The Poetry Book Society and the British Library present the second year of the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets, generously supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust.

These awards celebrate the enormous contribution that poets and their pamphlet publishers make to the poetry world.

There will be two awards worth £5,000 each:

The Michael Marks Poetry Award recognises a single outstanding work of poetry published in pamphlet form in the UK during 2009.

The Michael Marks Publishers’ Award recognises an outstanding UK publisher of poetry in pamphlet form, based on their 2009 publishing programme.

For full details of eligibility and how to enter, please click here for the submission guidelines.

All submissions , including pamphlets and completed entry forms, must be received at the Poetry Book Society office by 5pm on Friday 12 March 2010.

• For the Michael Marks Poetry Award entry form, click here.
• For the Michael Marks Publishers’ Award entry form, click here.

An awards shortlist will be announced on 10 May 2010 with the final announcement taking place at a Readings and Awards ceremony in the British Library on the evening of the 16 June 2010.

The Awards will be judged by a panel of three: writer Ali Smith (Chair), poet Jo Shapcott and Richard Price, poet and Head of Modern British Collections at the British Library.

Manuscripts associated with the winning poet’s pamphlet will be offered to the British Library’s historic special collections and all pamphlets will be offered to the Library’s Modern British Collections. The Poetry Book Society and the British Library will also sell copies of the shortlisted titles on behalf of the publishers.

For more information about poetry pamphlets and a closer look at ten modern poetry pamphlets chosen by one of the judges, Dr Richard Price, Head of Modern British Collections at the British Library, visit the British Library's website.

Click here to read the press release.

All enquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Hilary Davidson
Awards Administrator
The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets
Poetry Book Society
Fourth Floor
2 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9RA

Tel: 020 7833 9247

Email: pamphlets@poetrybooks.co.uk

Please click here for more information about the judges and the organisations behind the Awards.

Last year’s Michael Marks Poetry Award went to Elizabeth Burns for her pamphlet, The Shortest Days (Galdragon Press).

The Michael Marks Publishers Award was won by Oystercatcher Press.

For more information about last year's winners please click here