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 A panel of three judges chooses between unpublished manuscripts, which are subsequently published by some of the local publishers.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.

2020

Ragnheiður Lárusdóttir: 1900 og eitthvað

2019

Harpa Rún Kristjánsdóttir: Edda

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)