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Nominations VSB poetry prize 2018

January 09, 2018
The VSB Poetry Prize is the leading award for a poetry collection in the Netherlands and Flanders, awarded since 1994. The five collections nominated by the jury for the 2018 edition of the prize include two debut books. The winning collection will be announced on January 25th, and honored with 25,000 Euros. For every nominated poet, five poems have been translated into English especially for Poetry International Web.
These are the poets who's books have been nominated:

Joost Baars
Binnenplaats. Uitgeverij Van Oorschot, 2017

Charlotte Van den Broeck
Nachtroer. De Arbeiderspers, 2017

Marije Langelaar
Vonkt. De Arbeiderspers, 2017

Tonnus Oosterhoff
Ja Nee. Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, 2017

Mieke van Zonneveld
Leger. De Bezige Bij, 2017
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