2011 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award Winners

The winners of the 2011 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were announced in Sydney last night.

The winners were:
 
CHRISTINA STEAD PRIZE FOR FICTION ($40,000)
Alex Miller, Lovesong
 
DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ($40,000)
Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons, Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
 
KENNETH SLESSOR PRIZE FOR POETRY ($30,000)
Jennifer Maiden, Pirate Rain
 
ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE ($30,000)
Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon
 
PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ($30,000)
Sophie Masson, My Australian Story: The Hunt for Ned Kelly
 
SCRIPT WRITING AWARD ($30,000)
Debra Oswald, Offspring
 
PLAY AWARD ($30,000)
Patricia Cornelius, Do Not Go Gentle...
 
NSW PREMIER'S TRANSLATION PRIZE & PEN MEDALLION ($30,000)
Ian Johnston
 
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION AWARD ($20,000)
Ouyang Yu, The English Class
 
UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING ($5,000)
Stephen Daisley, Traitor
 
BOOK OF THE YEAR ($10,000)
Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons, Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
 
SPECIAL AWARD ($20,000)
Libby Gleeson
 
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Alex Miller, Lovesong

You can read the full shortlists here.