Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize 2017

The prize will be awarded for the best poem in English verse, not exceeding 40 lines in length, on the subject of ‘Leaves'. The value of the prize is £1,000 and entrants were able to submit up to three poems.

The competition was set up in memory of the late Professor Jon Stallworthy (1935-2014), poet and Fellow of Wolfson College. The funding for the prize has been provided by generous donations to the English Faculty and to Wolfson College from Old Possum's Practical Trust and from the Derek Hill Foundation (with thanks to Lord Gowrie).

The award will take place at an event in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, on Wednesday 18 January 2017, 5.30-7pm. The judges for the 2017 prize are the Oxford Professor of Poetry, Simon Armitage, and Professor Bernard O'Donoghue.

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