Roger Elkin
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Roger Elkin is an English poet,[1] born in Biddulph, Staffordshire,U K, who has won over 100 prizes and places - 34 firsts - in national and international poetry competitions.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
- The Lake Aske Memorial Award (1982 & 1987)
- The Douglas Gibson Memorial Award (1986)
- The Sylvia Plath Award for Poems about Women (1986)
- The Hugh MacDiarmid Trophy (2003)
Roger Elkin won the Diversity House (Excel for Charity Poetry Competition 2009. He became the first recipient of the Howard Sergeant Memorial Award for Services to Poetry in 1987; and was The Writer's Rostrum "Poet of the Year, 1991". He was one of 10 shortlisted poets (out of 4,000 entries) for the 2003 Strokestown International Poetry Competition.
[edit] Literary career
His prize-winning poetry has appeared in journals, literary magazines and periodicals, both nationally and internationally.
He has reviewed for Stand, Outposts and Envoi and his critical articles on Ted Hughes's poetry have appeared in collections of essays edited by Keith Sagar (1995) and Joanny Moulin (1999); and also on the "Earth-Moon, Ted Hughes" website.
He is Poetry Tutor at Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston.
He was literary advisor to the Leek, Staffordshire Arts Festival, for whom he organised an International Poetry Competition (1982–1992); the co-editor (with J.C.R. Green) of Prospice, the international literary quarterly, from issues 17-25 inclusive; and the sole editor of poetry magazine Envoi 1991-2006, (issues 101-145).
[edit] Published Collections
- Pricking Out (Aquila, 1988) - ISBN 0-7275-0401-0
- Points of Reference (Headland, 1996) - ISBN 0-903074-8-x
- Home Ground (Headland, 2002) - ISBN 1-902096-72-x
- Rites of Passing (Shoestring, 2002) - ISBN 1-904886-43-3
- Blood Brothers, New and Selected Poems (Headland, 2006) - ISBN 1-902096-96-7
- No Laughing Matter (Cinnamon Press, 2007)- ISBN 978-1-905614-34-9
- Dog's Eye View (Lapwing Press,2009) - ISBN 978-1-907276-xx-x
[edit] Future Collections
Fixing Things (Indigo Dream Publishing, 2010,)
[edit] Further Links
[edit] References
- ^ "(article title unclear)". Outposts poetry quarterly, Issues 156-159: p. 94. http://books.google.com/books?id=8lgwAAAAIAAJ&q=Roger+Elkin&dq=Roger+Elkin&hl=en&ei=Gq3_TeunL-PTiALxn4CEBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCA. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
