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| Editor | Luke Allan |
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| Former editors | Aldous Huxley (1916) Dorothy Sayers (1917–18) Siegfried Sassoon (1919) Robert Graves (1921) Harold Acton (1924) W. H. Auden (1927) W. H. Auden, Cecil Day-Lewis (1927) Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender (1929) Kingsley Amis (1949) Donald Hall, Geoffrey Hill (1953) Anthony Thwaite (1954) Adrian Mitchell (1955) John Fuller (1960) |
| Categories | Poetry |
| Frequency | Twice a year |
| Circulation | 2,000 |
| Publisher | Partus Press |
| First issue | 1910 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Oxford, England |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.oxfordpoetry.com/ |
| ISSN | 1465-6213 |
Oxford Poetry is a literary magazine based in Oxford, England.[1] It is currently edited by Luke Allan. The magazine is published by Partus Press.
Founded in 1910 by Basil Blackwell, its editors have included Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller and Bernard O'Donoghue.
Among the authors to have appeared in Oxford Poetry are Fleur Adcock, A. Alvarez, W. H. Auden, Anne Carson, Nevill Coghill, David Constantine, Robert Crawford, Carol Ann Duffy, Elaine Feinstein, Graham Greene, Seamus Heaney, W. N. Herbert, Geoffrey Hill, Christopher Isherwood, Elizabeth Jennings, Jenny Joseph, Stephen Knight, Ronald Knox, Philip Larkin, Cecil Day-Lewis, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice, Peter McDonald, Christopher Middleton, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Tom Paulin, Mario Petrucci, Craig Raine, Jo Shapcott, Stephen Spender, George Szirtes, J. R. R. Tolkien, Susan Wicks and Charles Wright.
As well as publishing two issues per year, the magazine hosts the annual Oxford Poetry Prize. The 2022 Prize was judged by Emily Berry. First prize was won by Dominic Leonard, second prize by Linda Ravenswood, and third prize by Caleb Leow.[2] The 2023 edition of the Prize was judged by Will Harris. First prize was won by Miruna Fulgeanu, second prize by Jo Davis, and third prize by Eric Yip. [3] Before the inauguration of the Oxford Poetry Prize in 2022, the magazine traditionally published the winners of Oxford's Newdigate Prize.
- ^ Phipps, John (22 March 2019). "Oxford's thriving poetry scene". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Winners of the Oxford Prize 2022 named https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/News.html#22winners
- ^ Winners of the Oxford Prize 2023 named https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/News.html#23winners