Poetry Now Award
| Poetry Now Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Irish poetry collection |
| Location | Dún Laoghaire |
| Country | Ireland |
| Presented by | The Irish Times |
| Host | Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival |
| Reward | €5,000 |
| First awarded | 2005 |
| Last awarded | 2012 |
| Currently held by | Michael Longley |
| Official website | www.poetrynow.ie |
The Poetry Now Award is an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award was first given in 2005 and is presented during annual Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown poetry festivals. From 2005 to 2011, it was bestowed during the Poetry Now international poetry festival (the latter event was inaugurated in 1996) which was held in March or April each year.[1] In 2012, the award was given during the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, in September ("dlr" stands for "Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown").[2] The award is sponsored by The Irish Times newspaper.
History
2012
Winner: Michael Longley, for A Hundred Doors.[3][4][5]
Shortlist:
- Moya Cannon, Hands.
- Michael Longley, A Hundred Doors.
- John Montague, Speech Lessons.
- Bernard O'Donoghue, Farmers Cross.
- Macdara Woods, The Cotard Dimension.[3][6]
Judges: Gerald Dawe, James Harpur, and Mary Shine Thompson (all poets).[3]
2011
Winner: Seamus Heaney, for Human Chain.[7]
Shortlist:
- Sara Berkeley, The View from Here.
- Ciarán Carson, Until Before After.
- Dermot Healy, A Fool's Errand.
- Seamus Heaney, Human Chain.
- Paul Muldoon, Maggot.[1][8]
Judges: Brian Lynch (poet, novelist, and screen writer), Leanne O'Sullivan (poet), and Borbála Faragó (lecturer and critic).[1]
2010
Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for Through the Square Window.[9]
Shortlist:
- Ciarán Carson, On the Night Watch.
- Vona Groarke, Spindrift.
- Sinéad Morrissey, Through the Square Window.
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, The Sun-fish.
- Peter Sirr, The Thing Is.[10]
Judges: John F. Deane, Alan Gillis, and Maria Johnston.[10]
2009
Winner: Derek Mahon, for Life on Earth.[11][12]
Shortlist:
- Colette Bryce, Self-Portrait in the Dark.
- Ciarán Carson, For All We Know.
- Leontia Flynn, Drives.
- Pearse Hutchinson, At Least For a While.
- Derek Mahon, Life on Earth.[13]
Judges: Kit Fryatt, Sean O'Brien, and Joseph Woods.[13][14]
2008
Winner: Harry Clifton, for Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004.[13][15][16][17][18]
Shortlist:
- Harry Clifton, Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004.
- Eamon Grennan, Out of Breath.
- Dave Lordan, The Boy in the Ring.
- Dennis O'Driscoll, Reality Check.
- Matthew Sweeney, Black Moon.[19][20]
Judges: Philip Coleman, Sasha Dugdale, and William Wall.[19][21]
2007
Winner: Seamus Heaney, for District and Circle.[7][22]
Shortlist:
- Seamus Heaney, District and Circle.
- Medbh McGuckian, The Currach Requires No Harbours.
- Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes.
- Caitriona O'Reilly, The Sea Cabinet.
- David Wheatley, Mocker.[23]
Judges: Eileen Battersby, Niall MacMonagle, and Maurice Riordan.[24]
2006
Winner: Derek Mahon, for Harbour Lights.[12][25]
Shortlist:
- John F. Deane, The Instruments of Art.
- Nick Laird, To a Fault.
- Derek Mahon, Harbour Lights.
- Sinéad Morrissey, The State of the Prisons.
- Conor O'Callaghan, Fiction.[26]
Judges: Patrick Crotty, Gerard Fanning, and Fiona Sampson.[26]
2005
Winner: Dorothy Molloy, for Hare Soup, awarded posthumously (she died in January 2004) for her début collection.[27][28]
Shortlist:
- Paul Durcan, The Art of Life.
- Alan Gillis, Somebody Somewhere.
- Medbh McGuckian, The Book of the Angel.
- Dorothy Molloy, Hare Soup.
- Peter Sirr, Nonetheless.[29]
Judges: Simon Armitage, Selina Guinness, and Colm Tóibín.[30][31]
References
- ^ a b c DLR Poetry Now 2011 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ The Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2012 Shortlist. Retrieved: 2012-09-28.
- ^ a b c Michael Longley wins €5,000 poetry prize Irish Times, 2012-09-08.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now award winner announced The Griffin Trust, 8 September 2012.
- ^ Longely wins €5,000 Poetry Now award Wake Forest University, 10 September 2012.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced Irish Times, 2011-01-22.
- ^ a b Heaney wins 'Irish Times' poetry award Irish Times, 2011-03-26.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced Irish Times, 2011-01-22.
- ^ Sinead Morrissey wins €5,000 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award Irish Times, 2010-03-27.
- ^ a b DLR Poetry Now 2010 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ Derek Mahon Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ a b Mahon wins 'Irish Times' poetry prize for new collection Irish Times, 2009-03-28.
- ^ a b c DLR Poetry Now 09 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ Poetry judges announced Irish Times, 2008-12-01.
- ^ Harry Clifton wins Poetry Now award Irish Times, 2008-04-05.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced Irish Times, 2011-01-22.
- ^ Poetry needs to be protected from agendas - Clifton Irish Times, 2010-07-01.
- ^ New chair is a poet in his prime Irish Times, 2010-07-01.
- ^ a b DLR Poetry Now 08 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ 'The Irish Times' Poetry Now shortlist Irish Times, 2008-03-01.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2008 Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ Heaney work a unanimous choice Irish Times, 2007-03-31.
- ^ Poetry Now 2007 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 2011-03-28.
- ^ Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist Irish Times, 2007-02-02.
- ^ Collection cited for 'wonderful flexibility and tonal command' Irish Times, 2006-03-24.
- ^ a b Shortlist for 'Irish Times' Poetry Now 2006 prize Irish Times, 2006-01-28.
- ^ Late poet's work wins award Irish Times, 2005-04-01.
- ^ Songs of a spirit's resilience Irish Times, 2006-03-11.
- ^ New voices on poetry shortlist Irish Times, 2005-01-29.
- ^ New poetry prize launched, Bookseller, Tom Holman, 2004-10-12.
- ^ "New voices on poetry shortlist", The Irish Times, 29 January 2005. Retrieved: 2012-05-05. Via HighBeam Research (subscription required).
External links
- Poetry Now, website for the annual international poetry festival.
- Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, website for the annual book festival.
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