Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry

The Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry, formerly known as the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of A$25,000. 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.

The prize was formerly known as the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry from inception until 2010, when the awards were re-established under the stewardship of the Wheeler Centre and restarted with new prize amounts and a new name. It was named after the early twentieth century vernacular poet C. J. Dennis.

Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry

Blue ribbon (Blue ribbon) = winner.

2011

2012

2013

Presented in January 2014 (see 2014 entry) for books published in 2013.

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry (inactive)

This award is no longer active. It was renamed in 2011 to Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry (see above).

2010

  • Winner: Anna Kerdijk Nicholson - Possession (Five Islands Press)
  • Peter Bakowski - Beneath Our Armour (Hunter Publishers)
  • Ian McBryde - The Adoption Order (Five Islands Press)

2009

  • Winner: Robert Adamson - The Golden Bird (Black Inc)
  • Carol Jenkins - Fishing in the Devonian (Puncher and Wattman)
  • Bronwyn Lea - The Other Way Out (Giramondo Publishing)

2008

  • Winner: Lisa Gorton - Press Release (Giramondo Publishing),[11]
  • Judith Bishop - Event (Salt Publishing)
  • Barry Hill - As We Draw Ourselves (Five Island Press)

2007

  • Winner: Judy Johnson - Jack (Pandanus Press),[12]
  • Robert Adamson - The Goldfinches of Babylon (Flood Editions)
  • John Watson - Montale: A Biographical Anthology (Puncher & Wattman)

2006

2005

2004

2003

Before 2003

References

  1. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "21 big names. One big decision. Start reading". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi (11 December 2014). "Diverse 2015 Victorian Premiers Literary Award Shortlist features itinerant novelist Ceridwan Dovey". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2015". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Shortlist Announced For 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2016". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Drama Reigns As 2017 Literary Awards Announced". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. ↑ CJ Dennis Prize 2008
  12. ↑ CJ Dennis Prize 2007
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