First Collection Poetry Prize
The First Collection Poetry Prize celebrates the work of the Seamus Heaney Centre and honours Heaney himself. It is awarded to a writer whose first, full collection has been published in the preceding year, by a UK or Ireland-based publisher. The winner receives £5,000.
The Poetry Prize is awarded as part of the Seamus Heaney Legacy Project, a joint 10-year fund between Queen's University Belfast and the Arts Council for Northern Ireland, generously supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies.
To Apply
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Please read the eligibility terms and conditions carefully, complete the entry form, and send three copies of the publication along with your form by the deadline.
Image: Shortlisted titles, First Collection Poetry Prize 2019
About the Judges
Chair of the Judges Panel 2020: Nick Laird
Professor of Creative Writing Nick Laird, is joined this year by Ireland Chair of Poetry Frank Ormsby, and Reader in Poetry Leontia Flynn.
The panel will compile a shortlist of up to five books, to be announced in June 2020. The winner will be announced during the Poetry Summer School in July 2020.
Winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize 2020
So Many Rooms, by Laura Scott
Announced by Nick Laird at a Virtual Award Night on Thu 2 Jul, with readings by the poets from all shortlisted collections, as well as a few words from Laura Scott, the winner of this year's Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize.
About Glucksman Ireland House
Glucksman Ireland House, NYU
Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, Glucksman Ireland House is New York University's Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies and one of the top-ranked academic Irish Studies programs in the United States. Through innovative undergraduate and graduate academic curricula and extensive public programming, it provides students and the public with access to the best in Irish and Irish-American culture, and an integrated approach to understanding the arts and humanities that represent Ireland and Irish-America’s past, present, and future.