Sillerman Prize Winner Announced/Poetry Fellow Finalists Revealed – Poetry News Roundup 9th August

 

On today's poetry news round-up, we take a look at the winner of the 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize and also one of the shortlisted poets for this year’s Poetry Fellowships. Winner of 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize Announced The poet Abu Bakr Sadiq is the winner of 2023's Sillerman First Book Prize. He was awarded the prize for “Leaked ...

Ginsberg AI Works/New Oxford Poetry Professor/Cowboy Poetry – Poetry News Roundup 7th August

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, reinvented using AI, the new Oxford ProAugustfessor of Poetry Canon and the 35th Annual Cowboy Poetry Festival. Ginsberg Poetry Given New Life Using AI   The estate of Allen Ginsberg, the countercultural icon and acclaimed American poet, will be bringing his poetry to life thanks ...

Georgian Poet’s Exhibition/Tennyson Outrage – Poetry News Roundup August 2nd

 

Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the exhibition that remembers a Georgian poet and the inclusion of Alfred Lord Tennyson on a list of notable LGBT figures. Exhibition to Remember Georgian Poet A new exhibition has opened up in the Georgian capital, which commemorates the poet Paolo Iashvili, a prolific writer who, during the Stalinist purge, took his ...

Yeats Prize/ Poet Laureate Fellows / Heaney’s Tribute to O’Connor? – Poetry News Roundup July 31st

 

We begin the week with a look at the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize, the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows in America and the Tweet mistakenly attributed to a deceased poet. Winner of the Inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize Announced Sara Berkley has been named as the winner of the inaugural Yeats Poetry Prize for “The Last Cold Day”. The ...

Oppenheimer Poetry Link/ Gingko Prize/ Burns’ Holiday Cottage – Poetry News Roundup 26th July

 

Today in our poetry news round up we look at the poetry links to the Oppenheimer film, the winner of the 2023 Gingko AONB Prize and the Robert Burns Holiday cottage. The Influence of Poetry on Oppenheimer With the opening of the film Oppenheimer this last weekend, a film which looks at the man who played a leading role in ...