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Edition 11 (2002)

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Winners

3 people
Peter Porter Excellence Award

Max is Missing is a poetry collection that moves through absence, memory, and urban observation. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by absence and memory.

96 pages
absencememoryurban observationsharp observation
Tom French Excellence Award

Touching the Bones is a poetry collection that moves through memory, the body, and history. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by memory and the body.

73 pages
memorythe bodyhistorymourning
Medbh McGuckian Excellence Award

She is in the Past, She has this Grace is a poem that condenses mourning, family, and time into a tightly controlled lyric voice. Its spare movement carries strong emotional pressure.

A tightly focused poem where mourning and family quietly intersect.

mourningfamilytimememory