Prize winning poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025
Includes printouts of prize-winning entries:
- (fol. 37) Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize: 'Beginning' by Jordan Maly-Preuss (Merton), given theme 'Borders'
- (fol. 38) Sir Roger Newdigate Prize: 'Jongleurs' by Austin Spendlowe (Lincoln College), given theme 'Echo/echoes'
- (fol. 39) Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize: '1929-' by Corinne Clark (Somerville College)
- (fols. 40-44) English Poem on a Sacred Subject Prize: 'The Revelation of Sister Mildred' by Corinne Clark (Somerville College), given theme 'The wind scatters one year's leaves on the ground, but the forest burgeons and puts out others, as the season of spring comes round. So it is with men: one generation grows on, and another is passing away.' (Homer, Iliad VI, 146f.) or 'For who hath despised the day of small things?' (Zechariah, 4:10) or 'All the world is but Speculum, a glasse, in which we see God.' (John Donne, sermon preached at St Paul's, Easter Day, 1628, on 1 Corinthians, 13.12).
Dates
- Creation: 2025
Extent
8 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Misc. 6, fol. 37].
Shelfmark:
MS. Misc. 6, fols. 37-44.
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 24295
Abstract
Prize winning poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025.
Biographical / Historical
The Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize is given in memory of Professor Jon Stallworthy (1935-2014), poet and Fellow of Wolfson College. It is open to postgraduate students of the University of Oxford. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2016.
The Sir Roger Newdigate Prize, founded in 1806, is awarded to undergraduates of the University of Oxford for composition in English verse.
The Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize is awarded to a student for composing a sonnet or a poem in strict rhyming metre. It was set up in 1999 and the first prize was awarded in 2000.
The English Poem on a Sacred Subject Prize was founded in 1848 by an unknown benefactor. It is awarded triennially to a graduate member of the University of Oxford.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025.
Creator
- University of Oxford | Prizes (Organisation)
- University of Oxford (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of Prize winning poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
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