Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize

Ballymaloe has taken the exciting initiative of launching an international poetry prize in association with The Moth, Ireland’s new quarterly arts and literature magazine. The Moth has been championed by Ballymaloe since its inception in June 2010, and is quickly gaining a reputation at home and abroad for the quality of its content and design with original artwork throughout and contributors that include Anne Enright, Dermot Healy, Paul Durcan, Bernard O’Donoghue, Adam Wyeth, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Peter Sirr, Matthew Sweeney, Julia O’Faolain, Anne Haverty, Colette Bryce, Judy Kravis, Patrick McCabe and Leanne O’Sulllivan, alongside countless writers from abroad.

With a first prize of €2,000, second prize of €1,000 and third prize of €500, the competition is open to everyone, and will be judged by Matthew Sweeney, whose most recent collection was shortlisted for The Irish Times/Poetry Now Award and the T. S. Eliot Prize.

The deadline for entries is 31 December 2011, and the winner will be announced at a reception in Ballymaloe House in March 2012, to which the three winners will be invited to read.

The official launch of the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize will take place at The Grand Social near Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge on the evening of 7 July with readings by Eileen Casey, Anne Haverty and Gerard Smyth.To contact The Moth please call 049 4366020 or email editor@themothmagazine.com.

To Enter Visit The Moth Website