Paul McMahon (poet)
| Address: | Cork |
About From Belfast, Paul has previously lived for sixteen years between Prague, Mexico, Switzerland, London, Berlin, Sweden, and India. His debut poetry chapbook, Bourdon, was published by Southword Editions. Winner of The Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, 2026, Paul was awarded The Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize by Carol Ann Duffy and The Nottingham Open Poetry Prize by Neil Astley. He was also one of 12 winners in the International Debut Novel Competition with the Irish Writers' Centre 2026. Other poetry awards include 1st prizes in The Moth International, The Westival International, The Fingal, The Golden Pen, The Plaza (20 lines), The Gloucester, and The Listowel Writers’ Week Poetry Collection Prizes, 2nd prizes in The Basil Bunting, The Salt International, The Plaza Audio, and The Martin Crawford Poetry Prizes, Runner-up prize-winner in The Brotherton, The Troubadour (twice), The Strokestown, The Gregory O'Donoghue, The Tom Howard, The Dromineer, Poets meets Painters, The IWC Novel Fair, The International Songwriting Contest (ISC), and The Atlanta Review Poetry Prizes, bursary awards for poetry from The Arts Council of Ireland and N. Ireland, commendations in over one hundred other competitions, including The Montreal International Poetry Prize, The Alpine Poetry Fellowship, The Patrick Kavanagh, and longlisted 8 times for the National Poetry Prize.
