| Prize winners for the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award, now in its eighth year, were announced last night at the
National Library of Scotland, Causewayside Building.
The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award is given in recognition of publishing skill and effort in the field of poetry pamphlets. The award was created by the Library in memory of Scottish literary publisher Callum Macdonald, and is administered in association with Tessa Ransford, former Director of the Scottish Poetry Library and Callum Macdonald's widow. All Scottish publishers of poetry in pamphlet form are eligible to apply. The award is supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust.
The award also aims to encourage the preservation of printed material of this kind and all entries submitted are taken into the collections of the National Library of Scotland. As a result the Library currently holds nearly 250 of the finest contemporary Scottish poetry pamphlets in its collections. You can find out more about pamphlet poetry by logging on to www.scottish-pamphlet-poetry.com
The short listed entries for 2008:
If Ah Could Talk Tae The Artists by Hugh Bryden, published in Dumfries by Roncadora Press.
Treeds by Laureen Johnson, published in Edinburgh by Hansel Cooperative Press.
One Light Burning by Donny O'Rourke, published in Glasgow by Bonny Day Books.
The Currying Shop by Hazel B Cameron, published in Yorkshire by Imago Media.
The Oboist's Bedside Book by Margaret Christie, published in Glenrothes by Happenstance Press.
Edinburgh Poems by Duncan Glen, published in Kirkcaldy by Akros Publications
Winners:
Hazel B Cameron for The Currying Shop
Duncan Glen for Edinburgh Poems
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