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Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize, more commonly the Newdigate Prize, is awarded by the University of Oxford for the Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate student.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was founded in 1806 as a memorial to Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The winning poem is announced at Encaenia.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Instructions are published as follows: "The length of the poem is not to exceed 300 lines.<ref name=":0" /> The metre is not restricted to heroic couplets, but dramatic form of composition is not allowed."

OverviewEdit

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 Laver, Donald Hall, 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 winnersEdit

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 winnersEdit

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20th centuryEdit

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  • 1965: 'Fear', Peter Jay
  • 1966: not awarded
  • 1967: not awarded
  • 1968: 'The Opening of Japan', James Fenton<ref name="CW">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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21st centuryEdit

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  • 2014: 'The Centrifuge', Andrew Wynn Owen<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2015: not awarded
  • 2016: 'Sinai', Mary Anne Clark<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2017: 'Borderlines', Dominic Hand (published in Oxford Poetry XVII.i)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2018: not awarded<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2019: not awarded<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2020: 'the summer critter speaks not of frost.', Rachel Ka Yin Leung<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2021: 'Koinobionts', Annabelle Fuller<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2022: 'pecking orders', Maggie Wang<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2023: 'The girl I saw through the James Webb Telescope', Nicholas Stone<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • 2024: 'After 'Horses, Peacefully Farting and Snoring' and 'At the Papal Palace', Shaw Worth <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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Sources

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