biography of Jane Eastment |
| 2024 | Suzanne Robinson | "Becoming Modern: Australian women composers in London between the wars" |
| 2024 | Michelle Scott Tucker | biography of Louisa Lawson |
| 2024 | Helen Trinca | biography of Elizabeth Harrower |
| 2024 | Charlie Ward | biography of Jean Zakaria and family |
| 2025 | Michelle Staff | biography of Bessie Rischbieth and Olive Evans |
| 2025 | Lucas Jordan | "Touching the dream-dime" |
| 2025 | Jennifer Martin | biography of Eva Sommer |
| 2025 | Jo Oliver | biography of Isobel Rae |
| 2025 | Monique Rooney | biography of Ruth Park |
| 2025 | Melanie Saward | memoir, "With the Feathers" |
| 2025 | Michelle Scott Tucker | biography of Louisa Lawson |
| 2025 | Yen Tran | memoir of her Vietnamese family |
| 2025 | Julienne van Loon | biographical essays on women scientists |