postpoetry.NRW
postpoetry.NRW is a poetry award from the Society for Literature in NRW . The aim of the competition is to promote the poetry scene in North Rhine-Westphalia and especially the collaboration between experienced poets and young authors.
A jury of experts will decide on the winners based on the submitted texts. In addition to publication on artistically designed postcards, the organization of readings and events, the award winners receive prize money. The prize is funded by the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , the Association of German Writers (Landesverband NRW), the Art Foundation NRW and the Society for Literature in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Laureate lyric poet NRW
- 2011 Marius Hulpe (Soest), Christoph Wenzel (Aachen), Jovan Nikolić (Cologne), Ralf Thenior (Dortmund), Marie T. Martin (Cologne)
- 2012 Bärbel Klässner (Essen), Thorsten Krämer (Cologne), Helmut Opitz (Bielefeld), Hermann Josef Schüren (Aachen), Gerrit Wustmann (Kerpen)
- 2013 Eva Boßmann (Aachen), Manfred Sestendrup (Dülmen), Bärbel Klässner (Essen), Walter Wehner (Iserlohn), Anke Glasmacher (Cologne)
- 2014 Christoph Danne (Cologne), Dominik Dombrowski (Bonn), Jürgen Flenker (Münster), Marcus Neuert (Minden), Liesel Willems (Krefeld)
- 2015 Willihaben (Aachen), Guy Helminger (Cologne), Thomas Kade (Dortmund), Adrian Kasnitz (Cologne), Karin Posth (Cologne)
- 2016 Silke Andrea Schuemmer (Aachen / Berlin), Jürgen Brôcan (Göttingen / Dortmund), Jan Skudlarek (Hamm / Berlin), Ingeborg Brenne-Markner (Menden / Sankt Augustin), Sebastian Polmans (Mönchengladbach / Niederkrüchten)
- 2017 Rolf Birkholz (Gütersloh), Philipp Blömeke (Bochum), Annette Hagemann (Hanover / Münster), David Krause (Kerpen), Bastian Schneider (Cologne / Vienna)
- 2018 Klára Hůrková (Prague / Aachen), Simone Scharbert (Aichach / Erftstadt), Sigune Schnabel (Filderstadt / Düsseldorf), Lea Schneider (Cologne / Berlin), Amir Shaheen (Lüdenscheid / Cologne)
- 2019 Ingeborg Brenne-Markner (Bonn), Marion Gay (Hamm), Johanna Hansen (Düsseldorf), Thomas Kade (Dortmund), Harald Kappel
Young Prize Winner
- 2010 Hendrikachten (Aachen), Apolonia Gottwald (Wachtendonk), Alexandra Krapf (Cologne), Sandra Martelok (Monheim), Nadine Müller (Troisdorf), Christiane Reinert (Bonn), Lara Theobalt (Solingen), Isabell Trinh (Bad Honnef), Alexander Weinstock (Cologne)
- 2011 Annina Brell (Kleve / Mainz), Sarah Gerwens (Dortmund), Apolonia Gottwald (Wachtendonk), Lea Beiermann (Düsseldorf), Anna-Kristine Linke (Essen / Hommelvik, Norway)
- 2012 Susanne Romanowski (Hamm), Jason Bartsch (Solingen), Rhea Simone Winand (Bergisch Gladbach / Solingen), Eva Freyschmidt (Düren), Lina Hacker (Münster / Bonn)
- 2013 Galieza Kötterheinrich (Steinfurt), Lisa Möller (Leverkusen), Sirka Elspaß (Dinslaken / Hildesheim), Verena Kramer (Münster), Christiane Reinert (Bonn / Aachen)
- 2014 Franka Niebeling (Solingen), Anna Maria Reiter (Bonn), Jenny Weiß (Bonn), Jenny Winter (Schwalmtal), Marvin Grabler (Essen)
- 2015 Charlotte Dresen (Cologne), Sarah Marie Meinert (Oerlinghausen), Giuliano Francesco Spagnolo (Cologne), Sascha Nikolskyy (Bonn), Jing Wu (Dortmund)
- 2016 Marie Illner (Bochum), Felix Güßfeld (Cologne), Tamara Malcher (Münster), Thang Toan Nguyen (Solingen), Meike Wanner (Kaarst)
- 2017 René Kartes (Münster), Ada Charlotte Kilfitt (Bochum), Johanna Mack (Lünen), Sophie Rebentisch (Münster), Mirjam Wittig (Witten)
- 2018 Florian Kranz (Leverkusen), Sven Spaltner (Herzogenrath), Pauline van Gemmern (Langenfeld / Leipzig), Jonas Wagner (Oerlinghausen), Lea Weiß (Bonn / Jena)
- 2019 Michelle Giering (Unna), Josephine Kullat (Düsseldorf), Karoline Marliani (Schwalmtal), Lisa Polster (Cologne), Meike Wanner (Cologne)