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 25,000. The winner of this category prize vies with 4 other category winners for overall Victorian Prize for Literature valued at an additional 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.

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This award is no longer active.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.
YearAuthorTitleRef.Ref.
1985The Three Fates & Other PoemsWinner
1985Your ShadowWinner
1986Washing the Money : Poems with PhotographsWinner
1986St. ClairWinner
1987'Winner
1988The Domesticity of GiraffesWinner
1989Bone ScanWinner
1990The Clean DarkWinner
1991The Winter BabyWinner
1992Jane, Interlinear and Other PoemsWinner
1993Translations from the Natural WorldWinner
1994Certain ThingsWinner
1995Anima and Other PoemsWinner
1996In the Human NightWinner
1997Subhuman Redneck PoemsWinner
1998Broken LandWinner
1999Pure and AppliedWinner
2000IcemanWinner
2001Barefoot SpeechWinner
2002AfterimagesWinner
2003Anything the Landlord TouchesWinner
2003'Finalist
2003Goddess of MercyFinalist
2004Wolf NotesWinner
2004'Finalist
2004'Finalist
20051-100Winner
2005Doppler EffectFinalist
2005FirelickFinalist
2006Urban Myths: 210 PoemsWinner
2006Universal AndalusiaFinalist
2006'Finalist
2007JackWinner
2007'Finalist
2007Montale: A Biographical AnthologyFinalist
2008Press ReleaseWinner
2008EventFinalist
2008As We Draw OurselvesFinalist
2009'Winner
2009Fishing in the DevonianFinalist
2009'Finalist
2010PossessionWinner
2010Beneath Our ArmourFinalist
2010Finalist