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 :
- Phil Brown, Il Avilit (ENGLAND)
- Matt Bryden, Boxing the
Compass (ENGLAND)
- Theodore Z. Cotler, House
with a Dark Sky Roof (USA)
- Nathan Hoks, Book of Clouds (USA)
- Yvonne C. Murphy, Aviaries (USA)
- Andrew Pidoux, Year of
the Lion (USA)
- Nick Potamitis, The Book
of Night Terrors (ENGLAND)
- Terry Ann Thaxton, Getaway
Girl (USA)
- Jonty Tiplady, Zam Bonk
Dip (ENGLAND)
- Ryan Van Winkle, Untitled (SCOTLAND)
- Eoghan Walls, The Salt
Harvest (IRELAND) WITHDRAWN
- 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.
Terms and conditions
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- No alterations to the manuscript
will be accepted after submission.
No correspondence can be entered
into for entries once they are
made.
- No illustrations, photographs
or images should be included.
- 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.
- 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
- conduct our contests as
ethically as possible and
to address any unethical
behavior on the part of our
readers, judges, or editors;
- to provide clear and specific
contest guidelines
— defining conflict
of interest for all parties
involved; and
- 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.
- Winners will be announced in
December and listed online.
- 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.
- The entry fee is non-refundable.
Please notify the prize as soon
as possible if you wish to withdraw
your submission.
- We cannnot offer feedback on
individual entries.
- 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
- I have submitted my electronic
manuscript in MS Word or RTF
format.
- I have paid my £18 entry
fee online through the Salt Web
site.
- I have listed the title of
my manuscript under additional
information in the online payment
system.
- I have ensured that the name,
address, phone number and email
address of my payment match those
on the title page of my manuscript.
- I have read and understood
the terms and conditions above.
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