Poetry Now Award

The Poetry Now Award was an annual literary prize presented for the best single volume of poetry by an Irish poet. The €5,000 award was first given in 2005 (reduced to €2,500 in 2013) and presented during annual Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown poetry festivals. From 2005 to 2011, it was bestowed during the Poetry Now international poetry festival (the latter event was inaugurated in 1996) which was held in March or April each year. In 2012 and 2013, the award was given during the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival, in September ("dlr" stands for "Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown"). As of 2020, The Irish Times newspaper was the sponsor of the award. In 2020, the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival was cancelled due to the restrictions relating to COVID-19.