Eric Gregory Trust Fund Award arises as a result of a bequest made by Eric Craven Gregory, a patron of the arts who died in on the 10th February 1959. Administered by the Society of Authors, annual awards of varying amounts are made to encourage British born poets who are also United Kingdom residents and under the age of thirty.
The Winners of the Eric Gregory Trust Fund Award
- 1960 - Christopher Levenson
- 1961 - Adrian Mitchell, Geoffrey Hill
- 1962 - Donald Thomas, James Simmons, Brian Johnson, Jenny Joseph
- 1963 - Ian Hamilton, Stewart Conn, Peter Griffith, David Wevill
- 1964 - Robert Nye, Ken Smith, Jean Symons, Ted Walker
- 1965 - John Fuller, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Norman Talbot
- 1966 - Robin Fulton, Seamus Heaney, Hugo Williams
- 1967 - Angus Calder, Marcus Cumberlege, David Harsent, David Selzer, Brian Patten
- 1968 - James Aitchison, Douglas Dunn, Brian Jones
- 1969 - Gavin Bantock, Jeremy Hooker, Jenny King, Neil Powell, Landeg E. White
- 1970 - Helen Frye, Paul Mills, John Mole, Brian Morse, Alan Perry, Richard Tibbitts
- 1971 - Martin Booth, Florence Bull, John Pook, D.M. Warman, John Welch
- 1972 - Tony Curtis, Richard Burns, Brian Oxley, Andrew Greig, Robin Lee, Paul Muldoon
- 1973 - John Beynon, Ian Caws, James Fenton, Keith Harris, David Howarth, Philip Pacey
- 1974 - Duncan Forbes, Roger Garfitt, Robin Hamilton, Frank Ormsby, Penelope Shuttle
- 1975 - John Birtwhistle, Duncan Bush, Val Warner, Philip Holmes, Peter Cash,
Alasdair Paterson
- 1976 - Stewart Brown, Valerie Gillies, Paul Groves, Paul Hyland, Nigel Jenkins, Andrew Motion, Tom Paulin, William Peskett
- 1977 - Tony Flynn, Michael Vince, David Cooke, Douglas Marshall, Melissa Murray
- 1978 - Ciaran Carson, Peter Denman, Christopher Reid, Paul Wilkins, Martyn A. Ford, James Sutherland-Smith
- 1979 - Stuart Henson, Michael Jenkins, Alan Hollinghurst, Sean O’Brien, Peter Thabit Jones, James Lindesay, Walter Perrie, Brian Moses
- 1980 - Robert Minhinnick, Michael Hulse, Blake Morrison, Medbh McGuckian
- 1981 - Alan Jenkins, Simon Rae, Marion Lomax, Philip Gross, Kathleen Jamie, Mark Abley, Roger Crowley, Ian Gregson
- 1982 - Steve Ellis, Jeremy Reed, Alison Brackenbury, Neil Astley, Chris O’Neill,
Joseph Bristow, John Gibbens, James Lasdun
- 1983 - Martin Stokes, Hilary Davies, Michael O’Neill, Lisa St Aubin De Teran, Deidre Shanahan
- 1984 - Martyn Crucefix, Mick Imlah, Jamie McKendrick, Bill Smith, Carol Ann Duffy, Christopher Meredith, Peter Armstrong, Iain Bamforth
- 1985 - Graham Mort, Adam Thorpe, Pippa Little, James Harpur, Simon North, Julian May
- 1986 - Mick North, Lachlan Mackinnon, Oliver Reynolds, Stephen Romer
- 1987 - Peter McDonald, Maura Dooley, Stephen Knight, Steve Anthony, Jill Maughan, Paul Munden
- 1988 -Michael Symmons Roberts, Gwyneth Lewis, Adrian Blackledge, Simon Armitage,
Robert Crawford
- 1989 - Gerard Woodward, David Morley, Katrina Porteous, Paul Henry
- 1990 - Nicholas Drake, Maggie Hannan, William Park, Jonathan Davidson, Lavinia Greenlaw, Don Paterson, John Wells
- 1991 - Roddy Lumsden, Glyn Maxwell, Stephen Smith, Wayne Burrows, Jackie Kay
- 1992 - Jill Dawson, Hugh Dunkerley, Christopher Greenhalgh, Marita Maddah, Stuart Paterson, Stuart Pickford
- 1993 - Eleanor Brown, Joel Lane, Deryn Rees-Jones, Sean Boustead, Tracey Herd, Angela McSeveney
- 1994 - Julia Copus, Alice Oswald, Steven Blyth, Kate Clanchy, Giles Goodland
- 1995 - Colette Bryce, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Mark Wormald
- 1996 - Sue Butler, Cathy Cullis, Jane Griffiths, Jane Holland, Chris Jones, Sinead Morrissey, Kate Thomas
- 1997 - Matthew Clegg, Sarah Corbett, Polly Clark, Tim Kendal, Graham Nelson, Matthew Welton
- 1998 - Mark Goodwin, Joanne Limburg, Patrick McGuinness, Kona Macphee, Esther Morgan, Christiania Whitehead, Frances Williams
- 1999 - Ross Cogan, Matthew Hollis, Helen Ivory, Andrew Pidoux, Owen Sheers, Dan Wyke
- 2000 - Eleanor Margolies, Antony Rowland, Antony Dunn, Karen Goodwin, Clare Pollard
- 2001 - Leontia Flynn, Thomas Warner, Tishani Doshi, Patrick Mackie, Kathryn Gray, Sally Read
- 2002 - Caroline Bird, Christopher James, Jacob Polley, Luke Heeley, Judith Lal,
David Leonard Briggs, Eleanor Rees, Kathryn Simmonds
- 2003 - Jen Hadfield, Zoe Brigley, Paul Batchelor, Olivia Cole, Sasha Dugdale,
Anna Woodford
- 2004 - Nick Laird, Elizabeth Manuel, Abi Curtis, Sophie Levy, Saradha Soobrayen
- 2005 - Melanie Challenger, Carolyn Jess, Luke Kennard, Toby Martinez, De Las Rivas
- 2006 - Fiona Benson, Retta Bowen, Frances Leviston, Jonathan Morley, Eoghan Walls
References
http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/page_id_sub.php4?pid=30&parentid=7&par_nm=Prizes,%20grants%20and%20awards
http://www.writersservices.com/agent/bur/Eric_Gregory_Trust.htm