Editing Simon Armitage (section)

==Awards and distinctions==

=== Awards ===

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* 1988 Eric Gregory Award<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 1989 ''Zoom!'' made a Poetry Book Society Choice<ref name="Zoom! page">{{cite web|last=Armitage|first=Simon |author-link=Simon Armitage |title=Zoom! |url=https://www.simonarmitage.com/zoom/ |publisher=Simon Armitage |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref>
* 1992 [[Forward Prize|Forward Poetry Prize]] for ''Kid''<ref name="Forward Arts Foundation">{{cite web |title=Forward Prize Alumni |url=https://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry-2/forward-prizes-alumni/ |publisher=Forward Arts Foundation |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 1993 ''[[Sunday Times]]'' Young Writer of the Year<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 1994 [[Lannan Literary Award|Lannan Award]]<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 1995 Forward Poetry Prize for ''The Dead Sea Poems''<ref name="Forward Arts Foundation"/>
* 1998 Yorkshire Post Book of the Year for ''All Points North''<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* [[2003 BAFTA]] winner<!--fails verification? https://web.archive.org/web/20061010135810/http://www.bafta.org/site/page230.html - maybe category is wrong--><ref name="Awards to 2006">{{cite web |title=Awards in Full |url=https://simonarmitage.typepad.com/homepage/awards/ |publisher=Simon Armitage |access-date=27 February 2022 |date=28 April 2006}}</ref>
* 2003 [[Ivor Novello Award]] for song-writing<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 2004 Fellow of Royal Society for Literature<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 2005 Spoken Word Award (Gold) for ''The Odyssey''<ref name="Awards to 2006"/>
* 2006 [[Royal Television Society]] Documentary Award for ''Out of the Blue''<ref>{{cite web |title=Out of the Blue |url=https://www.simonarmitage.com/out-of-the-blue/ |publisher=Simon Armitage |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
* 2008 ''The Not Dead'' (C4, Century Films) Mental Health in the Media Documentary Film Winner<ref name="SA Biography">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.simonarmitage.com/biography/ |publisher=Simon Armitage |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
* 2010 ''Seeing Stars'' made a Poetry Book Society Choice<ref name="Poetry Archive (prizes to 2019)">{{cite web |title=Simon Armitage |url=https://poetryarchive.org/poet/simon-armitage/ |publisher=The Poetry Archive |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
* 2010 [[Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=21 March 2021|title=Simon Armitage wins Keats-Shelley poetry prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/oct/14/simon-armitage-wins-keats-shelley-prize|date=14 October 2010|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* 2010 Appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2010 Birthday Honours|Queen's Birthday Honours List]], for services to literature<ref name="Poetry Archive (prizes to 2019)"/>
* 2012 ''The Death of King Arthur'' made Poetry Book Society Choice<ref name="Poetry Archive (prizes to 2019)"/>
* 2012 Hay Festival Medal for Poetry<ref>{{cite web |title=Hay Festival Medals |url=https://www.hayfestival.com/medals |publisher=[[Hay Festival]] |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
* 2012 [[T. S. Eliot Prize]], shortlist, ''The Death of King Arthur''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/23/ts-eliot-prize-poetry-shortlist |title=TS Eliot prize for poetry announces 'fresh, bold' shortlist |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Alison Flood |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>
* 2015 Oxford professor of poetry (4-year appointment)<ref name="The Guardian 19 June 2015">{{cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/19/simon-armitage-wins-oxford-professor-of-poetry-election |title=Simon Armitage wins Oxford professor of poetry election |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* 2017 [[PEN American Center|PEN America]] [[PEN Award for Poetry in Translation|Poetry in Translation Prize]] for ''Pearl: A New Verse Translation''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pen.org/2017-pen-literary-awards-winners/|title=2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners – PEN America |date=27 March 2017 |work=PEN America |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>
* 2018 [[Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry]] "for his body of work"<ref>{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/19/simon-armitage-wins-queens-gold-medal-for-poetry-2018|title=Simon Armitage wins Queen's gold medal for poetry 2018 |date=19 December 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
* 2019 [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom]], appointed for 10 years<ref name="dcms-2019">{{cite web |title=Simon Armitage appointed new UK Poet Laureate |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/simon-armitage-appointed-new-uk-poet-laureate |publisher=Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |access-date=27 September 2019 |date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48228837 |title=Simon Armitage: 'Witty and profound' writer to be next Poet Laureate |work=BBC News |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
* 2025 [[Freedom of the City of London]]<ref name=london />
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=== Honorary degrees ===

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* 1996 Doctor of Letters, [[University of Portsmouth]]
* 1996 Honorary Doctorate, [[University of Huddersfield]]
* 2009 Honorary Doctorate, [[Sheffield Hallam University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/honorary-awards/simon-armitage |title=Simon Armitage |publisher=Sheffield Hallam University}}</ref>
* 2011 Doctor of the University, The [[Open University]]
* 2015 Honorary Doctor of Letters, [[University of Leeds]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-33542769 |title=University of Leeds awards poet Simon Armitage honorary degree |work=BBC News |date=15 July 2015}}</ref>
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