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2008 Winners

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  • Jamey Dunham, The Bible of Lost Pets
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The Crashaw Prize for Poetry

For the publication of debut collections of poetry from major new talents

The 2009 Crashaw Prize Shortlist

4th January 2010

The 2009 Crashaw Prize attracted 120 full length manuscripts from poets in the UK and Ireland, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. The international prize continues to provide an extraordinary shapshot of new writing from most of the English-speaking world, as such it is the only prize of its kind, drawing attention to the best debut collections from around the globe.

The Crashaw prize is unique in discovering poets from many different cultures and locations, yet it is clear that we share not only a language but increasingly a shrinking, more accessible, digital world. Poetry in English is now a global exchange of ideas and practices: there are no dominant modes of writing, no success patterns to adopt or defend, no single model of expression and our heritage is a global one. Audiences, too, are as diverse as the writing and writers. This diversity as well as the community of poetry in English is to be celebrated and, indeed, forms the background and impetus to the Crashaw Prize itself.

This year’s submissions were especially perplexing: the standard of submissions was exceptionally high, the talents astonishingly various, the book themselves filled with an abundance of innovative and rewarding poems that deserve a wide audience. After a great deal of deliberation and from an internal longlist of thirty-five collections we have now chosen twelve manuscripts we feel are exceptional works. All of these poets deserve our interest.

This year’s shortlist consists of :

  1. Phil Brown, Il Avilit (ENGLAND)
  2. Matt Bryden, Boxing the Compass (ENGLAND)
  3. Theodore Z. Cotler, House with a Dark Sky Roof (USA)
  4. Nathan Hoks, Book of Clouds (USA)
  5. Yvonne C. Murphy, Aviaries (USA)
  6. Andrew Pidoux, Year of the Lion (USA)
  7. Nick Potamitis, The Book of Night Terrors (ENGLAND)
  8. Terry Ann Thaxton, Getaway Girl (USA)
  9. Jonty Tiplady, Zam Bonk Dip (ENGLAND)
  10. Ryan Van Winkle, Untitled (SCOTLAND)
  11. Eoghan Walls, The Salt Harvest (IRELAND) WITHDRAWN
  12. Anna Woodford, Birdhouse (ENGLAND)

From this shortlist we will make our selection of this year’s winners and will publish four collections during in 2010 — the tenth anniverary of Salt. The winners will be announced on Friday 26th of February.

The Crashaw Prize

The Crashaw Prize is an international annual prize for a first collection of poetry. Entrants must not have been published before, and must permanently reside in the UK & Ireland, the USA, or Australia & New Zealand.

From 2010, Salt will accept submissions of poetry manuscripts postmarked from 1st January until 31st July each year. The shortlist will be announced in October, winners will be announced in December and published the following June.

The Richard Crashaw Prize winners will receive synchronous publication in paperback in the UK, USA and Australia by Salt. There may be up to six winners each year. Winners will be issued with a standard publishing contract from Salt.

The Crashaw Prize

Terms and conditions

  1. Only electronic manuscripts are admissible. No printed paper entries will be accepted. Electronic manuscripts must be typed in Microsoft Word or supplied as an RTF file, paginated, and 65–70 pages in length (single spaced).
  2. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, or pamphlets of less than 20 pages, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. The work must be by a single author. Pseudonymous works will be disqualified.
  3. Manuscripts must include a table of contents and a list of acknowledgments for poems previously published. The first page must include a biographical note of not more than 80 words. Your name, address, phone number and email address should appear on the title page of your manuscript.
  4. No alterations to the manuscript will be accepted after submission. No correspondence can be entered into for entries once they are made.
  5. No illustrations, photographs or images should be included.
  6. The Crashaw Prize is judged by members of the Board of Salt Publishing. Manuscripts are not read anonymously. Manuscripts may be screened by Salt staff. Entries are logged on to databases for the duration of each prize. No personal details will be stored beyond the end of the competition.
  7. Salt abides by the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics

    The CLMP Code of Ethics: CLMP's community of independent literary publishers believes that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. We believe that intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, we agree to

    1. conduct our contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of our readers, judges, or editors;
    2. to provide clear and specific contest guidelines — defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and
    3. to make the mechanics of our selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. We have adopted this Code to reinforce our integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that our contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.
  8. Winners will be announced in December and listed online.
  9. Entry fee for The Crashaw Prize is £18 (i.e. eighteen pounds Sterling). The prize is administrered in the UK. The fee is only payable online through the Salt Publishing Website, details are below. No cheques or cash are accepted. Please ensure your name, address, phone number and email address details in your online payment match those on your electronic manuscript. Use the additional information box of the online payment to cite the title of your manuscript.
  10. The entry fee is non-refundable. Please notify the prize as soon as possible if you wish to withdraw your submission.
  11. We cannnot offer feedback on individual entries.
  12. Email your entry to: crashawprize@saltpublishing.com. Do not email any director of Salt Publishing, doing so will disqualify your entry.

Checklist for The Crashaw Prize

  1. I have submitted my electronic manuscript in MS Word or RTF format.
  2. I have paid my £18 entry fee online through the Salt Web site.
  3. I have listed the title of my manuscript under additional information in the online payment system.
  4. I have ensured that the name, address, phone number and email address of my payment match those on the title page of my manuscript.
  5. I have read and understood the terms and conditions above.

 

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