Carcanet is delighted to announce that
Rebecca Goss' collection
Her Birth has been shortlisted for the
2015 Warwick Prize for Writing! Previously shortlisted for the 2013 Forward Prize and selected for the Next Generation Poets 2014 promotion,
Her Birth is the only poetry collection on the Warwick Prize list.
The unique biennial literary prize, run by the University of Warwick, is worth £25,000 and is an international cross-disciplinary award open to any genre or form of writing. In addition to winning the £25,000 monetary prize, the winner will be awarded the opportunity to take up a short placement at the University of Warwick. The theme for this year’s prize is ‘Instinct'. Rebecca joins fellow writers Karen Joy Fowler, Phil Klay, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Marilynne Robinson, and Mark Vanhoenacker on the shortlist.
The judging panel for the 2015 prize is chaired by Warwick alumna and author A L Kennedy, who is joined by author and academic Robert Macfarlane, actress and director Fiona Shaw, Warwick alumnus and Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler and physician and writer Gavin Francis.
On announcing the shortlist, the chair of judges, AL Kennedy comments:
‘The judges were excited by this year's chosen topic of instinct, its variety of interpretations and expressions. We are delighted by the shortlist and the ability of all the authors included to work within their chosen forms, to explore the full breadth of human nature and experience. We feel all the authors included offer readers unique and rich experiences, quality writing and the consolation of real contact with other, remarkable minds.’
The winner of the 2015 Warwick Prize for Writing will be announced on Tuesday 10 November at a ceremony in London.
Well done Rebecca!