Stephen Sexton

Stephen Sexton (born 1988) is a Northern Irish Poet who lives in Belfast. In 2017 Sexton won the National Poetry Competition with his poem 'The Curfew'.{{Cite web|url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/the-winner-of-the-national-poetry-competition-is/|title=The winner of the National Poetry Competition is… – The Poetry Society|website=poetrysociety.org.uk}} Sexton received an Eric Gregory Award in 2018.{{Cite web |last=The Society of Authors |title=Eric Gregory Awards |date=8 May 2020 |url=https://www2.societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/eric-gregory-awards/}} In 2019 his poetry collection with Penguin Books If All the World and Love Were Young was nominated for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection.

Sexton is a lecturer in Creative Writing and Poetry at Queen's University Belfast.{{Cite web|url=https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-sexton|title=Stephen Sexton|website=Queen's University Belfast}}