Newdigate Prize

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Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize, more commonly the Newdigate Prize, is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for the Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded in 1806 as a memorial to Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806).[1] The winning poem is announced at Encaenia. Instructions are published as follows: "The length of the poem is not to exceed 300 lines. The metre is not restricted to heroic couplets, but dramatic form of composition is not allowed."

The first winner was John Wilson ("Christopher North"). Notable winners have included Robert Stephen Hawker, John Ruskin, Matthew Arnold, Laurence Binyon, Oscar Wilde, John Buchan, John Addington Symonds, James Fenton, P. M. Hubbard, and Alan Hollinghurst.

The parallel award given at the University of Cambridge is the Chancellor's Gold Medal.

Past titles and winners

Where known, the title of the winning poem is given, followed by the name of the author, each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Notable 19th-century winners

20th century

21st century

  • 2018: not awarded [9]
  • 2019: not awarded [10]
  • 2020: the summer critter speaks not of frost., Rachel Leung[11]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize". Oxford Poetry. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize for English Verse was founded in 1806 as a memorial to Sir Roger, fifth baronet (1719–1806) and Oxford university politician.
  2. ^ Richard Browning: The Critical Heritage. Routledge. 1995. p. 93. ISBN 0-415-13451-X. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  3. ^ Abbott, Claude Colleer (1955). The Correspondence of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Richard Watson Dixon (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Merton Student Wins Newdigate Prize". Merton College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Andrew Wynn Owen Wins the Newdigate Prize". Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Prizes and Studentships". University of Oxford Faculty of English. Retrieved 27 October 2016. In 2016 the Sir Roger Newdigate Prize was awarded to Mary Anne Clark for her entry 'Sinai'.
  7. ^ "Faculty Prizewinners Announced". University of Oxford Faculty of English. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Oriel Undergraduate Dominic Hand Wins University's Newdigate Prize for Poetry". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Prizes and Studentships". University of Oxford Faculty of English. Retrieved 4 March 2019. In 2018 the Sir Roger Newdigate Prize was not awarded.
  10. ^ "Prizes and Studentships". University of Oxford Faculty of English. Retrieved 12 June 2019. In 2019 the Sir Roger Newdigate Prize was not awarded.
  11. ^ "Prizes and Studentships | Faculty of English". web.archive.org. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

Sources

  • Richter, editor, Annie J. (1946). Literary Prizes and Their Winners. R. R. Bowker Co.
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