Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize 2026 awarded to Angus Barrett

angus barrett

 Angus Barrett

clara bykvist

 Clara Bykvist

jasmine elworthy

 Jasmine Elworthy

Congratulations to Angus Barrett (Magdalen College), who has been awarded this year’s Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize for his poem, ‘Second Sight’. 

The judges also highly commended Clara Bykvist (The Queen’s College) for ‘Secretariat’ and Jasmine Elworthy (St Hugh’s College) for ‘A Worn-Out Easter Sunday Dialogue of John and Mary’.

The Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize is awarded annually for the best sonnet or other poem of between 14 and 28 lines, written in English in contemporary diction and strict rhyming metre.

Many congratulations to Angus, Clara, and Jasmine on their outstanding achievements.