UQP titles longlisted for the 2026 Voss Literary Prize

The judges for the Voss Literary Prize have announced the 2026 longlist.

The Voss Literary Prize is a new award dedicated to the memory of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930-1963), an historian and lover of literature from Emu Park in Central Queensland who studied History and Latin at the University of Sydney and modern languages at the University of Rome. His will stipulated that a literary award be established to reward the best novel from the previous year.

Congratulations to the UQP authors on their nominations!

• Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah
• The Sun Was Electric Light by Rachel Morton
• Hailstones Fell Without Rain by Natalia Figueroa Barroso
  

See the full longlist here.

Congratulations to Randa, Rachel and Natalia!