{{Short description|Australian prize for critic of the year}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}} The '''Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism''', formerly known as the '''Pascall Prize''' and then the '''Walkley-Pascall Award''' or '''Walkley-Pascall Award for Arts Criticism''', is one of two annual Walkley Arts Journalism prizes awarded by the Walkley Foundation. The prize was established in 1988 in memory of Geraldine Pascall, an Australian journalist who died of a stroke at the age of 38.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://pascallprize.org.au Pascall Prize and Geraldine Pascall Foundation] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525022840/http://pascallprize.org.au/ |date=25 May 2013 }}</ref><ref name=walkleys2017>{{cite web | title=The Walkley Awards for Arts Journalism |website=Walkley Foundation | date=26 June 2017 | url=http://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626160401/http://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/ | archive-date=26 June 2017 | url-status=unfit | access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=walkley2022/>
The other award is the '''June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism''', which is supported by the Copyright Agency, recognises significant contribution to arts journalism, and is open to short and long form journalism in all media.<ref name=walkley2022>{{cite web | title=Arts Journalism Prizes | website=Walkley Foundation | date=9 March 2022 | url=https://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406021436/https://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/ | archive-date=6 April 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> This was established in 2017 as the Arts Journalism Award.<ref name=walkleys2017/>
== History == The Pascall Prize was conceived as a biennial literary award for creative writers who had made original and distinctive contributions to Australia's cultural life. In 1990, to better reflect the work and personal interests of the late Geraldine Pascall, it was decided that the Prize should be awarded annually to a critic or reviewer who contributed regularly in Australia to a newspaper, periodical, or on radio or television. This was extended to include the internet.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
It was also agreed that the Pascall Prize would be awarded to a critic working in the areas of literature, art (including design and architecture), food and or wine, music, musical theatre, dance and or drama, film, television or radio. Only sport was specifically excluded.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
From 1988 to 2014, the recipient of the Pascall Prize was selected by a judging panel of industry peers appointed by Directors of the Geraldine Pascall Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established specifically to award the prize. The Pascall Prize and the Geraldine Pascall Foundation were managed by the Music & Opera Singers Trust.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
In 2015, the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to film critic, journalist and speechwriter Evan Willams {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} on 23 May 2015 at an event held at the Sydney Writers' Festival.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
In May 2017, it was announced that the Walkley Foundation would take over administration of the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism and rename it the Walkley-Pascall Award for Arts Criticism,<ref>{{cite news|title=Walkley Awards to Finally Recognise Arts Journalism|url=https://dailyreview.com.au/walkley-awards-finally-recognise-arts-journalism/60149/|accessdate=3 January 2018|agency=Daily Review|date=23 May 2017}}</ref> or Walkley-Pascall Award for short.<ref name=uts2018>{{cite web | title=Dr Delia Falconer wins 2018 Walkley-Pascall Award | website=University of Technology Sydney | date=19 July 2018 | url=https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/news/dr-delia-falconer-wins-2018-walkley-pascall-award | access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> The first Walkley-Pascall Award was made to Kate Hennessy of ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walkley Arts Awards|url=http://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/|website=Walkley Foundation|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref>
Also in 2017, the Arts Journalism Award was established,<ref name=walkleys2017/> later named the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism.<ref name=walkley2022/> == Description == The Pascall Prize is an annual Australian award for critical writing and review, awarded to an art critic whose work over the previous 12 months has contributed significantly to the cultural landscape.<ref name=walkley2022/> {{as of|2013}}, it was the only major national prize awarded for critical writing or reviewing in Australia.<ref>[http://www.pascallprize.org.au Pascall Prize and Geraldine Pascall Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525022840/http://pascallprize.org.au/ |date=25 May 2013 }}</ref>
The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a critic whose body of work exemplifies the values of the Geraldine Pascall Foundation and the Pascall Prize. The inaugural award was presented in 2015.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
The June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism is supported by the Copyright Agency, and recognises significant contribution to arts journalism, and is open to short and long form journalism in all media.<ref name=walkley2022/>
== Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award ==
{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Recipient ! Presented By |- | 2015 | Evan Williams AM | Simon Thomsen, Roland Gridiger |- |}
== Recipients of the Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism ==
{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Recipient ! Judging Panel |- | 1988 | David Malouf | Edmund Campion (chairman), Susie McKernan, Elizabeth Riddell |- | 1989 | ''not awarded'' | |- | 1990 | Marion Halligan | Andrew Riemer (Convenor), Rosemary Sorensen, Ian Templeman |- | 1991 | Joanna Mendelssohn | Andrew Andersons, Leon Paroissen, Daniel Thomas |- | 1992 | Alan Saunders | Gay Bilson, Marion Halligan, Barbara Santich |- | 1993 | Roger Covell and Cyrus Meher-Homji | Warren Fahey, Diana Simmonds, Ken Tribe AC, Evan Williams, Kim Williams |- | 1994 | Sandra Hall | Margaret Fink, Richard Glover, Sandra Levy, John O'Hara, Kim Williams (Convenor) |- | 1995 | John McCallum | Katherine Brisbane AM, Martin Portus, Jane Westbrook, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- | 1996 | Bruce Elder | Roger Covell, Sandra Hall, John McCallum, Joanna Mendelssohn, Marion Halligan, Alan Saunders, Margaret Throsby AM (Convenor) |- | 1997 | Adrian Martin | Roger Covell, Bruce Elder, Sandra Hall, Marion Halligan, John McCallum, Cyrus Meher-Homji, Joanna Mendelssohn, Alan Saunders, Gay Bilson (Convenor) |- | 1998 | Andrew Ford | Bruce Elder, Sandra Hall, John McCallum, Joanna Mendelssohn, David Throsby, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- | 1999 | Andrew Riemer | Bruce Elder, Andrew Ford, Marion Halligan, Jill Kitson, Adrian Martin, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- | 2000 | Robert Nelson | Gay Bilson, Marion Halligan, Adrian Martin, Andrew Riemer, Alan Saunders |- | 2001 | Elizabeth Farrelly | Gay Bilson, Bruce Elder, Andrew Ford, Sandra Hall, Robert Nelson, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- | 2002 | Noel Purdon | Gay Bilson, Sandra Forbes, Sandra Hall, John McCallum, Adrian Martin, Andrew Riemer |- | 2003 | Julie Rigg | Bruce Elder, Andrew Ford, Sandra Hall, David Throsby |- | 2004 | Peter Craven | Mary Jo Capps, Andrew Ford, Noel Purdon, Andrew Riemer, Julie Rigg |- | 2005 | Gerard Windsor | Elizabeth Farrelly, Marion Halligan, Adrian Martin, Robert Nelson, Susan Wyndham |- | 2006 | Robert Forster | Peter Craven, Malcolm Gillies, Kate Gould, Deborah Jones, Antonia Syme, Lyndon Terracini |- | 2007 | Paul Byrnes | Bruce Elder (Convenor), Ray Hughes, John McCallum, Julie Rigg, Julianne Schulz |- | 2008 | ''not awarded'' | |- | 2009 | Alison Croggon<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/blogger-first-to-take-prize/2009/05/22/1242498921033.html Hawker, Philippa (23 May 2009) "Blogger first to take prize".] ''The Age''</ref> | Kate Eltham, Robert Forster, Leo Schofield, Rosemary Sorensen, Adrian Read (Convenor) |-Alison Croggon |2010 | Mark Mordue | Kathy Cleland, Alison Croggon, Damon Young, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- |2011 | Geordie Williamson<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/geordie-williamson-critic-of-the-year/story-e6frg8nf-1226057396321 Romei, Stephen (21 May 2011) "Geordie Williamson". "[(The Australian)]"]</ref> | Mark McCallum, Mark Mordue, Adrian Read (Convenor), Damon Young |- |2012 | James Bradley | Alison Croggon, Geordie Williamson, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- |2013 | Kerryn Goldsworthy | James Bradley, Rosemary Sorensen, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- |2014 | James Ley | Jane Caro, Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy, Geordie Williamson, Adrian Read (Convenor) |- |2015 | ''not awarded'' | |- |2016 | | |- |2017 | Kate Hennessy | |- |2018 | Delia Falconer | |- |2019 | Jeff Sparrow<ref>{{cite web|title="Winners announced for 2019 for Walkley mid-year celebratioin" |publisher= Mediaweek, 27 June 2019|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/winners-announced-for-2019-walkley-mid-year-celebration/|access-date= 5 May 2025}}</ref> | |- |2020 | Mireille Juchau | |- |2021 | Anwen Crawford | |- |2022 |Sarah Krasnostein<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts Journalism Prizes |url=https://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The Walkley Foundation |language=en-AU}}</ref> | |- |2023 |Catriona Menzies-Pike<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Menzies-Pike wins Pascall Prize, Hughes plagiarism coverage wins journalism award |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/06/16/232734/menzies-pike-wins-pascall-prize-hughes-plagiarism-coverage-wins-journalism-award/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref> | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|https://www.walkleys.com/awards/arts/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427142857/http://pascallprize.org/ Pascall Prize and Geraldine Pascall Foundation website] (archived 2015) * [https://www.youtube.com/user/MOSTgivesmore4 Pascall Prize YouTube channel]
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