Penny Boxall (born 1987) is a Scottish poet. Her first poetry collection, Ship of the Line, won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award in 2016.
Penny Boxall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 (age 36–37)[1] |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Scotland[2] |
| Education | University of East Anglia (BA, MA 2009)[3] |
| Notable works | Ship of the Line |
| Notable awards | Edwin Morgan Poetry Award (2016) |
| Website | |
| pennyboxall | |
Biography edit
Boxall was born in 1987. She grew up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and Yorkshire, England. Boxall graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry).[3] After graduation, Boxall worked in several museums: the Wordsworth Trust, the Ashmolean Museum, the Royal Collection, and The Laurence Stern Trust at Shandy Hall. Boxall was a writer-in-residence at Gladstone’s Library in Wales, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, Château de Lavigny in Switzerland and Cove Park in Scotland. She has taught poetry at Oxford Brookes University.[4][5]
Boxall's first poetry collection, Ship of the Line, was published by (Eyewear, 2014) and reissued in a new edition in 2018 by Valley Press. Her second poetry collection, Who Goes There?, was published by Valley Press in 2018. Her poem, The Wedding List, won the Mslexia/PBS Women's Poetry Competition 2018.[6] Boxall collaborated with woodblock artist Naoko Matsubara, in In Praise of Hands: Woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara - Poems by Penny Boxall, published by the Ashmolean Museum in 2021. Her latest poetry collection, 'Lights Out' won a New Writing North Award and a grant from the Authors' Foundation.[4]
Boxall lives in York where she holds a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship at the University of York. She is currently working on her next poetry collection.[4][7]
Selected publications edit
Awards and recognition edit
- Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize, Ship of the Line, (2016)[5]
- The Elmet Trust Poetry Prize, (2016)[5]
- The Mslexia/PBS Women's Poetry Competition, A Wedding List, (2018)[5]
- Northern Writers' Award, Poetry, (2019)[8]
References edit
- ^ "Ship of the Line by Penny Boxall". Valley Press. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "The Thursday Post: Penny Boxall wins the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award". Scottish Poetry Library. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Penny Boxall Poet". The Career Girl. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Penny Boxall". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Penny Boxall". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION 1st PRIZE: PENNY BOXALL". The Poetry Book Society. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Royal Literary Fund Fellows". University of York. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "2019 Winners". New Writing North. Retrieved 20 February 2021.