This week on My Poetic Side, we look at a new translated poetry prize and a garden linked to a poet that will be open to the public.
New Translated Poetry Prize
A new prize is being launched for translated poetry, with the hope of tapping into the recent boom of international-language writing. The award, which will open for entries next month, will be shared between the original poet and their translator and is a joint project being launched by three publishers. It will offer a $5,000 advance for a new collection. This will be a biannual award.
Entries will be collections that have been translated into English and the winning collection will be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the UK and Ireland, by Giramondo in New Zealand and Australia, and by New Direction in North America.
The three publishing companies wanted to
They believe that there is no other poetry prize like this.
There has been a significant sales boom in the UK for translated fiction in recent years and it is hoped that this award will help to open up poetry in the same way.
All three of the publishers behind the prize have a particular focus on translated work, with Fitzcarraldo having published translated works by three Nobel prize winners.
This new prize will be open to any living poet from anywhere in the world as long as their work has been written in any language other than English. It is hoped that it will also help not just poets but young translators as well, encouraging those who would like to work with poetry to follow their dreams.
The award will be receiving submissions from 15th July to 15th August, with the shortlist being announced before the end of 2025. The winner will be announced in January 2026 and publication is scheduled to take place in 2027.
Powys Hall Garden with Poetry Link to Open to the Public
The gardens of Llangedwyn Hall in Powys will be opening to the public next weekend on Sunday as part of the National Garden Scheme. The public will have the opportunity to walk in the grounds where Robert Southey, a contemporary of William Wordsworth, and former poet laureate once walked around the grounds.
Southey visited the property, owned by his friend Charels Williams Wynn, in 1820. His legacy to the world of literature was somewhat tarnished in 1837 when he wrote a letter to the then 20-year-old Charlotte Bronte in which he said,
The gardens of the Grade II building, which comprise a late17th and early 18th century three level formal terraced garden will be open to the public although the hall itself will be closed. There are stunning views out across the local landscape, and the garden itself holds many different areas of interest, with a rose garden and a cottage garden to be admired.
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