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Quill Awards
Entries for the 2009 Quills Awards closed on Friday 11 December 2009. The winners will be announced at the Quills Awards Dinner on Friday 19 March 2010.
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Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award
Entries for the 34th Annual Graham Perkin Award are now open and close on February 12, 2010. Australia's most coveted media prize is expanded to cover print, broadcast and online journalists.

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Other MPC Awards

MPC/Trawalla Foundation Arts Journalism Scholarship 2009


The winner of the 2009 Arts Journalism Scholarship is Quentin McDermott and colleagues from the ABC Four Corners program for the story "Art for Arts Sake?"
Andrew Stephens from The Age and Jacqui Durrant from Art Monthly Australia were both highly commended.

MPC/Siemens Award for Student Journalism 2009


Congratulations to Julian Trantino of Monash University – the winner of the 2009 MPC Siemens Award for Student Journalism. Julian won for his front page story on soccer legend, Francesco Totti which appeared in Soccer International. Congratulations also to Will Horton of Melbourne University who was Highly Commended for his entry.
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Welcome To The Melbourne Press Club



The Melbourne Press Club has been a key part of Victoria’s media community for more than 36 years. It celebrates journalism at its best and provides forums for discussing issues of the day with the newsmakers.
Our website gives you access to the Melbourne Press Club’s busy schedule of events, including luncheons with senior politicians and business leaders, conferences, social functions and one of Australia's most prestigious media awards, the Quills.

Upcoming Events

Lunch with Mark Scott


Thursday 11 February 2010
River Room @ Crown

2009 Quill Awards Dinner


Friday 19 March 2010
Crown Palladium

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2008 Gold Quill Winners

Nick McKenzie & Richard Baker (The Age)


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