Poet Stephen Sexton has been awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020 for his first collection, If All the World and Love Were Young. He said: “I’m overjoyed to be the 2020 recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. *Jim McElroy has won the Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award. He was selected for Poetry Ireland Introductions 2019 with poet Martina Evans describing his writing as a “fiercely visceral voice”. This year, his work was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Cúirt New Writing Prize, longlisted for the Fish Poetry Prize, and three of his poems were shortlisted for the Fingal Poetry Prize.

Source: The Irish Times November 26, 2020 13:18 UTC