Many thanks to all of the entrants who submitted poems into the various categories of Wigtown Poetry Prize 2021.

We are delighted to announce the shortlists as follows:

Wigtown Prize

Deborah Moffatt

Eoghan Stiubhart

Basil du Toit

Kathleen Jones

Mark Gallacher

Vanessa Lampert

Damen O'Brien

Esa Aldegheri 

Mary Wight

Tammy Swift-Adams

William Bonar

Lesley Benzie

Jon Miller

Anne Hay

Jonathan Greenhause

Amaury Wonderling

Belinda Michelle Stoll

Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize

Caroline Bennett

Deborah Moffatt

Eoghan Stiubhart x 2 entries

Mairi MacLeod

Gillebride MacMillan

Wigtown Scots Prize

William Hershaw

Robert Duncan

Craig Aitchison

Lynn Valentine

George T. Watt

Lesley Benzie

Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award

Mark Thomas

Carolyn Yates

Lydia McMillan

Andrew Latimer

Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize

Kathleen Jones

Nigel Pantling

Ann Craig

Jane McKie

Jill Abram

Basil du Toit

The winners and runners-up will be announced on 10 September 2021, with the Prize Giving event taking place at Wigtown Book Festival on Saturday 2 October.   Tickets can be booked here.