The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Awards 2012
 The winner of the 2011 Poetry Prize is Helena Nolan
The winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for 2011 is Helena Nolan. Kilkenny-born Helena currently lives and works in Dublin, after a number of years abroad in London and Kuala Lumpur. In 2008 she received an MA in Creative Writing from UCD. Her work has been published in journals and anthologies and shortlisted in a range of competitions, including Fish and Strokestown. Last year she was awarded joint second prize in the Patrick Kavanagh Award. She lives in Shankill and is married with two sons.
The judge was the poet, novelist and screenwriter Brian Lynch. He described Helena Nolan’s entry, ‘The Bone House’, which was partly inspired by the 1937 visit to Ireland of the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop, as a leap upward in her work, a heartfelt bid to overcome the downward force of everyone’s everyday experience.
The €1,000 prize was presented by Peter Murphy, Chairman, Patrick Kavanagh Society at the Patrick Kavanagh Centre in Inniskeen, Co Monaghan on Friday, 30th September 2011.
 Sharing the second prize were Michael J. Whelan, Tallaght, Co. Dublin; Cliona O’Connell, Phibsborough, Dublin; and Andrew Jamison, Crossgar, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
Poetry Competition Winners 2011
3rd October 2011
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2011
The winner and runners up have been notified.
The official announcement of the results will be made on Friday 30th September at the opening of the Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend.
13th September 2011
Closing date for entry to The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2011
The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for a first unpublished collection of poems in English is open to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or a long term resident in Ireland.
The award is now in its 40th year. Previous winners include Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Paul Durcan, Thomas McCarthy, Peter Sirr, Sinead Morrissey, Conor O’Callaghan, Celia de Freine and Joseph Woods.
The winner of this year’s award will receive €1,000.
Certificates will be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place.
Closing date for entries is Friday, 29th July 2011.
The Award will be presented on the evening of Friday, 30th September 2011 at the opening of the Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend in Inniskeen.
Press Release: 11th May 2011
2012 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award
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Poetry Competition 2012 Rules
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The winner of this year’s award will receive €1,000. Certificates will be awarded to runners up in the competition..
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The award is open to poets, born in the island of Ireland, or of Irish nationality, or long term resident in Ireland. Manuscripts accepted for publication shall be eligible ONLY if the resulting collection of poems is NOT published before the judges’ decision is announced.
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No previous outright winner shall be eligible to enter again.
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The collection of poems in English must be original and consist of 20 poems. Individual poems should not be more than 40 lines.
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The only works eligible are unpublished or magazine published work.
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Two typed copies of the collection must be submitted with an entry form.
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The author’s name should appear only on the entry form below and not on the typed copies.
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The Patrick Kavanagh Society does not return manuscripts entered.
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The adjudicator is Brian Lynch www.brianlynch.org. His decision is final.
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Patrick Kavanagh Society reserves the right to arrange with the poet a reading from their award winning poetry at the Annual Kavanagh Commemoration at Inniskeen on Friday 28th September 2012.
The entry fee is €25/£25
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Closing date for entries is Friday 27th July 2012.
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