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Ted Hughes Award

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{{Short description|Annual poetry prize}}

The Ted Hughes Award was an annual literary prize given to a living UK poet for new work in poetry. It was awarded each spring in recognition of a work from the previous year. It was a project which ran alongside Carol Ann Duffy's tenure as Poet Laureate, which ended when Duffy finished her 10 years as Poet Laureate in 2019{{Cite web |title=Ted Hughes Award |url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/ }}

Background

The award was established in 2009 with the permission of Carol Hughes in honour of British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes.[http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/history/ Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry History]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519170328/http://poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/history/ |date=19 May 2011 }} Annually the members of the Poetry Society and Poetry Book Society recommended a living UK poet who had completed the newest and most innovative work that year, "highlighting outstanding contributions made by poets to our cultural life." The award sought to celebrate new work that might have fallen beyond the conventional realms of poetry, embracing mediums such as music, dance and theatre. {{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blaggers-guide-tothe-ted-hughes-award-for-new-work-in-poetry-2240305.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blaggers-guide-tothe-ted-hughes-award-for-new-work-in-poetry-2240305.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The Blagger's Guide To...The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry |work=The Independent |date=13 March 2011 |accessdate=13 April 2016}} The £5,000 prize funded from the annual honorarium that Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy receives as Laureate from The Queen.[http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/ Ted Hughes Award, hosted by the Poetry Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426195827/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes |date=26 April 2011 }}[http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2009/Newpoetryawardannounced9July2009.aspx Website of the British Monarchy], "New poetry award announced", 9 July 2009

Winners

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|+Ted Hughes Award winners{{Cite web |title=Ted Hughes Award |url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/ |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

!Year

!Judges

!Author

!Title

!Result

!Ref.

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! rowspan="7" |2009

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|{{sortname|last=Oswald|first=Alice}} with etchings by Jessica Greenman

|Weeds and Wildflowers

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2010 |title=Awards: Ted Hughes |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1151 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

{{sortname|last=Agee|first=Chris}}

|Next To Nothing

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Abse|first=Dannie}}

|New Selected Poems 1949-2009: Anniversary Collection

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Glenday|first=John}}

|Grain

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Farley|first=Paul}}

|Field Recordings: BBC Poems (1998-2008)

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Kay|first=Jackie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Maw Broon Monologues|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Motion|first=Andrew}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cinder Path|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2010

! rowspan="5" |

|{{sortname|last=O'Reilly|first=Kaite}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Persians}}{{Efn|The Persians is a site specific retelling of Aeschylus’ play by the same name first produced in 472 BCE.}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |date=25 March 2011 |title=Ceredigion poet Kaite O'Reilly wins Ted Hughes Award |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-12863595}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry: Kaite O'Reilly is announced the winner |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426195827/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes |archive-date=2011-04-26 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

{{sortname|last=Figura|first=Martin}}

|Whistle

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Reid|first=Christopher|link=Christopher Reid (writer)}}

|Song of Lunch{{Efn|For Song of Lunch, Reid worked with director Niall MacCormick to adapt his narrative poem The Song of Lunch into a 50-minute BBC2 film.}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Swann|first=David|link=David Swann (writer)}} with wood-cuts by Clare Dunne

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Privilege of Rain|nolink=1}}{{Efn|The Privilege of Rain is a collection compiled following a year as Writer in Residence at HM Prison Nottingham.}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Towers|first=Katharine}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Floating Man|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2011

! rowspan="6" |

|{{sortname|last=Greenlaw|first=Lavinia}}

|Audio Obscura

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=30 March 2012 |title=Lavinia Greenlaw wins Ted Hughes award 2011 for new work in poetry |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/30/lavinia-greenlaw-wins-ted-hughes-award |accessdate=13 April 2016}}{{Cite web |title=The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry Winner: Lavinia Greenlaw for Audio Obscura |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806050217/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

{{sortname|last=Armitage|first=Simon}}

|Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Copus|first=Julia}}

|Ghost Lines

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Crawford|first=Robert|nolink=1}}

|Simonides

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Motion|first=Andrew}}

|Laurels and Donkeys

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Reid|first=Christopher|link=Christopher Reid (writer)}}

|Airs and Ditties of No Man’s Land

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="7" |2012

! rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|last=Tempest|first=Kae}}

|Brand New Ancients

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last=Armitstead |first=Claire |date=2013-03-27 |title=Kate Tempest wins Ted Hughes poetry prize for 'spoken story' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/27/kate-tempest-ted-hughes-poetry-prize |access-date=2023-02-16 |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 28, 2013 |title=Awards: Ted Hughes Innovation in Poetry |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1958 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness }}{{Cite web |date=2013-06-03 |title=Judges Maura Dooley, Ian Duhig and Cornelia Parker have presented the 2012 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry to Kate Tempest for Brand New Ancients! |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes// |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603114751/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes// |archive-date=2013-06-03 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

{{sortname|last=Bryce|first=Colette}}

|Ballasting the Ark

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |date= |title=The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry Shortlist |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/tedhughesshortlist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514010400/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/tedhughesshortlist |archive-date=2013-05-14 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

{{sortname|last=Fisher|first=Roy}}

|Locklines

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Padel|first=Ruth}}

|{{Sortname|The|Mara Crossing|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Petrucci|first=Mario}}

|Tales from the Bridge

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Riley|first=Denise}}

|{{Sortname|A|Part Song|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Yoseloff|first=Tamar}}

|Formerly

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2013

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|{{sortname|last=Sawkins|first=Maggie}}

|Zones of Avoidance{{Efn|Zones of Avoidance is a live production featuring multimedia written and performed by Sawkins and directed by Mark Hewitt}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date= |title=Congratulations to Maggie Sawkins who has won the Ted Hughes Award for Zones of Avoidance |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811051048/http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/tedhughes/ |archive-date=2014-08-11 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=The Poetry Society}}

{{sortname|last=Ely|first=Steve}}

|Oswald’s Book of Hours

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=McCabe|first=Chris}}

|Pharmapoetica

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Silva|first=Hannah}}

|Total Man

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Skoulding|first=Zoë}}

|{{sortname|last=Museum of Disappearing Sounds|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2014

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|{{sortname|last=Motion|first=Sir Andrew}}

|Coming Home{{Efn|The Coming Home radio programme featured poetry by Motion based on recordings he made of British soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.}}

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=2 April 2015 |title=Andrew Motion wins Ted Hughes award for poetry work about returning soldiers |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/02/andrew-motion-wins-ted-hughes-award-poetry-returning-soldiers |accessdate=13 April 2016}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 6, 2015 |title=Awards: Hugo Nominations; Ted Hughes Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2479 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness }}

{{sortname|last=Agbabi|first=Patience}}

|Telling Tales

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2015 |title=Awards: Blue Peter; Kitschies; Ted Hughes |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2457#m27643 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

{{sortname|last=Dharker|first=Imtiaz}}

|Over the Moon

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Etter|first=Carrie}}

|Imagined Sons

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Oswald|first=Alice}}

|Tithonus

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2015

! rowspan="6" |

|{{sortname|last=Morley|first=David|link=David Morley (poet)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Invisible Gift: Selected Poems|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 4, 2016 |title=Awards: PEN Hessell-Tiltman History; Ted Hughes Poetry |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2724 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

{{sortname|last=Al-Raddi |first=Al-Saddiq}} and Sarah Maguire

|He Tells Tales of Meroe

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Beckett|first=Chris}}

|Sketches from the Poem Road

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Burns|first=Elizabeth|dab=poet}}

|Clay

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Clanchy|first=Kate}}

|We Are Writing a Poem about Home

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Satyamurti|first=Carole}}

|Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="7" |2016

! rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|last=McNish|first=Hollie}}

|Nobody Told Me

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2017 |title=Awards: Ted Hughes; RSL Encore |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2968#m35970 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Ted Hughes Award |url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/ |accessdate=21 June 2017 |website=Poetry Society |publisher=}}

{{sortname|last=Eaves|first=Will}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Inevitable Gift Shop|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 13, 2017 |title=Awards: IACP Cookbook Winners; Ted Hughes Poetry Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2955 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

{{sortname|last=Godden|first=Salena}}

|LIVEwire

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Lee-Houghton|first=Melissa}}

|Sunshine

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Man|first=Harry}}

|Finders Keepers

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=McNish|first=Hollie}}

|Nobody Told Me

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Caroline|link=Caroline Smith (poet)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Immigration Handbook|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="7" |2017

! rowspan="7" |

|{{sortname|last=Bernard|first=Jay|dab=writer}}

|Surge: Side A

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 29, 2018 |title=Awards: Indies Choice/E.B. White; Bookstore, Rep of the Year; Ted Hughes Poetry |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3215 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}{{cite news |author= |date=28 March 2018 |title=Jay Bernard wins Ted Hughes new poetry award |website=BBC News Online |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43575658 |accessdate=8 April 2018}}{{cite news |last=Lea |first=Richard |date=28 March 2018 |title=Jay Bernard's 'personal and brave' poetry wins Ted Hughes award |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/28/jay-bernard-poetry-wins-ted-hughes-award-surge-side-a-new-cross-fire |accessdate=8 April 2018}}

{{sortname|last=Bird|first=Caroline}}

|In These Days of Prohibition

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Chingonyi|first=Kayo}}

|Chingonyi for Kumukanda

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Ellams|first=Inua}}

|#Afterhours

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Francis|first=Matthew|link=Matthew Francis (poet)}}

|{{sortname|last=Mabinogi|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Owen|first=Antony}}

|{{sortname|last=Nagasaki Elder|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Stoddart|first=Greta}}

|Who’s There?

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2018

! rowspan="5" |Judges:

|{{sortname|last=Antrobus|first=Raymond}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Perseverance|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 29, 2019 |title=Awards: Ted Hughes Poetry Winner |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3462 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

{{sortname|last=Doshi|first=Tishani}}

|Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=McFarlane|first=Roy}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Healing Next Time|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Richardson|first=Susan|link=Susan Richardson (poet)}}

|Words the Turtle Taught Me

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Sullivan|first=Hannah|link=}}

|Three Poems

|Shortlist

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Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website}}

{{Ted Hughes}}

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