awards


Anne Casey has won or been shortlisted for poetry awards in Ireland, Northern Ireland, the USA, the UK, Canada and Australia:


2019


  • Awarded 2nd Place and Highly Commended in the Planet in Peril Poetry Competition  (UK) - a joint initiative by Fly on the Wall Poetry Press; World Wildlife Fund; The Climate Coalition; Dr Michelle Cain (Oxford University); former Derbyshire Poet Laureate, Helen Mort; and wildlife photographer, Emily Gellard.


  • Shortlisted for the Overton Poetry Prize 2018  (UK) - announced in March 2019


  • Shortlisted for the Galway University Hospital Arts Trust Annual 'Poems for Patience' Competition 2019  (Ireland)


  • Shortlisted for the Bangor Forty Words Competition 2019 (Northern Ireland).


2018


  • Awarded 1st Prize in 2018 Alice Sinclair Memorial Writing Competition - Fellowship of Australian Writers, Lake Macquarie, NSW (Australia)



  • Awarded 3rd Place in the Women’s National Book Association Poetry Competition 2018  (USA)


  • Awarded Highly Commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland Literary Competition 2018


  • Longlisted for the 2018 University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize  (Australia)


  • Awarded Honorable Mention in the 45th New Millennium Writing Awards 2018  (USA)


  • Longlisted for the Bedford International Writing Competition 2018 (UK)


  • Finalist in the SLS 2018 Fiction & Poetry Contest  (Canada)


  • ​Commended in the Bangor Forty Words Competition 2018  (Northern Ireland)


  • ​'Poem of the Week' on HeadStuff  arts hub - 18 May 2018 (Ireland)


  • Commended in the Roscommon County Library Poetry Competition 2018  (Ireland)


2017


  • Won the Glen Phillips Novice Writer Award 2017  (Australia)


  • Shortlisted for the Bedford International Writing Competition 2017  (UK)


  • Shortlisted for Hennessy New Irish Writing  (Ireland)


  • Shortlisted for the Cúirt International Poetry Prize 2017  (Ireland)


  • Shortlisted for the Eyewear Books Poetry Prize  (UK)


​2016

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  • Shortlisted for the Bangor Annual Poetry Competition 2016 (Northern Ireland)


2015

  • Shortlisted for Hennessy New Irish Writing  (Ireland)


Award-winning poet and writer