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[1]
Background
[edit]The award was established in 2009 with the permission of Carol Hughes in honour of British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes.[2] 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. [3] The £5,000 prize funded from the annual honorarium that Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy receives as Laureate from The Queen.[4][5]
Winners
[edit]Year | Judges | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2009 | Alice Oswald with etchings by Jessica Greenman | Weeds and Wildflowers | Winner | [3][7] | |
Chris Agee | Next To Nothing | Shortlist | |||
Dannie Abse | New Selected Poems 1949-2009: Anniversary Collection | Shortlist | |||
John Glenday | Grain | Shortlist | |||
Paul Farley | Field Recordings: BBC Poems (1998-2008) | Shortlist | |||
Jackie Kay | The Maw Broon Monologues | Shortlist | [7] | ||
Andrew Motion | The Cinder Path | Shortlist | [7] | ||
2010 | Kaite O'Reilly | The Persians[a] | Winner | [8][9] | |
Martin Figura | Whistle | Shortlist | [9] | ||
Christopher Reid | Song of Lunch[b] | Shortlist | [9] | ||
David Swann with wood-cuts by Clare Dunne | The Privilege of Rain[c] | Shortlist | [9] | ||
Katharine Towers | The Floating Man | Shortlist | [9] | ||
2011 | Lavinia Greenlaw | Audio Obscura | Winner | [10][11] | |
Simon Armitage | Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster | Shortlist | [11] | ||
Julia Copus | Ghost Lines | Shortlist | [11] | ||
Robert Crawford | Simonides | Shortlist | [11] | ||
Andrew Motion | Laurels and Donkeys | Shortlist | [11] | ||
Christopher Reid | Airs and Ditties of No Man’s Land | Shortlist | [11] | ||
2012 | Kae Tempest | Brand New Ancients | Winner | [12][13][14] | |
Colette Bryce | Ballasting the Ark | Shortlist | [15] | ||
Roy Fisher | Locklines | Shortlist | [15] | ||
Ruth Padel | The Mara Crossing | Shortlist | [15] | ||
Mario Petrucci | Tales from the Bridge | Shortlist | [15] | ||
Denise Riley | A Part Song | Shortlist | [15] | ||
Tamar Yoseloff | Formerly | Shortlist | [15] | ||
2013 | Maggie Sawkins | Zones of Avoidance[d] | Winner | [16] | |
Steve Ely | Oswald’s Book of Hours | Shortlist | [16] | ||
Chris McCabe | Pharmapoetica | Shortlist | [16] | ||
Hannah Silva | Total Man | Shortlist | [16] | ||
Zoë Skoulding | The Museum of Disappearing Sounds | Shortlist | [16] | ||
2014 | Sir Andrew Motion | Coming Home[e] | Winner | [17][18] | |
Patience Agbabi | Telling Tales | Shortlist | [19] | ||
Imtiaz Dharker | Over the Moon | Shortlist | [19] | ||
Carrie Etter | Imagined Sons | Shortlist | [19] | ||
Alice Oswald | Tithonus | Shortlist | [19] | ||
2015 | David Morley | The Invisible Gift: Selected Poems | Winner | [20] | |
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire | He Tells Tales of Meroe | Shortlist | |||
Chris Beckett | Sketches from the Poem Road | Shortlist | |||
Elizabeth Burns | Clay | Shortlist | |||
Kate Clanchy | We Are Writing a Poem about Home | Shortlist | |||
Carole Satyamurti | Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling | Shortlist | |||
2016 | Hollie McNish | Nobody Told Me | Winner | [21][22] | |
Will Eaves | The Inevitable Gift Shop | Shortlist | [23] | ||
Salena Godden | LIVEwire | Shortlist | [23] | ||
Melissa Lee-Houghton | Sunshine | Shortlist | [23] | ||
Harry Man | Finders Keepers | Shortlist | [23] | ||
Hollie McNish | Nobody Told Me | Shortlist | [23] | ||
Caroline Smith | The Immigration Handbook | Shortlist | [23] | ||
2017 | Jay Bernard | Surge: Side A | Winner | [24][25][26] | |
Caroline Bird | In These Days of Prohibition | Shortlist | |||
Kayo Chingonyi | Chingonyi for Kumukanda | Shortlist | |||
Inua Ellams | #Afterhours | Shortlist | |||
Matthew Francis | The Mabinogi | Shortlist | |||
Antony Owen | The Nagasaki Elder | Shortlist | |||
Greta Stoddart | Who’s There? | Shortlist | |||
2018 | Judges:
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Raymond Antrobus | The Perseverance | Winner | [27] |
Tishani Doshi | Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods | Shortlist | |||
Roy McFarlane | The Healing Next Time | Shortlist | |||
Susan Richardson | Words the Turtle Taught Me | Shortlist | |||
Hannah Sullivan | Three Poems | Shortlist |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Persians is a site specific retelling of Aeschylus’ play by the same name first produced in 472 BCE.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Privilege of Rain is a collection compiled following a year as Writer in Residence at HM Prison Nottingham.
- ^ Zones of Avoidance is a live production featuring multimedia written and performed by Sawkins and directed by Mark Hewitt
- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ted Hughes Award".
- ^ Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry History. Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "The Blagger's Guide To...The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry". The Independent. 13 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Ted Hughes Award, hosted by the Poetry Society Archived 26 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Website of the British Monarchy, "New poetry award announced", 9 July 2009
- ^ "Ted Hughes Award". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Awards: Ted Hughes". Shelf Awareness. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Ceredigion poet Kaite O'Reilly wins Ted Hughes Award". BBC News. 25 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry: Kaite O'Reilly is announced the winner". The Poetry Society. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Flood, Alison (30 March 2012). "Lavinia Greenlaw wins Ted Hughes award 2011 for new work in poetry". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry Winner: Lavinia Greenlaw for Audio Obscura". The Poetry Society. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Armitstead, Claire (27 March 2013). "Kate Tempest wins Ted Hughes poetry prize for 'spoken story'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Awards: Ted Hughes Innovation in Poetry". Shelf Awareness . 28 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "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!". The Poetry Society. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry Shortlist". The Poetry Society. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Congratulations to Maggie Sawkins who has won the Ted Hughes Award for Zones of Avoidance". The Poetry Society. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Brown, Mark (2 April 2015). "Andrew Motion wins Ted Hughes award for poetry work about returning soldiers". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ "Awards: Hugo Nominations; Ted Hughes Winner". Shelf Awareness . 6 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Awards: Blue Peter; Kitschies; Ted Hughes". Shelf Awareness. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Awards: PEN Hessell-Tiltman History; Ted Hughes Poetry". Shelf Awareness. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Awards: Ted Hughes; RSL Encore". Shelf Awareness. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Ted Hughes Award". Poetry Society. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Awards: IACP Cookbook Winners; Ted Hughes Poetry Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Awards: Indies Choice/E.B. White; Bookstore, Rep of the Year; Ted Hughes Poetry". Shelf Awareness. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Jay Bernard wins Ted Hughes new poetry award". BBC News Online. BBC. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Lea, Richard (28 March 2018). "Jay Bernard's 'personal and brave' poetry wins Ted Hughes award". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Awards: Ted Hughes Poetry Winner". Shelf Awareness. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2023.