{"id":18893,"date":"2019-10-23T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T23:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?page_id=18893"},"modified":"2023-06-03T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T11:46:55","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShortlisted, Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/the-english-summer\/\">The English Summer<\/a> by Holly Hopkins<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nRecommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/improvised-explosive-device\/\">Improvised Explosive Device<\/a> by Arji Manuelpillai<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Forward Prize for Best First Collection | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/the-english-summer\/\">The English Summer<\/a> by Holly Hopkins<\/p>\n<p>Special Commendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/the-english-summer\/\">The English Summer<\/a> by Holly Hopkins<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/08\/the-sun-is-open\/\">The Sun is Open<\/a> by Gail McConnell<\/p>\n<p>Winner, John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/08\/the-sun-is-open\/\">The Sun is Open<\/a> by Gail McConnell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2021<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nWinner, Forward Prize for Best Collection | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/notes-on-the-sonnets\/\">Notes on the Sonnets<\/a> by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Derek Walcott Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/09\/the-actual\/\">The Actual<\/a> by Inua Ellams<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Laurel Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/plastiglomerate\/\">Plastiglomerate<\/a> by Tim Cresswell<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/notes-on-the-sonnets\/\">Notes on the Sonnets<\/a> by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, East Anglian Book Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/the-feel-good-movie-of-the-year\/\">The Feel-Good Movie of the Year<\/a> by Luke Wright<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, The Barbellion Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/sanatorium\/\">Sanatorium<\/a> by Abi Palmer<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Rathbones Folio Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/09\/the-actual\/\">The Actual<\/a> by Inua Ellams<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nLonglisted, Highland Book Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/an-archive-of-happiness\/\">An Archive of Happiness<\/a> by Elizabeth Reeder<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, East Anglian Book Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/01\/the-remains-of-logan-dankworth\/\">The Remains of Logan Dankworth<\/a> by Luke Wright<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Laurel Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/natural-phenomena\/\">Natural Phenomena<\/a> by Meryl Pugh<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Laurel Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/swims\/\">Swims<\/a> by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Hawthornden Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/reckless-paper-birds\/\">Reckless Paper Birds<\/a> by John McCullough<\/p>\n<p>Highly Commended, Small Press of the Year &#8211; The British Book Awards<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShortlisted, Costa Poetry Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/reckless-paper-birds\/\">Reckless Paper Birds<\/a> by John McCullough<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, TS Eliot Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/after-the-formalities\/\">After the Formalities<\/a> by Anthony Anaxagorou<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/after-the-formalities\/\">After the Formalities<\/a> by Anthony Anaxagorou<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Young Writer of the Year Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Ted Hughes Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Rathbones Folio Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Somerset Maugham Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Forward Prize for Best First Collection | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Michael Murphy Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Griffin Poetry Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Jhalak Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, New Angle Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/low-country-brexit-on-the-essex-coast\/\">Low Country<\/a> by Tom Bolton<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/witch\/\">WITCH<\/a> by Rebecca Tam\u00e1s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nChoice, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/the-perseverance\/\">The Perseverance<\/a> by Raymond Antrobus<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=17935\">The Triumph of Cancer<\/a> by Chris McCabe<\/p>\n<p>Guest Selection, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/natural-phenomena\/\">Natural Phenomena<\/a> by Meryl Pugh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShortlisted, Clarissa Luard Award for Independent Publishers<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/the-story-of-no\/\">The Story of No<\/a> by Emma Hammond<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/spacecraft\/\">Spacecraft<\/a> by John McCullough<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Green Carnation Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/spacecraft\/\">Spacecraft<\/a> by John McCullough<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Somerset Maugham Award | <a title=\"Sunshine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/sunshine\/\">Sunshine<\/a> by Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShortlisted, Dylan Thomas Prize | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/cain\/\">Cain<\/a> by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry | <a title=\"Sunshine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/sunshine\/\">Sunshine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Costa Poetry Prize | <a title=\"Sunshine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/sunshine\/\">Sunshine<\/a> by Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/p>\n<p>Winner, British Book Design &amp; Production Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/cain\/\">Cain<\/a> by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Forward Prize for Best Single Poem | Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, East Anglian Book Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/01\/what-i-learned-from-johnny-bevan\/\">What I Learned from Johnny Bevan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winner, Best Novella, Saboteur Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/02\/the-lost-art-of-sinking\/\">The Lost Art of Sinking<\/a> by Naomi Booth<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Best Spoken Word Show, Saboteur Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/01\/what-i-learned-from-johnny-bevan\/\">What I Learned from Johnny Bevan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nWinner, Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/02\/the-good-dark\/\">The Good Dark<\/a> by Ryan Van Winkle<\/p>\n<p>Winner, Most Innovative Publisher, Saboteur Awards<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Medicine Unboxed Prize | <a title=\"The Hard Word Box\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/the-hard-word-box\/\">The Hard Word Box<\/a> by Sarah Hesketh<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Gordon Burn Prize | <a title=\"Midland\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/09\/midland\/\">Midland <\/a>by Honor Gavin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2014<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNext Generation Poet | <a title=\"Beautiful Girls\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/10\/beautiful-girls\/\">Beautiful Girls<\/a> by Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nWinner, Most Innovative Publisher, Saboteur Awards<\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted, Ted Hughes Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronicvoicephenomena.net\/index.php\/totalman-hannah-silva\/\">Total Man<\/a> by Hannah Silva<\/p>\n<p>Longlisted, Guardian First Book Award | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/02\/the-shipwrecked-house\/\">The Shipwrecked House<\/a> by Claire Tr\u00e9vien<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/10\/beautiful-girls\/\">Beautiful Girls<\/a> by Melissa Lee-Houghton<\/p>\n<p>Best Novella, Saboteur Awards | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/holophin\/\">Holophin<\/a> by Luke Kennard<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Translation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/04\/beowulf\/\">Beowulf <\/a>by Meghan Purvis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSpecial Commendation, Poetry Book Society | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/02\/adventures-in-form\/\">Adventures in Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 &nbsp; Shortlisted, Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize | The English Summer by Holly Hopkins &nbsp; 2022 &nbsp; Recommendation, Poetry Book Society | Improvised Explosive Device by Arji Manuelpillai Shortlisted, Forward Prize for Best First Collection | The English Summer by Holly Hopkins Special Commendation, Poetry Book Society | The English Summer by Holly Hopkins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18893"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20972,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18893\/revisions\/20972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}