Martha Sprackland (born 1988) is a British writer.

Background

Martha Sprackland is a writer, editor and translator from Spanish, born in

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool from ...

in 1988, who grew up in

Ainsdale Ainsdale is a village near Southport, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Sefton district, in Merseyside, England, situated three miles south of the centre of Southport. Originally in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lanca ...

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. Her mother is the British poet Jean Sprackland. Her debut collection of poems, ''Citadel'', was published in 2020 by

Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, lit ...

, and shortlisted for the

Forward Prize The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...

for Best First Collection, the Costa Poetry Prize, and the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize. She has also published two pamphlets: ''Glass As Broken Glass'' (2017, Rack Press) and ''Milk Tooth'' (2018, Rough Trade Books). Previously assistant poetry editor at

Faber & Faber Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London. Published authors and poets include T. S. Eliot (an early Faber editor and director), W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Margaret S ...

, Sprackland is the co-founder and editor of Offord Road Books, and was previously a co-founding editor of ''La Errante'' magazine and ''Cake'' magazine. From 2017 to 2021 she was an editor for ''

Poetry London ''Poetry London'' is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles. Profile Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, ''Poetry London' ...

'', of which she was acting poetry editor for five issues. She is currently poetry editor for CHEERIO Publishing.

Bibliography

''Glass As Broken Glass'' (Rack Press, 2017) ''Milk Tooth'' ( Rough Trade Books, 2018) ''Citadel'' (

, 2020)

Awards

1999: Simon Elvin Award ( Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award) winner 2003: Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award runner-up 2005: Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award winner 2014:

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by United Kingdom poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winne ...

recipient 2019: Michael Marks Pamphlet Award shortlist, ''Milk Tooth'' 2020:

for Best First Collection shortlist, ''Citadel'' 2020: Costa Prize for Poetry shortlist, ''Citadel'' 2021: Peirene Stevns Translation Prize shortlist 2021: John Pollard International Poetry Prize shortlist, ''Citadel''

External links

Martha Sprackland official page

''Citadel'' on Liverpool University PressOfford Road Books websiteCHEERIO Publishing website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sprackland, Martha British poets British women poets British translators People from Southport 1988 births Living people