Poetry Now Award
{{Short description|Annual Irish literary prize}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Poetry Now Award
| awarded_for = Best Irish poetry collection
| presenter = The Irish Times
| host = Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival
| date =
| location = Dún Laoghaire
| country = Ireland
| reward = €2,000 (originally €5,000)
| year = 2005
| year2 = 2020{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
| holder = Caitríona O’Reilly
| website = {{URL|www.poetrynow.ie}}
}}
The Poetry Now Award is an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award{{cite web | url=http://www.poetrynow.ie/Brochure11.pdf | title=DLR Poetry Now 2011 | publisher=Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | accessdate=28 March 2011 | page=6 | quote=The winner will receive €5,000. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726182446/http://www.poetrynow.ie/Brochure11.pdf | archive-date=26 July 2011 | url-status=dead }} was first given in 2005 (reduced to €2,500 in 2013){{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-times-poetry-now-shortlist-of-five-1.1473900 | title=Irish Times Poetry Now: shortlist of five | newspaper=Irish Times | date=25 July 2013}} and is presented during annual Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown poetry festivals. From 2005 to 2011, it was bestowed during the Poetry Now international poetry festival (the latter event was inaugurated in 1996) which was held in March or April each year.{{cite web | url=http://www.poetrynow.ie/Brochure11.pdf | title=DLR Poetry Now 2011 | publisher=Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | accessdate=28 March 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726182446/http://www.poetrynow.ie/Brochure11.pdf | archive-date=26 July 2011 | url-status=dead }} In 2012 and 2013, the award was given during the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, in September ("dlr" stands for "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown").{{cite web | url=http://www.mountainstosea.ie/the-irish-times-poetry-now-award-2012-shortlist.html | title=The Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2012 Shortlist | accessdate=28 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019112107/http://www.mountainstosea.ie/the-irish-times-poetry-now-award-2012-shortlist.html | archive-date=19 October 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/poetry-prize-for-o-driscoll-last-collection-1.1518986 | title=Poetry prize for O'Driscoll last collection | newspaper=Irish Times | date=7 September 2013}} The award is sponsored by The Irish Times newspaper.
History
=2018=
Winner: Leontia Flynn, for The Radio{{cite web |last1=Smyth |first1=Gerard |title=Leontia Flynn wins Irish Times Poetry Now Award |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/leontia-flynn-wins-irish-times-poetry-now-award-1.3438290 |website=The Irish Times |accessdate=4 September 2019 |language=en}}
- Tara Bergin, The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx
- Leontia Flynn, The Radio
- Conor O'Callaghan, Live Streaming
- Mark Roper, Bindweed
- David Wheatley, The President of Planet Earth
=2017=
Winner: Paddy Bushe, for On A Turning Wing{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-times-poetry-now-award-won-by-paddy-bushe-1.3023682 |title='Irish Times' Poetry Now Award won by Paddy Bushe |work=Irish Times |author=Gerry Smyth |date=25 March 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2017}}
=2016=
=2015=
=2014=
Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for Parallax{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sin%C3%A9ad-morrissey-wins-irish-times-poetry-now-award-1.1927514 |title=Sinéad Morrissey wins 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award |work=Irish Times |author= |date=13 September 2014 |accessdate=1 December 2015}}
=2013=
Winner: Dennis O'Driscoll, for Dear Life, awarded posthumously (he died in December 2012).
Shortlist:
- Catherine Phil MacCarthy, The Invisible Threshold.
- Dennis O'Driscoll, Dear Life.
- Harry Clifton, The Winter Sleep of Captain Lemass.
- James Harpur, Angels and Harvesters.
- Mark Roper, A Gather of Shadow.
Judges: Mary O'Donnell (poet and novelist), Peter Sirr (writer, editor, translator, and former winner), and Ruth Webster (bookseller).{{cite web | url=http://www.mountainstosea.ie/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council-arts-office-announce-the-judges-for-the-irish-times-and-strongshine-poetry-awards-at-poetry-now-mountains-to-sea-dlr-book-festival-3rd-8th-september-2013.html | title=Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office announce the judges for the Irish Times and Strong/Shine Poetry Awards at Poetry Now /Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 3rd-8th September 2013 | publisher=Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival | accessdate=27 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201359/http://www.mountainstosea.ie/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council-arts-office-announce-the-judges-for-the-irish-times-and-strongshine-poetry-awards-at-poetry-now-mountains-to-sea-dlr-book-festival-3rd-8th-september-2013.html | archive-date=29 October 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
=2012=
Winner: Michael Longley, for A Hundred Doors.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0908/1224323739993.html Michael Longley wins €5,000 poetry prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115135607/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0908/1224323739993.html |date=15 January 2013 }} Irish Times, 8 September 2012.[http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/irish-times-poetry-now-award-winner-announced/ Irish Times Poetry Now award winner announced] The Griffin Trust, 8 September 2012.[http://blog.wfupress.wfu.edu/2012/09/longely-wins-5000-poetry-now-award.html Longely wins €5,000 Poetry Now award ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805154310/http://blog.wfupress.wfu.edu/2012/09/longely-wins-5000-poetry-now-award.html |date=5 August 2013 }} Wake Forest University, 10 September 2012.
Shortlist:
- Moya Cannon, Hands.
- Michael Longley, A Hundred Doors.
- John Montague, Speech Lessons.
- Bernard O'Donoghue, Farmers Cross.
- Macdara Woods, The Cotard Dimension.[http://www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/Irish_Times_Poetry_Now_2012_shortlist.htm Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced] Irish Times, 22 January 2011.
Judges: Gerald Dawe, James Harpur, and Mary Shine Thompson (all poets).
=2011=
Winner: Seamus Heaney, for Human Chain.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0326/1224293135913.html Heaney wins 'Irish Times' poetry award] Irish Times, 26 March 2011.
Shortlist:
- Sara Berkeley, The View from Here.
- Ciarán Carson, Until Before After.
- Dermot Healy, A Fool's Errand.
- Seamus Heaney, Human Chain.
- Paul Muldoon, Maggot.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0122/1224288055433.html Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced] Irish Times, 22 January 2011.
Judges: Brian Lynch (poet, novelist, and screenwriter), Leanne O'Sullivan (poet), and Borbála Faragó (lecturer and critic).
=2010=
Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for Through the Square Window.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0327/1224267173702.html Sinead Morrissey wins €5,000 'Irish Times' Poetry Now award] Irish Times, 27 March 2010.
Shortlist:
- Ciarán Carson, On the Night Watch.
- Vona Groarke, Spindrift.
- Sinéad Morrissey, Through the Square Window.
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, The Sun-fish.
- Peter Sirr, The Thing Is.[http://www.poetrynow.ie/brochure10.pdf DLR Poetry Now 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726182928/http://www.poetrynow.ie/brochure10.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }} Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.
Judges: John F. Deane, Alan Gillis, and Maria Johnston.
=2009=
Winner: Derek Mahon, for Life on Earth.[http://www.poetrynow.ie/2010/mahon.html Derek Mahon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726183053/http://www.poetrynow.ie/2010/mahon.html |date=26 July 2011 }} Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0328/1224243620224.html Mahon wins 'Irish Times' poetry prize for new collection] Irish Times, 28 March 2009.
Shortlist:
- Colette Bryce, Self-Portrait in the Dark.
- Ciarán Carson, For All We Know.
- Leontia Flynn, Drives.
- Pearse Hutchinson, At Least For a While.
- Derek Mahon, Life on Earth.[http://www.poetrynow.ie/brochure09.pdf DLR Poetry Now 09] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726183109/http://www.poetrynow.ie/brochure09.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }} Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.
Judges: Kit Fryatt, Sean O'Brien, and Joseph Woods.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/1201/1227910397774.html Poetry judges announced] Irish Times, 1 December 2008.
=2008=
Winner: Harry Clifton, for Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0405/1207332821489.html Harry Clifton wins Poetry Now award] Irish Times, 5 April 2008.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0122/1224288055433.html Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist announced] Irish Times, 22 January 2011.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0701/1224273707910.html Poetry needs to be protected from agendas – Clifton] Irish Times, 1 July 2010.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0701/1224273689539.html New chair is a poet in his prime] Irish Times, 1 July 2010.
Shortlist:
- Harry Clifton, Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004.
- Eamon Grennan, Out of Breath.
- Dave Lordan, The Boy in the Ring.
- Dennis O'Driscoll, Reality Check.
- Matthew Sweeney, Black Moon.[http://www.poetrynow.ie/media/pdf/poetrynow08_FORWEB.pdf DLR Poetry Now 08] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726183203/http://www.poetrynow.ie/media/pdf/poetrynow08_FORWEB.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }} Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/0301/1204240335191.html 'The Irish Times' Poetry Now shortlist] Irish Times, 1 March 2008.
Judges: Philip Coleman, Sasha Dugdale, and William Wall.[http://www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/events_chc.htm Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2008] Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.
=2007=
Winner: Seamus Heaney, for District and Circle.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/0331/1175003571927.html Heaney work a unanimous choice] Irish Times, 31 March 2007.
Shortlist:
- Seamus Heaney, District and Circle.
- Medbh McGuckian, The Currach Requires No Harbours.
- Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes.
- Caitriona O'Reilly, The Sea Cabinet.
- David Wheatley, Mocker.[http://www.artscope.ie/pdfs/DLR-Poetry-Now-2007.pdf Poetry Now 2007] Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Retrieved: 28 March 2011.
Judges: Eileen Battersby, Niall MacMonagle, and Maurice Riordan.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2007/0202/1170285055312.html Irish Times Poetry Now shortlist] Irish Times, 2 February 2007.
=2006=
Winner: Derek Mahon, for Harbour Lights.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/0324/1142365525515.html Collection cited for 'wonderful flexibility and tonal command'] Irish Times, 24 March 2006.
Shortlist:
- John F. Deane, The Instruments of Art.
- Nick Laird, To a Fault.
- Derek Mahon, Harbour Lights.
- Sinéad Morrissey, The State of the Prisons.
- Conor O'Callaghan, Fiction.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2006/0128/1137626809400.html Shortlist for 'Irish Times' Poetry Now 2006 prize] Irish Times, 28 January 2006.
Judges: Patrick Crotty, Gerard Fanning, and Fiona Sampson.
=2005=
Winner: Dorothy Molloy, for Hare Soup, awarded posthumously (she died in January 2004) for her début collection.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/0401/1110799570046.html Late poet's work wins award] Irish Times, 1 April 2005.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2006/0311/1141298105672.html Songs of a spirit's resilience] Irish Times, 11 March 2006.
Shortlist:
- Paul Durcan, The Art of Life.
- Alan Gillis, Somebody Somewhere.
- Medbh McGuckian, The Book of the Angel.
- Dorothy Molloy, Hare Soup.
- Peter Sirr, Nonetheless.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2005/0129/1104400429504.html New voices on poetry shortlist] Irish Times, 29 January 2005.
Judges: Simon Armitage, Selina Guinness, and Colm Tóibín.[http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4638225-1.html New poetry prize launched], Bookseller, Tom Holman, 12 October 2004. {{Dead link|date=September 2013}}{{cbignore}}[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/new-voices-on-poetry-shortlist-1.410643 "New voices on poetry shortlist"], The Irish Times, 29 January 2005. Via The Irish Times {{registration required}}.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721130048/http://www.poetrynow.ie/ Poetry Now], website for the annual international poetry festival.
- [http://www.mountainstosea.ie/ Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival], website for the annual book festival.
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Category:Awards established in 2005
Category:Irish literary awards