John Glenday

John Glenday grew up in Monifieth, Tay Estuary, and is a Scottish poet.

John lives in the Scottish Highlands, with his wife Erika. He has three sons, two stepchildren and two grand daughters.

His work appeared in Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Poetry (Chicago), The Scotsman, The Guardian, Financial Times, Wascana Review, Ploughshares and Magma to name but a few.

He won the XE Nathan Prize in 1994 for After Versalius (from Undark).

In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for Excellence in New Poetry and for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for his collection Grain.

His work is included in many anthologies such as the Faber Book of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry (Faber and Faber 1992), Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century (Picador, 1999), New British Poetry (Grey Wolf Press, 2004), Contemporary poetry and contemporary science (Oxford University Press, 2006), 100 Favourite Scottish Poems (Luath Press, 2006), 100 Favourite Scottish Love Poems (Luath Press, 2008), Being Human (Bloodaxe, 2011) and the Forward Book of Poetry 2016 (Faber & Faber, 2015).

He was a judge for the 2011 National Poetry Competition, together with Jackie Kay and Colette Bryce.

John's new book The Golden Mean was published on 10 September 2015. The Golden Mean won the 2015 Roehampton Poetry Prize. It was also shortlisted for the 2016 Saltire Society Poetry Prize.

• Scottish Arts Council Book Prize for The Apple Ghost
• Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Undark
• Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Grain
• Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2010 for Grain.
• Shortlisted for The Griffin Poetry Prize 2010 for Grain
• Winner of the 2015 Roehampton Poetry Prize 2015 for The Golden Mean.
• Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Poetry Prize for The Golden Mean.

• The Apple Ghost. Peterloo Poets. 1989. ISBN 978-1-871471-05-2. 
• Undark. Peterloo Poets. 1995. ISBN 978-1-871471-60-1. 
• Grain. Picador. 2009. ISBN 978-0-330-46134-4. 
• The Golden Mean. Picador. 2015. ISBN 978-1447253914.