Wigtown Poetry Prize 2023 Winners
30 September 2023
The winners of the poetry prize were unveiled yesterday at an awards ceremony hosted at Wigtown Book Festival by author and poet, Hugh McMillan. Read more about the prize giving event here.
Wigtown Poetry Prize
John Wheway, My Mother Unwraps My Gift of Frida Kahlo’s Me and My Parrots
Runner up
Rachel Rankin, Winter Solstice
Wigtown Scots Poetry Prize
Runner up
Keeks Mc, Peer Breiths
Wigtown Gaelic Poetry Prize
Runner up
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Ainneamhag Gheal
Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize
Stephanie Green, Ortelius’ Sea Monsters
Fresh Voice Award
Robin Leiper, Sunshine Against Shadow
Runners up
Diane Schofield, One Moonless Night
Jane McBeth, That Day