2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Winners

The winners of the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards have been announced.

The winners were:

C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Taste of River Water, Cate Kennedy

Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott

Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction
An Eye for Eternity: The Life Of Manning Clark, Mark McKenna

Literature for Young Adults
The Three Loves of Persimmon, Cassandra Golds

Louis Esson Prize for Drama
Do not go gentle..., Patricia Cornelius

You can read the full shortlists here.