John Glenday
John Glenday grew up in Monifieth. Life. John lives in Angus, with his wife Erika. His work appeared in "Times Literary Supplement", "London Review of Books", "Poetry "(Chicago), "The Scotsman", "The Guardian", "Financial Times", "Wascana Review", "Ploughshares" and "Magma" to name but a few. John was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for his collection "Grain". His work is included in many anthologies such as the "Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry" (Faber and Faber 1992), "Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century" (Picador , 1999)," New British Poetry" (Grey Wolf Press, 2004), "Contemporary poetry and contemporary science" (Oxford University Press, 2006), "100 Favourite Scottish Poems" (Luath Press, 2006), "100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems" (Luath Press, 2008), "Being Human" (Bloodaxe, 2011), "Forward Book of Poetry 2016" (Faber & Faber, 2015) and "Off the Shelf" (Picador Poetry, 2018). He was a judge for the 2011 National Poetry Competition, together with Jackie Kay and Colette Bryce. "The Golden Mean" won the 2015 Roehampton Poetry Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize. The American photographer Sally Mann used an excerpt from John's poem "Landscape  with Flying Mann" for the title of her 2018 International Exhibition "A Thousand Crossings". His "Selected Poems" was published by Picador Poetry in October 2020. The same year, he published 2 pamphlets: "mira" with Maria Isakova Bennett (Coast to Coast to Coast) and "The Firth", published by Mariscat Press. John can be heard in the Poetry Archive.