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Commonwealth Poetry Prize

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The Commonwealth Poetry Prize was an annual poetry prize established in 1972,[1] for a first published book of English poetry from a country other than the United Kingdom. It was initially administered jointly by the Commonwealth Institute and the National Book League.[2]

In 1985 the prize received sponsorship from British Airways. £11,000 prize money was provided for the prize, which was advertized as "the world's most comprehensive award for poetry".[3]

Poems by 35 winners of the prize, each introduced with a brief biographical note, were collected in a 1987 anthology, Under another Sky.[4]

The prize was discontinued in 1987, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize established in its place.

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