Eric Gregory 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.^[1] In 2021, the seven winners were: Michael Askew; Dominic Hand; Cynthia Miller; Gboyega Odubanjo; Kandance Siobhan Walker; Phoebe Walker; and Milena Williamson.

Past winners[]

• 1960: Christopher Levenson
• 1961: Adrian Mitchell, Geoffrey Hill
• 1962: Donald Thomas, James Simmons, Bryan Johnson, Jenny Joseph
• 1963: Ian Hamilton, Stewart Conn, , David Wevill
• 1964: Robert Nye, Ken Smith, , Ted Walker
• 1965: John Fuller, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley,
• 1966: Robin Fulton, Seamus Heaney, Hugo Williams
• 1967: Angus Calder, , David Harsent, , Brian Patten
• 1968: , Douglas Dunn, Brian Jones
• 1969: Gavin Bantock, Jeremy Hooker, Jenny King, ,
• 1970: , , John Mole, , ,
• 1971: Martin Booth, , John Pook, ,
• 1972: Tony Curtis, Richard Berengarten, , Andrew Greig, , Paul Muldoon
• 1973: , , James Fenton, , ,
• 1974: Duncan Forbes, , , Frank Ormsby, Penelope Shuttle
• 1975: John Birtwhistle, Duncan Bush, , , , Alasdair Paterson
• 1976: Stewart Brown, Valerie Gillies, Paul Groves, , Nigel Jenkins, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin, William Peskett
• 1977: , Michael Vince, , , Melissa Murray
• 1978: Ciaran Carson, , Christopher Reid, , ,
• 1979: , Michael Jenkins, Alan Hollinghurst, Sean O'Brien, , , 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, , Joseph Bristow, , James Lasdun
• 1983: , Hilary Davies, Michael O'Neill, Lisa St Aubin De Teran,
• 1984: Martyn Crucefix, Mick Imlah, Jamie McKendrick, , Carol Ann Duffy, Christopher Meredith, Peter Armstrong,
• 1985: Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, ,
• 1986: , Lachlan Mackinnon, Oliver Reynolds, Stephen Romer
• 1987: Peter McDonald, Maura Dooley, Stephen Knight, , ,
• 1988: Michael Symmons Roberts, Gwyneth Lewis, , Simon Armitage, Robert Crawford
• 1989: Gerard Woodward, David Morley, Katrina Porteous, Paul Henry
• 1990: Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, , Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson,
• 1991: Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, , , Jackie Kay
• 1992: Jill Dawson, , Chris Greenhalgh, , ,
• 1993: , Joel Lane, Deryn Rees-Jones, , Tracey Herd,
• 1994: Julia Copus, Alice Oswald, Steven Blyth, Kate Clanchy,
• 1995: Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill,
• 1996: , , Jane Griffiths, Jane Holland, , Sinéad Morrissey,
• 1997: , Sarah Corbett, Polly Clark, Tim Kendall, Graham Nelson,
• 1998: , Joanne Limburg, Patrick McGuinness, Kona Macphee, Esther Morgan, ,
• 1999: , Matthew Hollis, Helen Ivory, , Owen Sheers,
• 2000: Eleanor Margolies, , Antony Dunn, , Clare Pollard
• 2001: Leontia Flynn, Thomas Warner, Tishani Doshi, , Kathryn Gray, Sally Read
• 2002: Caroline Bird, Christopher James, Jacob Polley, , , , Eleanor Rees, Kathryn Simmonds
• 2003: Jen Hadfield, Zoë Brigley, Paul Batchelor, Olivia Cole, Sasha Dugdale,
• 2004: Nick Laird, , Abi Curtis, ,
• 2005: , Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Luke Kennard,
• 2006: Fiona Benson, , Frances Leviston, ,
• 2007: , Miriam Gamble, Michael McKimm, Helen Mort,
• 2008: Emily Berry, , , , Heather Phillipson
• 2009: Liz Berry, , , , Sam Riviere
• 2010: , , Sarah Howe, , Ahren Warner
• 2011: , , , ,
• 2012: , , , , , Phoebe Power, Jon Stone
• 2013: John Clegg, , ,
• 2014: , , Martha Sprackland, ,
• 2015: , Miriam Nash, , ,
• 2016: , , , Alex MacDonald, Andrew McMillan
• 2017: , , , , ,
• 2018: , , , Joseph Eastell, , Ali Lewis,
• 2019: , , Mary Jean Chan, , Seán Hewitt,
• 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

See also[]

• List of British literary awards
• British poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

References[]

External links[]

• Eric Gregory Award, official website at Society of Authors website.
• Past winners, complete list.