Ian Parks’s If Possible (Cavafy Translations), published by Calder Valley Poetry, has been shortlisted for the 2018 Michael Marks Pamphlet Award. The prize (won last year by Charlotte Wetton’s I Refuse to Turn into a Hatstand, also published by CVP) is £5,000 plus a writing residency in Greece next summer.

The winner will be announced at an Awards Dinner at The British Library on Tuesday, 11th December. Further details, including the other shortlisted poets, can be found on https://wordsworth.org.uk/michael-marks-awards-shortlist/