Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing – Past Winners – 2015 to 2024

This year we were excited to announce that with the support of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and of the Heaney family, we presented the tenth Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing to the most outstanding poem which emerges through our submissions process.

The previous winners of the award can be seen below.

Winner 2015 – Stephanie Conn
Winner 2016 – Marilyn McLaughlin
Winner 2017 – Glen Wilson
Winner 2018 – Linda McKenna
Winner 2019 – Kathleen McCracken
Winner 2020 – Clare Gallagher
Winner 2021 – Jim McElroy
Winner 2022 – Jen Herron
Winner 2023 – Sue Steging
Winner 2024 – Michelle Dennehy
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