Oxford Poetry is a literary magazine based in Oxford, England. It is currently edited by Luke Allan. The magazine is published by Partus Press.
Founded in 1910 by Basil Blackwell, its editors have included Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller and Bernard O'Donoghue.
Among the authors to have appeared in Oxford Poetry are Fleur Adcock, A. Alvarez, W. H. Auden, Anne Carson, Nevill Coghill, David Constantine, Robert Crawford, Carol Ann Duffy, Elaine Feinstein, Graham Greene, Seamus Heaney, W. N. Herbert, Geoffrey Hill, Christopher Isherwood, Elizabeth Jennings, Jenny Joseph, Stephen Knight, Ronald Knox, Philip Larkin, Cecil Day-Lewis, Michael Longley, Louis MacNeice, Peter McDonald, Christopher Middleton, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Tom Paulin, Mario Petrucci, Craig Raine, Jo Shapcott, Stephen Spender, George Szirtes, J. R. R. Tolkien, Susan Wicks and Charles Wright.
As well as publishing two issues per year, the magazine hosts the annual Oxford Poetry Prize. The 2022 Prize was judged by Emily Berry. First prize was won by Dominic Leonard, second prize by Linda Ravenswood, and third prize by Caleb Leow.Winners of the Oxford Prize 2022 named https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/News.html#22winners The 2023 edition of the Prize was judged by Will Harris. First prize was won by Miruna Fulgeanu, second prize by Jo Davis, and third prize by Eric Yip. Winners of the Oxford Prize 2023 named https://www.oxfordpoetry.com/News.html#23winners Before the inauguration of the Oxford Poetry Prize in 2022, the magazine traditionally published the winners of Oxford's Newdigate Prize. Editors of Oxford Poetry Until the Second World War 1910–13: G. D. H. Cole, Geoffrey Dennis, Sherard Vines 1914: G. D. H. Cole, Sherard Vines 1915: G. D. H. Cole, T. W. Earp 1916: Wilfred Rowland Childe, T. W. Earp, Aldous Huxley 1917: Wilfred Rowland Childe, T. W. Earp, Dorothy L. Sayers 1918: T. W. Earp, E. F. A. Geach, Dorothy L. Sayers 1919: T. W. Earp, Dorothy L. Sayers, Siegfried Sassoon 1920: Vera Brittain, C. H. B. Kitchin, Alan Porter 1921: Alan Porter, Richard Hughes, Robert Graves 1922: No editors cited. 1923: David Cleghorn Thomson, F. W. Bateson 1924: Harold Acton, Peter Quennell 1925: Patrick Monkhouse, Charles Plumb 1926: Charles Plumb, W. H. Auden 1927: W. H. Auden, C. Day-Lewis 1928: Clere Parsons, Basil Blackwell 1929: Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender 1930: Stephen Spender, Bernard Spencer 1931: Bernard Spencer, Richard Goodman 1932: Richard Goodman 1933–5: No editions. 1936: A. W. Sandford, Alan Rook 1937: Nevill Coghill, Alistair Sandford 1938–41: No editions. 1942–3: Ian Davie, John Heath-Stubbs 1944–5: No editions
Post-War 1946: Roy Macnab, Gordon Swaine 1947: Martin Starkie, Roy Macnab 1948: Arthur Boyars, Barry Harmer 1949: Kingsley Amis, James Michie 1950: J. B. Donne, Donald Watt 1951: J. B. Donne, Martin Seymour-Smith 1952: Derwent May, James Price 1953: Donald Hall, Geoffrey Hill 1954: Jonathan Price, Anthony Thwaite 1955: Adrian Mitchell, Richard Selig 1956: Bernard Donoughue, Gabriel Pearson 1957: Peter Ferguson, Dennis Keene 1958:. Roger Lonsdale, Judy Spink 1960:. John Fuller, Francis Hope 1961–9: No editions. 1970: Mark Wormald, Robin Leanse
Oxford Poetry re-launched June 1983: Mick Imlah, Nicholas Jenkins, Elise Paschen, Nicola Richards Autumn 1983: Nicholas Jenkins, Elise Paschen, Nicola Richards 1984–5: Nicholas Jenkins, Bernard O'Donoghue, Peter McDonald, Elise Paschen Winter 1986: Mark Ford, Nicholas Jenkins, John Lanchester, Elise Paschen Summer 1987: Mark Ford, Elise Paschen, Mark Wormald Winter 1987: Elise Paschen, Mark Wormald 1988: Mark Wormald, Sarah Dence, Bernard O'Donoghue, Janice Whitten 1989–91: Mark Wormald Summer 1992: Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves, Mark Wormald Winter 1992: Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves Summer 1993: Sinéad Garrigan, Kate Reeves, Ian Samson Winter 1993: Sinéad Garrigan, Ian Samson Summer 1994: Sinéad Garrigan, Ian Samson Winter 1994. Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith 1995: Sinéad Garrigan, Sam Leith 1996–7: No editions. Easter 1998: Graham Nelson, Gillian Pachter, Robert Macfarlane Winter 1998: Graham Nelson, Robert Macfarlane 1999: Graham Nelson, Jane Griffiths 2000: Graham Nelson, Jane Griffiths, Jenni Nuttall
21st century 2003: Carmen Bugan, Kelly Grovier, Sarah Hesketh 2004: Carmen Bugan, Kelly Grovier, Sinéad Sturgeon 2006: Carmen Bugan, Kelly Grovier, Richard Rowley, Sinéad Sturgeon 2007: Paul Thomas Abbott 2008: Benjamin Mullen, J. C. H. Potts 2009–2011: Hamid Khanbhai, Thomas A. Richards 2012–2014: Lavinia Singer, Aime Williams 2015–2016: Mika Ross-Southall, Lavinia Singer, Andrew Wynn Owen 2017: Nancy Campbell, Mary Jean Chan, Theophilus Kwek 2018–2020: Mary Jean Chan, Theophilus Kwek, Jay Bernard, Luke Allan 2021–: Luke Allan
See also The Oxford Magazine
References
External links Oxford Poetry homepage — including online texts