We're thrilled to announce the shortlist for Wigtown Poetry Prizes 2024.

 

Wigtown International Poetry Prize

 

Wandering Star, Jane Frank

Cracked, Magi Gibson

The Obituary of Megan Boyd, Louise Greig

Homosexual, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir

Matter, Kristen Mears

Inversion Layers, Jilly O'Brien

 

 

Wigtown Gaelic Poetry Prize

 

Bana-bhuidsich Allt a’ Mhuilinn, Ceitidh Campbell

Fianais, Rònaigh an Taibh, Rody Gorman

Pràiseach, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir

Immram, Taylor Strickland

Crìoch cànain, Mona Claudia Wagner

 

 

Wigtown Scots Poetry Prize

 

Loch Awe, Lesley Benzie

A Black Ex-Miner Caas Doon the Miners' Raws, Robert Duncan

Sit In Yir Ain Licht, Rob McClure

Karneval, Shane Strachan

Whaun She is Done, Lynn Valentine

 

 

Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize

 

I Go To The Devil, Sarah Gibbons

wOmen’s wOrk, Jennifer Harrison

The Broken Smashed Rubble of Everything I Owned, Wes Lee

 

 

Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award

 

Wednesday Afternoons: Agnew Park, Jane Fuller

In Between Places, Suzannah Goss

Watery Limits, Diane Schofield