The Scott Prize Shortlist is Announced

With apologies for the delay and thanks to everyone who submitted and has waited so patiently, we are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Scott Prize for debut collections of short stories. This prize forms part of Salt’s commitment to the short story and to our mission to discover and nurture [...]

The Shortlist for the Crashaw Prize 2010

This year the Crashaw Prize — the UK’s only international prize for full length collections of poetry — received over eighty entries from four continents. The writers span not merely the English-speaking world, but also the striking diversity of contemporary poetry written in our extravagant tongue. It would be impudent to argue [...]

Queen’s University Press Release: Siân Hughes Wins Seamus Heaney Centre Prize

Winner of Seamus Heaney Prize for First Collection announced

Poet Sian Hughes has been announced as the inaugural winner of the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for a Best First Collection.

Created by the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s to help publicise new poetry, Sian received her £1,000 prize at a special reception [...]

The Edge Hill Prize, Phoenix Artist Club and Salt Launch

Yesterday I had such a brilliant day in London. It felt like I’d been trapped in the office for an age, so it was so good to get on the train and head to the big city. It was the Edge Hill Short Story awards, which were being held at Blackwells on Charing Cross [...]

New poets shortlist for 2010 £2,500 London New Poetry Award

London Festival Fringe New Poetry Award 2010

Shortlist for London New Poetry Award organised by London Festival Fringe 2010 in conjunction with Cegin Productions and Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour and judged by Tamar Yoseloff, Daljit Nagra and Adam O’Riordan, winner to be announced at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho and £2,500 Award [...]

Two Salt authors nominated as Shortlists are Announced for the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature

With nominations up by almost 100 this year, the shortlists for the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are now hot off the press. Salt authors Pam Brown and Marion May Campbell have both been nominated.

The winners will be announced at 4pm on Sunday February 28 (the first day of Adelaide Writers’ Week) [...]

Sadly Ailbhe Darcy has had to withdraw from the winners

Alison Flood covers the Crashaw Prize in The Guardian

Crashaw prize winners announced

Alison Flood

guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 December 2008 17.18 GMT

Six debut poets are to have their first collections of poetry published around the world after winning the inaugural Crashaw prize, due to be awarded annually by the independent poetry press Salt Publishing. Read more …

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The winners of the 2008 Crashaw Prize

Tom Chivers How to Build a City (UK) Abi Curtis Unexpected Weather (UK) Jamey Dunham The Bible of Lost Pets (USA) Jared Stanley Book Made of Forest (USA) Judge’s comments:

This year marks the inauguration of The Crashaw Prize, an important new venture for Salt, as we continue to discover and nurture new [...]