John Glenday
Introduction '''John Glenday''' grew up in Monifieth.
Life John lives in Angus, with his wife Erika.His work appeared in ''Times Literary Supplement'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Poetry ''(Chicago), ''The Scotsman'', ''The Guardian'', ''Financial Times'', ''Wascana Review'', ''Ploughshares, Candlestick Press'' and ''Magma'' to name but a few.John was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for theGriffin Poetry Prize 2010 for his collection ''Grain''.His work is included in many anthologies such as the ''Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry'' (Faber and Faber 1992), ''Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century'' (Picador, 1999),'' New British Poetry'' (Grey Wolf Press, 2004), ''Contemporary poetry and contemporary science''  (Oxford University Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Poems'' (Luath Press, 2006), ''100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems'' (Luath Press, 2008), ''Being Human'' (Bloodaxe, 2011), ''Forward Book of Poetry 2016'' (Faber & Faber, 2015) and ''Off the Shelf'' (Picador Poetry, 2018).John was a judge for the National Poetry Competition in 2011, the  Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2022 and the  Saltire Society Literary Awards 2022. ''The Golden Mean'' won the 2015  Roehampton Poetry Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize.The American photographer Sally Mann used an excerpt from John's poem ''Landscape with Flying Man'' for the title of her 2018 International Exhibition  ''A Thousand Crossings''. John's ''Selected Poems'' was published by  Picador Poetry in October 2020.The same year, he published 2 pamphlets: ''mira'' with Maria Isakova Bennett  (Coast to Coast to Coast) and ''The Firth'', published by  Mariscat Press. The Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar invited a Poetry commission to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III in May 2023.John is a highly experienced tutor and mentor and can be heard in the  Poetry Archive..  John Glenday bio.
Awards * Scottish Arts Council Book Prize for ''The Apple Ghost''*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Undark''*Poetry Book Society Recommendation for ''Grain''*Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2010 for ''Grain''. *Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for ''Grain''*Winner of the 2015  Roehampton Poetry Prize 2015 for ''The Golden Mean''. *Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize for ''The Golden Mean''.
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References
External links * "John Glenday"* "Picador Poetry"* "Coast to Coast to Coast"* Mariscat Press* "Sally Mann - A thousand crossings"* Griffin Poetry Prize biography and video* "John Glenday", ''Literary Encyclopedia''* "John Glenday's ''Grain''", ''Scottish Poetry Library''** "The Ugly", poem in ''The Valve'', 22 May 2009* "Tin", ''The Guardian'', 14 November 2009