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2007Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2007/8Submissions are invited from publishers or individual poets for
The Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2007/08. This annual
prize is awarded to the author of what, in the opinion of the
judges, is the best first full collection of poetry published in
the United Kingdom and Ireland in the preceding year. This
year the judges will be Gillian Allnutt, Vicki Feaver and Michael
Laskey (Chair).
The winner will be announced at the 19th Aldeburgh Poetry
Festival, which takes place 2 – 4 November 2007. S/he will receive
a cheque for £3,000, a week of paid ‘protected’ writing time and a
fee-paying invitation to read at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
2008.
Any first collection of at least 40 pages published in Great
Britain, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland between 1
August 2006 and 31 July 2007 is eligible. To enter, send three
bound or proof copies with a note of the date of publication by 31
July 2007 to: Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, The Cut, 9
New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BY.
The Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize is organised by The
Poetry Trust with funding from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
The prize was established in 1989. Recent previous winners include
Collette Bryce, Nick Laird and Henry Shukman.
www.thepoetrytrust.org
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