We're delighted to announce the winners of Wigtown Poetry Prizes 2024

 

 

Wigtown International Poetry Prize

 

 

Magi Gibson, Cracked

 

Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Homosexual

 

 

Wigtown Gaelic Poetry Prize

 

 

Fianais, Rónaigh an Taibh

 

 

Runner up

 

 

Monad Claudia Wagner, Críoch Cánain

 

 

Wigtown Scots Poetry Prize

 

 

Lesley Benzie, Loch Awe

 

 

Runner up

 

 

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

 

 

Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize

 

 

Sarah Gibbons, I Go to the Devil

 

 

Dumfries and Galloway Fresh Voice Award

 

 

Suzannah Goss, In Between Places

 

 

 

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up. It's a huge achievement to be handpicked among hundreds of entrants by experts in the field. You can view the judges' comments on each entry here.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who entered. Thank you for trusting us with your work.

 

 

You can read the winning poems in the Wigtown Book Festival library here.