The Strong Reading and Award for
Best First Collection
The Rupert & Eithne Strong Award 2011
dlr Poetry Now – International Poetry Festival
Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th March 2011
The Rupert and Eithne Strong Award recognises first collections published in English or Irish by Irish poets in 2010. The short-listed nominees will read at the Strong Reading during the dlr Poetry Now 2011 Festival. The award is made possible by the generous support of the Strong Family in memory of the lives and work of Rupert and Eithne Strong.
The judge for the Rupert and Eithne Strong Award is Michael Cronin.
For more information and details on eligibility and entries please contact:
Caroline Wynne , Artscope, Project Manager dlr Poetry Now
poetrynow@artscope.ie or (00 353 1) 505 9582
Artscope, 7 Elm Close, Griffeen Valley, Lucan, Co. Dublin