PEN Heaney Prize

The PEN Heaney Prize is an annual poetry award launched in 2024. It is delivered as a partnership between English PEN, Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann and the estate of the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, after whom it is named. A volume of poetry qualifies for the award if it is written by a single author, is published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, is judged to be "of outstanding literary merit", and "engages with the impact of cultural or political events on human conditions or relationships."
The winner of the PEN Heaney Prize is awarded £5,000. If the winning volume has been translated into English from another language, £5,000 is also awarded to the translator or translators.

Winners and shortlists