Whitbread Poetry Award

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The Whitbread Poetry Award was a prestigious British literary prize recognizing outstanding collections of poetry, later incorporated into what became the Costa Book Awards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
poetry award
associatedWith Costa Book Awards NERFINISHED
awardedAnnually true
awardedFor outstanding collection of poetry
awardType category award
country United Kingdom
culturalContext British literary culture
eligibility authors writing in English
books first published in the United Kingdom
field literature
poetry
follows tradition of British literary prizes
frequency annual
genre poetry
hasCategoryWithin Whitbread Book Awards NERFINISHED
hasComponent shortlist
winner
inception 1971
language English
location London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter Whitbread PLC NERFINISHED
notableFor contributing to poets’ public recognition
recognizing contemporary poetry collections
notableWinner Carol Ann Duffy NERFINISHED
Christopher Reid NERFINISHED
Douglas Dunn NERFINISHED
James Fenton NERFINISHED
Jo Shapcott NERFINISHED
Michael Longley NERFINISHED
Philip Larkin NERFINISHED
Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED
Ted Hughes NERFINISHED
organizer Whitbread Book Awards committee NERFINISHED
parentAward Whitbread Book of the Year NERFINISHED
partOf Whitbread Book Awards NERFINISHED
region Britain NERFINISHED
renamedAs Costa Poetry Award NERFINISHED
replacedBy Costa Poetry Award NERFINISHED
selectionProcess judged by a panel of critics and writers
sponsor Whitbread PLC NERFINISHED
sponsorType commercial company
status defunct
successor Costa Poetry Award NERFINISHED

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Whitbread Book Award hasPart Whitbread Poetry Award
Tony Harrison hasAward Whitbread Poetry Award