Award Winners 2011
The 2011 Northern Territory Literary Award winners are:
| Northern Territory Literary Award Category |
Winning Entry and Author |
| 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 | Wadjita by John Bodey |
| 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 | Lucid by Philip Denson |
The Northern Territory Library is proud to act as custodian of these awards, and we endeavour to cultivate a prosperous creative writing industry in the Territory, and aim to inspire a new generation of writers.
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
All entrants in the Awards are able to access the comments made by the judges. Feedback can be requested at libraryevents@nt.gov.au, and will be sent after the Awards ceremony. Feedback is provided with the aim of further encouraging and nurturing emerging talent. Entries are judged ‘blind’ and therefore are awarded solely on their literary merit.