This 2026 Winner of Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing, is Susan Gully!
Susan won with her wonderful poem, Shades, and was kind enough to read for us, as did all the longlisters.
On Sunday the 30th of August 2026, the 13th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s passing, Susan was presented with the award at the Launch of the Endure anthology at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy.
Annemarie Mullan was the Runner Up (and shortlisted) for her poem, Northpaw. And David Atkinson was the other shortlisted poet, with his poem, Exile. All the longlisted poets (opens in a new tab) read for us on the day and had a chat with Conor about their work, in the anthology, and in general.
There will be a video of the event up soon, so please do keep an eye out for that!
