The trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry are delighted to announce that Padriag Regan is the recipient of the 2020 Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary. The poet was nominated by Ireland Professor of Poetry Frank Ormsby and the nomination was unanimously confirmed by the trustees of the Board of the Ireland Chair of Poetry. […]

The trustees of the Ireland Chair of Poetry are delighted to announce that Nicholas McLachlan is the recipient of the 2019 Ireland Chair of Poetry bursary. The poet was nominated by Ireland Professor of Poetry, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, selected as the recipient for the final year of her term, and the nomination was welcomed and […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2021 Ireland Chair of Poetry Project Awards. The Project Awards have been established in order to assist poets in their creative development and specifically to help realise projects of imagination. A total of two prizes will be awarded, should […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to open the call for submissions to the 2021 Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Award. Now in its third year the award was created to encourage and assist students who are pursuing Masters degrees in Creative Writing or in Poetry. This award is open to Masters students […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust are delighted to announce that Manuela Moser will be the fourth recipient of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award. Commenting on this year’s Travel Award the adjudication panel, comprised of the Trustees together with the current Ireland Chair of Poetry, Professor Frank Ormsby, had this to say: “We […]

The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust is delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Student Award. Now in its second year, the Student Award is an initiative to encourage the writing of poetry within the three Universities who support the Trust. Commenting on the submissions received for the 2020 Student Award, the adjudication panel, […]