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Laurel Prize Shortlist 2026: Fiona Benson
Fiona Benson has been shortlisted for this year’s Laurel Prize 2026! Read more about her and her poem ‘Bluebells’ from her collection Midden Witch. Image credit: Jessica Farmer of Perspectives Photography About Fiona Fiona Benson lives in Devon with her husband and their two daughters. Midden Witch is her fourth collection and was preceded by Bright Travellers (Seamus Heaney Prize for…
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Laurel Prize Shortlist 2026: Brandon Kilbourne
Brandon Kilbourne has been shortlisted for this year’s Laurel Prize 2026! Read more about him and his poem ‘Blindfold Wonder’ from his collection Natural History. Image credit: Jamila K. Grote About Brandon Brandon Kilbourne has a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Chicago and over twenty years of experience as a research biologist at natural…
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Laurel Prize Shortlist 2026: Cathy Galvin
Cathy Galvin has been shortlisted for this year’s Laurel Prize 2026! Read more about her and her poem ‘Blunt Needles’ from her collection Ethnology. Image credit: Kinga & Maciej Krzyminscy About Cathy Cathy Galvin’s debut poetry book, Ethnology: a love song for Connemara (Bloodaxe Books, 2026), was longlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2026….
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