The Geoffrey Dearmer Award is an annual poetry prize founded in 1997 and run by the

Poetry Society The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry". The society was founded in London in February 1909 as the Poetry Recital Society, becoming the Poetry Society ...

in memory of the poet Geoffrey Dearmer (1893–1996), who at 103 was the Society's oldest member. By establishing an endowment fund, the Dearmer family has enabled the Poetry Society to award an annual prize to the best poem in ''

The Poetry Review ''The Poetry Review'' is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Wayne Holloway-Smith. Founded in 1912, shortly after the establishment of the Society, previous editors have included poets Muriel Spark, Adrian Henri, Andrew Motio ...

'' by a poet who had not, before the issue in which their work appeared, published a collection. The winner of the prize is announced in the summer issue of ''The Poetry Review''."Geoffrey Dearmer Prize"
The Poetry Society.

Awards

*2013 Mir Mahfuz Ali *2012

Kayo Chingonyi Kayo Chingonyi (born 1987) is a Zambian British poet and editor who is the author of two poetry collections, ''Kumukanda'' and ''A Blood Condition'' (2021)''.'' He has also published two earlier pamphlets, ''Some Bright Elegance'' (Salt Publishin ...

*2011 Denise Saul *2010 Kim Moore *2009 Maitreyabandhu *2008 Kearan Williams *2007 Neetha Kunaratnam *2006 Tamara Fulcher *2005 Andrew Bailey *2004 Lucie McKee *2003

Rebecca O'Connor Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban th ...

*2002 David Gravender *2001 Michael Murphy *2000 Anna Wigley *1999 Sarah Wardle *1998

Paul Farley Paul Farley FRSL (born 1965) is a British poet, writer and broadcaster. Life and work Farley was born in Liverpool. He studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art, and has lived in London, Brighton and Cumbria. His first collection of poetry ...

About the Poetry Society

The Poetry Society The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry". The society was founded in London in February 1909 as the Poetry Recital Society, becoming the Poetry Society ...

's mission is to advance the study, use and enjoyment of poetry. The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to 'promote "a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry". Since then, it has grown into one of Britain's most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally. Today it has nearly 4000 members worldwide and publishes the leading poetry magazine, ''

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External links

Geoffrey Dearmer Prize Main PageThe Poetry Society
British poetry awards Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers Awards established in 1997 1997 establishments in the United Kingdom The Poetry Society