The Newdigate Prize Poem
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History

'Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize, more commonly the Newdigate Prize, is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for the Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded in 1806 as a memorial to Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806). The winning poem is announced at Encaenia. Instructions are published as follows: "The length of the poem is not to exceed 300 lines. The metre is not restricted to heroic couplets, but dramatic form of composition is not allowed."

'The first winner was John Wilson ("Christopher North"). Notable winners have included Robert Stephen Hawker, John Ruskin, Matthew Arnold, Laurence Binyon, Oscar Wilde, John Buchan, John Addington Symonds, James Fenton, P. M. Hubbard, and Alan Hollinghurst.' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newdigate_Prize)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1938

winner Milton Blind i "That dreaming day it was, the bell-like air", Michael Thwaites , 1939 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Rhodes Review , no. 4 1939; (p. 71-76) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1958; (p. 216-222)

— Appears in: Australia Antologio 1988; (p. 289-297)
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