The Tómas Guðmundsson Poetry Prize

The City of Reykjavík hosts a poetry prize, named after Reykjavík poet Tómas Guðmundsson. A panel of three judges chooses between unpublished manuscripts, which are subsequently published by some of the local publishers. The prize is awarded in autumn each year.
2018
Haukur Ingvarsson: Vistarverur (Living quarters)
2017
Jónas Reynir Gunnarsson: Stór olíuskip (Big tanker)
2016
Eyrún Ósk Jónsdóttir: Góðfúslegt leyfi til sígarettukaupa (Buying Cigarettes With Kind Permission)
2015
Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson - Til hughreystingar þeim sem finna sig ekki í samtíma sínum (A Comfort to Those Who Feel Out of Place in their Lifetime)
2014
Hjörtur Marteinsson: Alzheimer-tilbrigðin (The Alzheimer Variations)
2013
Bjarki Karlsson: Árleysi alda (Moment of Ages)
2012
Dagur Hjartarson: Þar sem vindarnir hvílast og fleiri einlæg ljóð (Where the Winds Rest and Other Sincere Poems)
2011
Sindri Freysson: Í klóm dalalæðunnar (Prisoner of the Ground-Mist)
2010
Þórdís Gísladóttir: Leyndarmál annarra (Other People's Secrets)
2009
Eyþór Árnason: Hundgá úr annarri sveit (A Dog's Bark From Another District)
2008
Magnús Sigurðsson: Fiðrildi, mynta og spörfuglar Lesbíu (Butterfly, Mint and Lesbía's Sparrow)
2007
Ari Jóhannesson: Öskudagar (Ash Wednesdays)
2006
Ingunn Snædal: Guðlausir menn: hugleiðingar um jökulvatn og ást (Godless Men - Thoughts About Glacial Water and Love)
2004
Auður Ólafsdóttir: Rigning í nóvember (Rain in November)
2002
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir: Sólar saga (The Saga of Sól)
2000
Hjörtur Marteinsson: AM 00
Acknowledgements:
Garðar Baldvinsson: Sjónbaugar
Gerður Kristný: Launkofi (Hideaway)
Kristrún Guðmundsdóttir: Fingurkoss (A Finger Kiss)
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir: Hnattflug (Circumnavigation)
Þóra Jónsdóttir: Kría (Tern)
1998
Bjarni Bjarnason: Borgin bak við orðin (The City Behind the Words)
1997
Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir: Sumar sögur (Some Stories)
1994
Helgi Ingólfsson: Letrað í vindinn : samsærið (Written in the Wind : the Conspiracy)