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Founded in 2011 by The Moth magazine in Ireland, The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for single unpublished poems, with a prize fund of €11,000. The prize is open to anyone, as long as the poems are previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide.
The prize is judged anonymously by a single poet. Past judges include Claudia Rankine, Marie Howe, Deborah Landau, Daljit Nagra, Leontia Flynn, Billy Collins, Nick Laird, Warsan Shire, Hannah Sullivan and Nobel Laureate Louise Glück.
Past winners include Aniqah Choudhri, Michael Lavers, Natalya Anderson, Lee Sharkey, Ann Gray (whose poem was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem) and Abigail Parry (who was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection).
The winner of The Moth Poetry Prize 2023 was American poet Lance Larsen.
‘Talk about being caught off guard! I was just happy to be among the shortlisted and commended poets. So much to learn from them. It feels great to be struck by lightning. I certainly have more confidence in this poem now, and the book manuscript it’s a part of. Thank you!’ Lance Larsen