10-7842: Annual British poetry award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by British poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winners [ edit ] 1960 : Christopher Levenson 1961 : Adrian Mitchell , Geoffrey Hill 1962 : Donald Thomas , James Simmons , Bryan Johnson , Jenny Joseph 1963 : Ian Hamilton , Stewart Conn , Peter Griffith , David Wevill 1964 : Robert Nye , Ken Smith , Jean Symons , Ted Walker 1965 : John Fuller , Derek Mahon , Michael Longley , Norman Talbot 1966 : Robin Fulton , Seamus Heaney , Hugo Williams 1967 : Angus Calder , Marcus Cumberlege , David Harsent , David Selzer , Brian Patten 1968 : James Aitchison , Douglas Dunn , Brian Jones 1969 : Gavin Bantock , Jeremy Hooker , Jenny King, Neil Powell , Landeg E. White 1970 : Helen Frye , Paul Mills , John Mole , Brian Morse , Alan Perry , Richard Tibbitts 1971 : Martin Booth , Florence Bull , John Pook , D. M. Warman , John Welch 1972 : Tony Curtis , Richard Berengarten , Brian Oxley , Andrew Greig , Robin Lee , Paul Muldoon 1973 : John Beynon , Ian Caws , James Fenton , Keith Harris , David Howarth , Philip Pacey 1974 : Duncan Forbes , Roger Garfitt , Robin Hamilton , Frank Ormsby , Penelope Shuttle 1975 : John Birtwhistle , Duncan Bush , Val Warner , Philip Holmes , Peter Cash , Alasdair Paterson 1976 : Stewart Brown , Valerie Gillies , Paul Groves , Paul Hyland , Nigel Jenkins , Andrew Motion , Tom Paulin , William Peskett 1977 : Tony Flynn , Michael Vince , David Cooke , Douglas Marshall , Melissa Murray 1978 : Ciaran Carson , Peter Denman , Christopher Reid , Paul Wilkins , Martyn A. Ford , James Sutherland-Smith 1979 : Stuart Henson , Michael Jenkins , Alan Hollinghurst , Sean O'Brien , Peter Thabit Jones , James Lindesay , Walter Perrie , Brian Moses 1980 : Robert Minhinnick , Michael Hulse , Blake Morrison , Medbh McGuckian 1981 : Alan Jenkins , Simon Rae , Marion Lomax , Philip Gross , Kathleen Jamie , Mark Abley , Roger Crowley , Ian Gregson 1982 : Steve Ellis , Jeremy Reed , Alison Brackenbury , Neil Astley , Chris O'Neill , Joseph Bristow , John Gibbens , James Lasdun 1983 : Martin Stokes , Hilary Davies , Michael O'Neill , Lisa St Aubin De Teran , Deidre Shanahan 1984 : Martyn Crucefix , Mick Imlah , Jamie McKendrick , Bill Smith , Carol Ann Duffy , Christopher Meredith , Peter Armstrong , Iain Bamforth 1985 : Graham Mort , Adam Thorpe , Pippa Little , James Harpur , Simon North , Julian May 1986 : Mick North , Lachlan Mackinnon , Oliver Reynolds , Stephen Romer 1987 : Peter McDonald , Maura Dooley , Stephen Knight , Steve Anthony , Jill Maughan , Paul Munden 1988 : Michael Symmons Roberts , Gwyneth Lewis , Adrian Blackledge , Simon Armitage , Robert Crawford 1989 : Gerard Woodward , David Morley , Katrina Porteous , Paul Henry 1990 : Nicholas Drake , Maggie Hannan , William Park , Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw , Don Paterson , John Wells 1991 : Roddy Lumsden , Glyn Maxwell , Stephen Smith , Wayne Burrows , Jackie Kay 1992 : Jill Dawson , Hugh Dunkerley , Chris Greenhalgh , Marita Maddah , Stuart Paterson , Stuart Pickford 1993 : Eleanor Brown , Joel Lane , Deryn Rees-Jones , Sean Boustead , Tracey Herd , Angela McSeveney 1994 : Julia Copus , Alice Oswald , Steven Blyth , Kate Clanchy , Giles Goodland 1995 : Colette Bryce , Sophie Hannah , Tobias Hill , Mark Wormald 1996 : Sue Butler , Cathy Cullis , Jane Griffiths , Jane Holland , Chris Jones , Sinéad Morrissey , Kate Thomas 1997 : Matthew Clegg , Sarah Corbett , Polly Clark , Tim Kendall , Graham Nelson , Matthew Welton 1998 : Mark Goodwin , Joanne Limburg , Patrick McGuinness , Kona Macphee , Esther Morgan , Christiania Whitehead , Frances Williams 1999 : Ross Cogan , Matthew Hollis , Helen Ivory , Andrew Pidoux , Owen Sheers , Dan Wyke 2000 : Eleanor Margolies , Antony Rowland , Antony Dunn , Karen Goodwin , Clare Pollard 2001 : Leontia Flynn , Thomas Warner , Tishani Doshi , Patrick Mackie , Kathryn Gray , Sally Read 2002 : Caroline Bird , Christopher James , Jacob Polley , Luke Heeley , Judith Lal , David Leonard Briggs , Eleanor Rees , Kathryn Simmonds 2003 : Jen Hadfield , Zoë Brigley , Paul Batchelor , Olivia Cole , Sasha Dugdale , Anna Woodford 2004 : Nick Laird , Elizabeth Manuel , Abi Curtis , Sophie Levy , Saradha Soobrayen 2005 : Melanie Challenger , Carolyn Jess-Cooke , Luke Kennard Toby Martinez de las Rivas 2006 : Fiona Benson , Retta Bowen , Frances Leviston , Jonathan Morley , Eoghan Walls 2007 : Rachel Curzon , Miriam Gamble , Michael McKimm , Helen Mort , Jack Underwood 2008 : Emily Berry , Rhiannon Hooson , James Midgley , Adam O'Riordan , Heather Phillipson 2009 : Liz Berry , James Brookes , Swithun Cooper , Alex McRae , Sam Riviere 2010 : Phil Brown , Matthew Gregory , Sarah Howe , Abigail Parry , Ahren Warner 2011 : Niall Campbell , Tom Chivers , Holly Hopkins , Martin Jackson , Kim Moore 2012 : Sophie Baker , Joey Connolly , Holly Corfield Carr , Caleb Klaces , Rachael Nicholas , Phoebe Power , Jon Stone 2013 : John Clegg, Kate Gething-Smith , Matt Haw , Oli Hazzard 2014 : Sophie Collins , Emily Hasler , Martha Sprackland , Chloe Stopa-Hunt , David Tait 2015 : Rowan Evans , Miriam Nash , Padraig Regan , Stewart Sanderson , Andrew Wynn Owen 2016 : Sam Buchan Watts , Dom Bury , Jen Campbell , Alex MacDonald, Andrew McMillan 2017 : Rachael Allen , Isabel Galleymore , Daisy Lafarge , Richard O'Brien , Richard Osmond , Mark Pajak 2018 : Zohar Atkins , Victoria Adukwei Bulley , Jenna Clake , Joseph Eastell, Annie Katchinska , Ali Lewis/ Stephen Sexton 2019 : James Conor Patterson , Sophie Collins , Mary Jean Chan , Dominic Leonard , Seán Hewitt , Phoebe Stuckes 2020 : Susannah Dickey , Natalie Linh Bolderston, Roseanne Watt , Kadish Morris, Amina Jama 2021 : Michael Askew, Dominic Hand, Cynthia Miller, Gboyega Odubanjo, Kandance Siobhan Walker, Phoebe Walker, Milena Williamson 2022 : Stephanie Sy-Quia , Daniella Fearon , Jack Cooper, Maisie Newman , Courtney Conrad , Rhiya Pau , Joe Carrick-Varty 2023 : Princess Arinola Adegbite , Jay Gao , Charlotte Shevchenko Knight , Mukahang Limbu , Momtaza Mehri , Helen Quah See also [ edit ] List of British literary awards British poetry List of poetry awards List of years in poetry List of years in literature References [ edit ] ^ "The Eric Gregory Awards" . 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20-543: A member of the European Writers' Council. The SoA has counted among its members and presidents numerous notable writers and poets , including Tennyson (first president), George Bernard Shaw , John Galsworthy , Alasdair Gray , John Edward Masefield , Thomas Hardy , H. G. Wells , J. M. Barrie and E. M. Forster . In 1958 the Translators Association (TA) was established as a specialist group within
30-527: A process to elect a new president will begin in 2024. Following decisions at the 2023 AGM after a review of the role of president, the position will in future be named "honorary president" and the holder will be elected for a three-year term, with a maximum extension of a further two years. The society administers the literary estates of 58 authors (as of 2024 ), and the income from this supports its work. These authors include George Bernard Shaw , Virginia Woolf , Philip Larkin and Rosamond Lehmann . In 1969
40-458: A publisher, or sold a specified number of print copies or ebooks if self-published, or met other criteria. Associate membership is offered to students and to "emerging authors" and students. As of January 2024 there over 11,800 voting members. The society's fellows are a group of "members of high standing and who have been exceptional in their support of the Society of Authors", whose role is to elect
50-399: Is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from June 2021 Webarchive template wayback links Society of Authors The Society of Authors ( SoA ) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors . In 2020 membership stood at over 12,000. The SoA is
60-533: The British Library acquired the archive of the Society of Authors from 1879 to 1968 consisting of six hundred and ninety volumes. The British Library acquired a further two hundred and fifty-eight volumes in 1982 and 1984. Prizes for fiction, poetry, and non-fiction administered by the SoA include: The organisation also administers a number of literary translation prizes, including: It has previously administered
70-590: The Wayback Machine , complete list. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Gregory_Award&oldid=1225872869 " Categories : British poetry awards Society of Authors awards Awards established in 1960 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom Literary awards honoring writers Literary awards honouring young writers Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
80-407: The Society of Authors. Contemporary members include Philip Pullman (SoA president from 2013 to March 2022 ), Malorie Blackman , Neil Gaiman , Philip Gross , Judith Kerr , J. K. Rowling and Lemn Sissay . Membership of the society is open to authors, defined as "anyone who creates work for publication, broadcast or performance". For full membership an author must have published a work with
90-936: The original on 6 October 2019 . Retrieved 13 June 2021 . ^ "David Harsent: Skin review - our strange surfaces" . theartsdesk.com . 17 February 2024 . Retrieved 6 May 2024 . ^ Fitzgerald, Sue (22 September 2023). "Paul Muldoon to judge International Poetry Competition" . Channel Eye . Retrieved 6 May 2024 . ^ Andrews, Kernan. "Luke Kennard to read at Over The Edge" . Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 6 May 2024 . ^ "Andrew McMillan" . The Conversation . 14 August 2018 . Retrieved 6 May 2024 . ^ "Poet Milena Williamson Receives Eric Gregory Award" . Oberlin College and Conservatory . 14 July 2021 . Retrieved 6 May 2024 . External links [ edit ] Eric Gregory Award , official website at Society of Authors website. Past winners Archived 23 April 2019 at
100-406: The president and to handle the society's assets should it cease to exist. A management committee of 12 members is elected to serve for three-year terms, and they elect their chair for two-year terms. The president "is an ambassador for the Society of Authors and comments on broad policy issues, but has no decision-making role in our direction or governance"; as of January 2024 the post is vacant, and
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