The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional A$100,000.
Books consisting principally of photographs or illustrations are ineligible unless the accompanying text is of substantial length.
"[1] Palmer wrote regularly for numerous newspapers all round Australia.
She wrote on a wide range of topics, from environment to cultural events, reviewing all important books being published in Australia, America, Europe and elsewhere.
Winners of the Overall Victorian Prize for Literature have a blue ribbon ().