Many thanks to all of the entrants who submitted poems into the various categories of Wigtown Poetry Prize 2019.
We are delighted to announce the shortlists as follows:
Wigtown Prize
Claudia Daventry
Mairghread McLundie
Colin Bramwell (2 poems)
Maurice Franceschi
Mhairi Owens
Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize
Lachlann MacLachlainn
Eoghan Stewart
Daibhidh Eyre
Ryan Dziadowiec
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Wigtown Scots Prize
Ann MacKinnon
Jane Burn
Dorothy Lawrenson (2 poems)
Mhairi Owens
Robert Duncan
Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award
John Priestley
Clare Phillips
Miranda Cichy
Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize
Claudia Daventry
Matt Bryden
Sarah Leavesley
Beverley Bie Brahic
Ann Craig
The winners were announced on Friday 13 September 2019.