THE FROGMORE
POETRY PRIZE 2016
Sponsored by the
Frogmore Press
In
2016 the Frogmore Prize will be awarded for the 30th consecutive
year, and we are delighted that Catherine Smith has agreed to adjudicate.
Catherine will read all entries for the Prize with a view to selecting the
winner of the 2016 Prize, who will join a distinguished list that includes
Sharon Black, Tobias Hill, Mario Petrucci and Lesley Saunders. Four poets have
achieved the extraordinary in winning the Prize on more than one occasion. They
are Caroline Price (three times), and John Latham, Emily Wills and Howard
Wright (twice each).
All
shortlisted poems will be published in the September 2016 issue of The
Frogmore Papers (number 88) and on the Frogmore Press website. The
entry fee remains unchanged at £3.00 per poem, and the Prize fund totals 375
guineas.
This
year’s Prize-winning poem by Sarah Barr and the other shortlisted poems will
all appear in number 86 of The Frogmore Papers next month.
Submission details:
The
winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize 2016 will receive two hundred and fifty
guineas and a two-year subscription to The
Frogmore Papers. The first and second runners-up will receive seventy-five
and fifty guineas respectively and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers. Shortlisted poets
will receive copies of selected Frogmore Press publications. Previous winners
of the Prize have been David Satherley, Caroline Price, Bill Headdon, John
Latham, Diane Brown, Tobias Hill, Mario Petrucci, Gina Wilson, Ross Cogan, Joan
Benner, Ann Alexander, Gerald Watts, Katy Darby, David Angel, Howard Wright,
Julie-ann Rowell, Arlene Ang, Peter Marshall, Gill Andrews, A K S
Shaw, Sharon Black, Emily Wills, Lesley Saunders and Sarah Barr.
Adjudicator: Catherine Smith will read all poems submitted
for the 30th Frogmore Poetry Prize. She is the author of three full
collections of poetry: The Butcher’s Hands (2003), Lip (2007) and
Otherwhere (2012), all published by Smith Doorstop. The Butcher’s
Hands won the Aldeburgh/Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, and Lip
was shortlisted for the 2008 Forward Prize for Best Collection. The Frogmore
Press published The New Cockaigne, a ‘rollicking ballad of revolution
and fantastical carnal excess’ in 2014.
Conditions of Entry
1 Poems must be in
English, unpublished, and not accepted for future publication.
2 Poems should be
typed and no longer than forty lines.
3 Any number of
poems may be entered on payment of the appropriate fee of £3 per poem. Cheques and postal orders should be made
payable to The Frogmore Press.
4 The following
methods of payment are acceptable: cheque drawn on UK bank; British postal
order; sterling.
5 Each poem should
be on a separate sheet, which should not include the name of the author.
6 The author’s
name and address should be provided on an accompanying sheet of paper.
7 The winner,
runners-up and shortlisted poets will be notified by post. All shortlisted
poems will appear in number 88 of The
Frogmore Papers (September 2016), which will be available at £5.00 from the
address below, and on the Frogmore Press website.
8 To receive a
copy of the results, please enclose an s.a.e. marked ‘Results’.
9 Poems cannot be
returned.
10 Closing date for
submissions: 31 May 2016.
11 Copyright of all
poems submitted will remain with the authors but the Frogmore Press reserves
the right to publish all shortlisted poems.
12 The adjudicator’s
decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.
13 Entries should be
sent to: The Frogmore Press, 21
Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ.
14 The submission of
poems for the Prize will be taken as indicating acceptance of the above
conditions.
Copies of True Tales from the Old Hill, the Frogmore anthology of life writing, and The Needlewriters, showcasing poetry and prose from writers who have read at Needlewriters events, are both available from The Frogmore Press (£10 per copy, or £8 to contributors) or from Skylark bookshop in the Needlewriters (£10 per copy).
