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First Collection Poetry Prize 2019, and the winner is...
2 July, 2019
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast is delighted to announce the winner of the First Collection Poetry Prize 2019
First Collection Poetry Prize 2019 - The Shortlist
3 June, 2019
Announcing the shortlist for this year's First Collection Poetry Prize 2019.
Kathleen Jamie appointed Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow
15 February, 2019
Award-winning Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie has been appointed as the second Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.
American Poet Mark Doty takes up International Visiting Poetry Fellowship at Queen’s University
Award-winning American poet, Mark Doty, has taken up his post as the first International Visiting Poetry Fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.
First Collection Poetry Prize 2018 Winner Announced
The Seamus Heaney Centre is delighted to announce the winner of this year’s First Collection Poetry Prize is:
First Collection Poetry Prize 2018 Shortlist Announced
The Seamus Heaney Centre's First Collection Poetry Prize supported by Glucksman Ireland House, NYU
2018 Seamus Heaney Fellows Appointment
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s has great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Jo Baker, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and Peter Wilson (who performs as Duke Special) as its first Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows.
Blackbird Launch
The Blackbird Anthology has been launched.
Anne Enright: Lecture
20 October, 2016
Anne Enright will give a lecture on Thursday, 20 October at 8pm in the Great Hall, Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast.
Jean Bleakney: Book Launch
26 October, 2016
Join us for the launch of Jean Bleakney's Selected Poems.
Winner Announced
30 June, 2016
The Seamus Heaney Centre for poetry prize for first full collection 2016, supported by Glucksman Ireland House, New York University.