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Winner of 2021 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize Announced!

News, Prizes & AwardsBy Becky Fisher

The English Association is pleased to announce Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (Picador) as the winner of the sixth biennial 2021 Michael Murphy Poetry prize of £1000 for a distinctive first volume of poetry in English published in Britain or Ireland, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020. Congratulations to Layli Long Soldier. The…

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