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Poetry Prize 2020

Poetry Prize 2020 - Virtual Award Night

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Date: 2/07/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-Seamus-Heaney-First-Collection-Poetry-Prize

And the winner is...
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. 

Read more about the winning collection here...


The Shortlist 2020
We are delighted to announce this year's shortlist!

Flèche, by Mary Jean Chan (Faber & Faber, 2019) 
Significant Other, by Isabel Galleymore (Carcanet, 2019) 
A Man’s House Catches Fire, by Tom Sastry (Nine Arches Press, 2019) 
So Many Rooms, by Laura Scott (Carcanet, 2019)
Fold, by Lucy Wadham (Pindrop Press, 2019)

Read more about each collection here...


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