Albert H. Maggs Composition Award

The Albert H. Maggs Composition Award is a commission-based Australian classical composition award given in order to "encourage and assist composers who might otherwise abandon their efforts for want of means". The award was founded in 1966 by Albert H. Maggs, a Melbourne-based professional bookmaker, amateur pianist and patron of the arts and medicine. He initially provided $10,000, and made later contributions to keep the award viable.

The only qualification is that applicants must have resided in Australia for at least two years before the closing date for applications, in March. It is administered by the University of Melbourne and is awarded annually in August.

The winner agrees to submit their work within 18 months of the award being made. The current value of the award is $7,000 with another $3,000 as a performance subsidy.

List of winners
The following composers have been awarded the Albert H. Maggs Composition Award:


 * 1967	Nigel Butterley
 * 1968	Larry Sitsky
 * 1969	Colin Brumby
 * 1970	Keith Humble
 * 1971	Raymond Hanson
 * 1972	George Dreyfus
 * 1973	Graham Hair
 * 1974	Donald Hollier
 * 1975	Ann Carr-Boyd
 * 1975	George Tibbits
 * 1976	Eric Gross
 * 1977	Tristram Cary
 * 1978	Barry Conyngham
 * 1979	Richard Hames
 * 1979	Vincent Plush
 * 1980	David Worrall
 * 1981	Larry Sitsky
 * 1982	Richard Mills
 * 1983	Božidar Kos
 * 1984	Brenton Broadstock
 * 1985	Andrew Schultz
 * 1986	Warren Burt
 * 1987	Chu Wang-Hua
 * 1988	Julian Yu
 * 1989	no award given
 * 1990	Mary Finsterer
 * 1991	Stephen Cronin
 * 1992	Mark Pollard
 * 1993	Lesleigh Thompson
 * 1994	Gerard Brophy
 * 1995	Thomas Reiner
 * 1996	Wilfred Lehmann
 * 1997	David Joseph
 * 1998	Christopher Willcock
 * 1999	Wilfred Lehmann
 * 2000	Gerard Brophy
 * 2001	Stuart Greenbaum
 * 2002	Lawrence Whiffin
 * 2005	John Peterson
 * 2006	Johanna Selleck
 * 2007	Mark Isaacs
 * 2008 Barry Conyngham
 * 2009 Kate Neal
 * 2010 Paul Stanhope
 * 2011 Katy Abbott
 * 2012 Andrew Ford
 * 2013 Brenton Broadstock
 * 2014 Tim Dargaville
 * 2015 Julian Yu
 * 2016 Peter Knight
 * 2017 Lachlan Skipworth
 * 2018 Natalie Williams
 * 2019 Wally Gunn
 * 2020 Nigel Westlake
 * 2021 Anne Cawrse