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2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards On Friday 8 July 2011 the Prime Minister announced the winners of the four categories in the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. The winners and shortlisted entries were: Non-fiction - The Hard Light of Day, Rod Moss - Winner
- How To Make Gravy, Paul Kelly
- Sydney, Delia Falconer
- The Party, Richard McGregor
- Claude Levi-Strauss: The Poet in the Laboratory, Patrick Wilcken
Fiction - Traitor, Stephen Daisley - Winner
- Glissando, David Musgrave
- Notorious, Roberta Lowing
- That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
- When Colts Ran, Roger McDonald
Young adult fiction - Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley - Winner
- About a Girl, Joanne Horniman
- Good Oil, Laura Buzo
- The Piper's Son, Melina Marchetta
- The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds
Children's fiction - Shake a Leg, Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod - Winner
- April Underhill, Tooth Fairy, Bob Graham
- Flyaway, Lucy Christopher
- Now, Morris Gleitzman
- Why I Love Australia, Bronwyn Bancroft
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2011 Winners were announced on Tuesday, 6 September. Fiction That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott Non-Fiction An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark Mckenna Young Adult The Three Loves of Persimmon by Cassandra Golds Drama Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius Poetry The Taste of River Water by Cate Kennedy People's Choice Award Into the Woods by Anna Krien Shortlisted Nominees: CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry - Swallow, Claire Potter
- The Taste of River Water, Cate Kennedy
- This Floating World, Libby Hart
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - Five Bells, Gail Jones
- When Colts Ran, Roger McDonald
- The Roving Party, Rohan Wilson
- Bright and Distant Shores, Dominic Smith
- The Amateur Science of Love, Craig Sherborne
- That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott
Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction - A Private Empire, Stephen Foster
- Delusions of Gender, Cordelia Fine
- My Blood’s Country, Fiona Capp
- Into the Woods, Anna Krien
- Good Living Street, Tim Bonyhady
- An Eye for Eternity: The Life Of Manning Clark, Mark McKenna
Prize for Writing for Young Adults - The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher, Doug MacLeod
- Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
- The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds
Louis Esson Prize for Drama - Sappho…in 9 fragments, Jane Montgomery Griffiths
- Do not go gentle…, Patricia Cornelius
- Intimacy, Raimondo Cortese
Ned Kelly Awards 2011 For Australian crime writing. The winners were announced on 31st August, during the Melbourne Writers Festival. The winners and shorlisted titles are: Best First Fiction ** Prime Cut, Alan Carter, Fremantle Press Line of Sight, David Whish-Wilson, Penguin Books The Old School, P.M. Newton, Penguin Books S.D. Harvey Short Story Award ** Hemisphere Travel Guides: Las Vegas for Vegans, A.S. Patric Southern Hemisphere Blues, Robert Goodman True Crime ** Abandoned - The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble, Geesche Jacobson, Allen & Unwin Wasted, Ross Honeywill, Penguin Honeymoon Dive,I Lindsay Simpson & Jennifer Cooke, Macmillan Best Fiction ** The Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoffrey McGeachin, Penguin The Half-Child, Angela Savage, Text Bereft, Chris Womersley, Scribe Publishing 2011 Nominations are: Best First Fiction - Diamond Eyes, A.A. Bell
- Undercover, Keith Bulfin
- Prime Cut, Alan Carter
- While I Have Perdo, John Chesterman
- Who Killed Dave? Linda Cockburn
- The Pericles Commission, Gary Corby
- Mosquito Creek, Robert Engwerda
- Beyond Fear, Jaye Ford
- A Few Right Thinking Men, Sulari Gentill
- Beautiful Malice, Rebecca James
- The Genesis Flaw, L.A. Larkin
- The Old School, P.M. Newton
- Five Parts Dead, Tim Pegler
- Line of Sight, David Whish-Wilson
Best Fiction - The Ghost of Waterloo, Robin Adair
- Follow The Money, Peter Corris
- Sharp Turn, Marianne Delacourt
- The Maya Codex, Adrian d'Hage
- Death Mask, Kathryn Fox
- Watch The World Burn, Leah Giarrantano
- Dead Man's Chest, Kerry Greenwood
- Violent Exposure, Katherine Howell
- Gunshot Road, Adrian Hyland
- Fall Girl, Toni Jordan
- Silk Chaser, Peter Klein
- Naked Cruelty, Colleen McCullough
- Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoff McGeachin
- Let The Dead Lie, Malla Nunn
- How The Dead See, David Owen
- Red Ice, James Phelan
- Thrill City, Leigh Redhead
- Mice, Gordon Reece
- Hot Rock Dreaming, Martin Roth
- The Half-Child, Angela Savage
- The Noon Lady of Towitta, Patricia Sumerling
- Bereft, Chris Womersley
- Shattered Sky, Helene Young
Best True Crime - They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They? Geoff Armstrong & Peter Thompson
- The Job, Charlie Bezzina with Ben Collins
- Enforcer, Caesar & Donna Campbell
- Murder No More, Colleen Egan
- Sin Bin, John Elias
- City of Evil, Sean Fewster
- Badlands, Liam Houlihan
- Abandoned, Geesche Jacobsen
- Inside Story, Peter Lloyd
- McVillain: The Man Who Got Away, David McMillan
- Shot Gun and Standover, James Morton & Russell Robinson
- Bank Robbery For Beginners, Anthony Prince
- King of Thieves, Adam Shand
- Mr Asia, Jim Shepherd
- Honeymoon Dive, Lindsay Simpson & Jennifer Cooke
- Snitch, Jimmy Thomson
- Bumper, Larry Writer
The SD Harvey Short Story TBA
Age Book of the Year Awards 2011 The awards were presented at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival on August 25. FICTION and THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER Indelible Ink by Fiona McGregor (Scribe) NON-FICTION A Three-Cornered Life by Jim Davidson (UNSW Press) POETRY Starlight: 150 Poems by John Tranter (UQP) Fiction Finalists · Like Being A Wife, Catherine Harris · The Mary Smokes Boys, Patrick Holland · Indelible Ink, Fiona McGregor · Bright And Distant Shores, Dominic Smith · Bereft, Chris Womersley Non-Fiction Finalists · Sydney, Delia Falconer · A Three-Cornered Life, Jim Davidson · When It Rains, Maggie Mackellar · When Horse Became Saw, Anthony Macris · The Many Worlds Of R.H. Mathews, Martin Thomas Poetry Finalists · Sly Mongoose, Ken Bolton · Supermodernprayerbook, Susan Bradley Smith · This Floating World, Libby Hart · Porch Music, Cameron Lowe · Starlight: 150 Poems, John Tranter
2011 Northern Territory Literary Award Northern Territory Library Director Jo McGill congratulated all the winners who were honoured at the awards ceremony held at Parliament House on Thursday 12 May 2011. The 2011 Northern Territory Literary Award winners are: Dymocks Arafura Short Story Award - Khmoc by Sophie Constable
Dymocks Red Earth Poetry Award - Under attack by Bronwyn Mehan
Dymocks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers’ Award Charles Darwin University Bookshop Travel Short Story Award - The Streets of France by Christine Wilson
Charles Darwin University Essay Award - Imagining Darwin by Kate Smith
Kath Manzie Youth Literary Award - With Stars in His Eyes by Kierra-Jay Power
Darwin Festival Script Award - C (299 792 458) by Alex Ben-Mayor
Birch Carroll and Coyle Screenwriting Award The 2011 finalists were: Dymocks Arafura Short Story Award - Barbara Eather
- Blair McFarland
- Stephen Francis
- Bronwyn Mehan
- Melinda Barlow
- Michael Giacometti
- Natalie Sprite
- Sophie Constable
Dymocks Red Earth Poetry Award - Karina Brabham
- Jennifer Mills
- Bronwyn Mehan
- Penny Drysdale
- Kathleen Epelde
- Kaye Aldenhoven (x2)
Dymocks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers’ Award: - Nicole Gardiner
- John Bodey
- Joey Flynn
Charles Darwin University Bookshop Travel Short Story Award: - Christine Wilson
- Michael Giacometti
- Miranda Tetlow
Charles Darwin University Essay Award: - Adelle Barry (x2)
- Jane Leonard
- Kate Smith
Kath Manzie Youth Literary Award: - Stevie Cosentino
- Kierra-Jay Power (x4!!)
- Sophie Philip
- Shannon Nendick
- Laila Bennett
Darwin Festival Script Award: - Jane Leonard
- Alex Ben-Mayor
Birch Carroll and Coyle Screenwriting Award: - Cameron Raynes
- Philip Denson
- Eleanor Hogan
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