Our annual Awards for new poetry published in the UK is now open for entries. You can find out more about the Awards, and how to enter at https://michaelmarksawards.com/  

The Awards are for poetry published in pamphlet form, with three prizes. The Poetry Award is for the author or authors of the winning pamphlet. The Publisher award recognises the creativity and commitment to publishing new poetry in pamphlet form. The Illustration Award is made to the artist, and celebrates the partnership between poet and artist in the creation of a poetry pamphlet.

The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets is now in its 16^th year, founded by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust with the British Library and in partnership with the Wordsworth Trust. Our poetry award winner for 2023 was Courtney Conrad for I am Evidence (Bloodaxe Books). Mariscat Press won the Publisher prize and Hannah Mumby won the Illustration prize for The Strange Egg by Kirstie Millar (Emma Press).

You can listen to a selection of readings from a selection of previous winners and shortlisted poets on our Soundcloud account at https://soundcloud.com/the-british-library/sets/michael-marks-award-for-poetry

Stephen Cleary, our Lead Curator for Literary and Creative Sound Recordings, returns as a judge for this year’s Awards. He is joined by Naush Sabah and Michael Symmons Roberts. Naush Sabah is co-founder of the Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal and was the author of Litanies (Guillemot press), shortlisted for the 2022 Awards. Michael Symmons Roberts is Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was the winner of the 2013 Forward Prize for Drysalter (Cape Poetry), and the Whitbread Poetry Award in 2004 for Corpus (Cape Poetry).

The winners of the 2024 Awards will be announced at the British Library on Monday 9th December. For more details, and to book your ticket, visit https://www.seetickets.com/event/celebrating-new-poetry-the-michael-marks-awards/british-library/3162418.

The closing date for entries to the 2024 Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets is Friday 27^th September. For more details and how to apply, see the Awards website https://michaelmarksawards.com/awards/2024-awards/