The Moth Poetry Prize

The Moth Poetry Prize is a prize given for single unpublished poems. Founded in 2011 by Irish magazine The Moth, it offers a prize fund of €11,000.[1]

Judging and eligibility

The competition is open to any candidate, as long as their poems are previously unpublished. Each year the prize attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries.

The prize is judged anonymously by a single poet.

Past judges include Hannah Sullivan (2024),[1] Nobel Laureate Louise Glück (2023),[2] Warsan Shire (2022),[3] Jacob Polley (2019),[4] Claudia Rankine, Marie Howe, Deborah Landau, Daljit Nagra, Leontia Flynn, Billy Collins, and Nick Laird.

The competition closes annually on 31 December. A shortlist of four candidates is announced in the spring, alongside eight commended poems. The shortlisted poems are published in The Irish Times online. The overall winner (€6,000) is announced at a special, online, award ceremony.

Winners

Award recipients[5]
Year Poet Work Result Ref.
2011 Paul McMahon Bourdon 1st place
Sarah Clancy I Crept Out 2nd place
Lydia Macpherson The Fisherman 3rd place
2012 Tom Moore The Astronaut 1st place
Kita Shantiris Oranges 2nd place
Paula Cunningham Fathom 3rd place
2013 Ann Gray My Blue Hen 1st place
Elena Tomorowitz Elegy 2nd place
Jo Bell Rations 3rd place
2014 Lisa Bickmore Eidolon 1st place
Jude Nutter Disco Jesus and the Wavering Virgins in Berlin, 2011 Shortlist
Kathryn Simmonds Fantasia on a Theme by Elvis Shortlist
Matt Hohner Saratoga Passage, August 2014 Shortlist
2015 Abigail Parry Arterial 1st place
David McLoughlin Tom Crean Sings Sean-nos at the Tiller on the Southern Ocean Shortlist
James Leader Phoebe and the Troopship Shortlist
Natalya Anderson Dance Therapy Shortlist
2016 Lee Sharkey Letter to Al 1st place
C. Mikal Oness On the Sprocket Side of the Hay Rake Shortlist
Greg Geis Marriage Shortlist
Katie Hale You’re in my Blood like Holy Wine Shortlist
2017 Natalya Anderson A Gun in the House 1st place [6]
Audrey Molloy Fortune Reshuffled, Reshuffled Shortlist
Cheryl Moskowitz Shirtless Shortlist
Teresa Ott In what way are forest black or white. We saw them blue. With forget-me-nots. Shortlist
2018 Jude Nutter Dead Drift 1st place
David Stavanger Octonaut Shortlist [7]
Margaret Park Haas Sestina Shortlist [7]
Steven Heighton Christmas Work Detail, Samos Shortlist [7]
2019 Damen O’Brien The Nave 1st place [8]
Claudia Daventry I do not appear in photos Shortlist [9]
Kate Potts A Telephone Conversation with my Sister/Footnotes Shortlist [9]
Nicholas Ruddock Genetic Memory Shortlist [9]
2020 Michael Lavers Chaos Soliloquy 1st place [10]
Abigail Parry In the dream of the cold restaurant Shortlist [11]
Rowland Bagnall A Week in March Shortlist [11]
Suzanne Cleary For the Poet Who Writes to Me While Standing in Line at CVS, Waiting for his Mothers Prescription Shortlist [11]
2021 Aniqah Choudhri The Unloving Ground 1st place [12]
Heather Treseler Chase Street Shortlist [13]
Mark Fiddes Hotel Petroleum Shortlist [13]
Roz Goddard Small Moon Curve Shortlist [13]
2022 Laurie Bolger Parkland Walk 1st place
J. P. Grasser Last Year in Baltimore Shortlist [14]
Kit Fan Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory Shortlist [14]
Tom Laichas Travel Advisory Shortlist [14]
2023 Lance Larsen Things I'm Against 1st place [15]
Catherine Ann Cullen Pencilling the Dates Shortlist [16]
Craig van Rooyen Extinction Picnic Shortlist [16]
Jade Angeles Fitton And Other Mirages Shortlist [16]

References

  1. 1 2 Wood, Heloise (15 March 2024). "Shortlist for 2024 Moth Poetry Prize revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Nobel laureate Louise Glück picks €6,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist". The Irish Times. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Doyle, Martin (2 March 2022). "Warsan Shire reveals her shortlist for €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "€10,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist revealed". The Irish Times. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "The winners of The Moth Poetry Prize". The Moth Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Natalya Anderson wins €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "€10,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist revealed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Doyle, Martin (30 April 2020). "A €10,000 poem: read Nave, winner of the Moth Poetry Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "Claudia Rankine's €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist spans the globe". The Irish Times. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Petsyukha, Steve (30 April 2021). "Winner of renowned Moth Poetry Prize announced on Poetry Day Ireland 2021". Hotpress. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Read the four poems on the €6,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist". The Irish Times. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (29 April 2022). "Aniqah Choudhri wins Moth Poetry Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 Doyle, Martin (2 March 2022). "Warsan Shire reveals her shortlist for €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 "Nobel laureate Louise Glück picks €6,000 Moth Poetry Prize shortlist". The Irish Times. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  15. ↑ Doyle, Martin (11 April 2024). "Patrick James Errington wins Pollard Poetry Prize; Lance Larsen wins Moth Poetry Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  16. 1 2 3 Wood, Heloise (15 March 2024). "Shortlist for 2024 Moth Poetry Prize revealed". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
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