‘A Wedding List’ by UEA alumna Penny Boxall has won the Poetry Book Society / Mslexia Women’s Poetry Prize, judged by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. She will receive £2000, publication in Mslexia and the PBS Bulletin, a mentorship by PBS Book Selector Sandeep Parmar and a Cove Park writing retreat. Penny (pictured) graduated from the UEA BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2008 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2009. Her debut collection Ship of the Line was published by Eyewear in 2014 and reissued by Valley Press in 2018. It was the winner of the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award in 2016. Her second collection Who Goes There? was published by Valley Press earlier this year.
Penny Boxall wins PBS / Mslexia Women’s Poetry Prize
