Poetry Prize 2013
THE SEAMUS HEANEY CENTRE FOR POETRY
PRIZE FOR FIRST FULL COLLECTION 2013
Supported by Glucksman Ireland House,
New York University
The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University, Belfast, is delighted to announce the winner of the fourth Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry.
The Prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best first collection published in the UK or Ireland in the preceding year and is awarded with support from Glucksman Ireland House at New York University, to support the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry. Glucksman Ireland House, the Center for Irish and Irish-American Studies at NYU, will support the award for the next five years through generous funding in honour of Thomas Quinlan, a third generation Irish-American teacher and educator.
The prize was awarded at the Student Reading of the Poetry Summer School which took place 24-28 June.
The winner of this year’s Prize is
Sarah Jackson
for her book
Pelt
(Bloodaxe Books).
The Seamus Heaney Prize for Poetry for 2013 will be £1,000. In addition the winner will be invited to read at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University for the second annual Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry, provided with travel, accommodation, and an honorarium. The Tom Quinlan Lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 2013.
The Chairman of the judges this year was Professor Anthony Bradley, from The University of Vermont currently residing as a Fulbright Fellow in the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. His fellow judges were Professor Ciaran Carson, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, and Dr Sinéad Morrissey.
The judges said that the poems in Pelt, “detail by uncanny detail, build up a completely convincing picture of an alternative world set at a fascinating angle to that which we think of as 'normal'. If one of the functions of poetry is to make things new, and make us revise our preconceptions of reality, Sarah Jackson, in her slanted telling, does so admirably.”
The Seamus Heaney Centre Prize was inaugurated to celebrate the work of the Heaney Centre, and to honour its founding poet. The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry is a focal point for creativity in Ireland and is recognised as an international centre of creative and research excellence in the field of literature. Central to the Centre’s ethos is the encouragement of emerging talent.
Mrs Gerry Hellawell, email: g.hellawell@qub.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)2890971070.
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THE SEAMUS HEANEY CENTRE FOR POETRY
PRIZE FOR FIRST FULL COLLECTION 2013
Supported by Glucksman Ireland House,
New York University
The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University, Belfast, is delighted to announce the shortlist for the fourth Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry. The Prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best first collection published in the UK or Ireland in the preceding year.
The shortlist for this year’s Prize is:
Julith Jedamus -- The Swerve (Carcanet Press)
Pam Zinnemann-Hope -- On Cigarette Papers (Ward Wood Publishing)
Mary Noonan -- The Fado House (Dedalus Press)
Pippa Little -- Overwintering (Carcanet Press)
Sarah Jackson -- Pelt (Bloodaxe Books)
The winner will be announced during the Seamus Heaney Centre Poetry Summer School, 24-28 June 2013. The Seamus Heaney Prize for Poetry for 2013 will be £1,000. In addition the winner will be invited to read at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University for the annual Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry, provided with travel, accommodation, and an honorarium. The Quinlan Lecture is scheduled for Thursday, 21 November 2013. (http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/home).
The Chairman of the judges this year was Professor Anthony Bradley, from The University of Vermont currently residing as a Fulbright Fellow in the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry. His fellow judges were Professor Ciaran Carson, Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, and Dr Sinéad Morrissey.
The judges were impressed with the quality of the field, saying, “We received entries from all the major Irish/UK publishing houses as well as entries from smaller poetry presses. All five books on the shortlist are distinguished in their own right. Fresh and cohesive, they attest to the very high standard currently being achieved by debut books in Ireland and the UK.”
About Glucksman Ireland House
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 access to the best in Irish and Irish-American culture. With faculty in Irish and Irish-American literature, history, music, language, and cultural studies, Glucksman Ireland House NYU provides its students and the community with an integrated approach to understanding the arts and humanities that represent Ireland and Irish-America’s past, present, and future.
Further Information
For further information, contact Anne Solari at Glucksman Ireland House NYU at anne.solari@nyu.edu or +1 (212) 998-3952; or, Mrs Gerry Hellawell at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens University, Belfast, at g.hellawell@qub.ac.uk or +44(0)2890971070.
THE SEAMUS HEANEY CENTRE FOR POETRY
PRIZE FOR FIRST FULL COLLECTION 2013
Supported by Glucksman Ireland House, New York University
Calling all poets. Did you have your first collection published between 1 January and 31 December 2012? Yes? Read on.
The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry invites submissions for the Heaney Centre Prize for First Full Collection 2013.
This year we are very excited to announce support from Glucksman Ireland House, New York University. Located in the heart of New York's Greenwich Village, Glucksman Ireland House is the centre for Irish Studies at New York University. Glucksman Ireland House also organise weekly public events during the academic year, as well as a monthly traditional Irish music series. See their website http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/home
As part of the prize the winner will be invited to give a reading at the Glucksman Ireland House in New York, including travel expenses, three nights’ accommodation and an honorarium of $1000.
The deadline for entries is Friday 12 April 2013.
Entry forms and terms and conditions can be downloaded here.
