Poetry Now Award
The Poetry Now Award is an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award was first given in 2005 (reduced to €2,500 in 2013) and is presented during annual Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown poetry festivals. From 2005 to 2011, it was bestowed during the Poetry Now international poetry festival (the latter event was inaugurated in 1996) which was held in March or April each year. In 2012 and 2013, the award was given during the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, in September ("dlr" stands for  Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown). The award is sponsored by "The Irish Times" newspaper. History. 2018. Winner: Leontia Flynn, for "The Radio" Shortlist: Judges: 2017. Winner: Paddy Bushe, for "On A Turning Wing" 2016. Winner: Caitríona O’Reilly, for "Geis" 2015. Winner: Theo Dorgan, for "Nine Bright Shiners" 2014. Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for "Parallax" 2013. Winner: Dennis O'Driscoll, for "Dear Life", awarded posthumously (he died in December 2012). Shortlist: Judges: Mary O'Donnell (poet and novelist), Peter Sirr (writer, editor, translator, and former winner), and Ruth Webster (bookseller). 2012. Winner: Michael Longley, for "A Hundred Doors". Shortlist: Judges: Gerald Dawe, James Harpur, and Mary  Shine Thompson (all poets). 2011. Winner: Seamus Heaney, for "Human Chain". Shortlist: Judges: Brian Lynch (poet, novelist, and screenwriter), Leanne O'Sullivan (poet), and Borbála Faragó (lecturer and critic). 2010. Winner: Sinéad Morrissey, for "Through the Square Window". Shortlist: Judges: John F. Deane, Alan Gillis, and Maria Johnston. 2009. Winner: Derek Mahon, for "Life on Earth". Shortlist: Judges: Kit Fryatt, Sean O'Brien, and Joseph Woods. 2008. Winner: Harry Clifton, for "Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994–2004". Shortlist: Judges: Philip Coleman, Sasha Dugdale, and William Wall. 2007. Winner: Seamus Heaney, for "District and Circle". Shortlist: Judges: Eileen Battersby, Niall MacMonagle, and Maurice Riordan . 2006. Winner: Derek Mahon, for "Harbour Lights". Shortlist: Judges: Patrick Crotty, Gerard Fanning, and Fiona Sampson. 2005. Winner: Dorothy Molloy, for "Hare Soup", awarded posthumously (she died in January 2004) for her début collection. Shortlist: Judges: Simon Armitage, Selina Guinness, and Colm Tóibín.