Poetry Prize 2020
THE SHORTLIST 2020
The 2020 Shortlist includes - Flèche, by Mary Jean Chan (Faber & Faber), Significant Other, by Isabel Galleymore (Carcanet), A Man’s House Catches Fire, by Tom Sastry (Nine Arches Press), and Fold, by Lucy Wadham (Pindrop Press).
Read more about each collection...
THE WINNER 2020
Announced by Nick Laird at a Virtual Award Night in July 2020, with readings by the shortlisted poets, and a few words from the winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2020.
Find out more about last year's winner: So Many Rooms, by Laura Scott (Carcanet, 2019)
Virtual Award Night 2020
In place of an Award Night, we staged a virtual event with readings by all the shortlisted poets, hosted by chair of the judges panel, Nick Laird.