{"id":2351,"date":"2026-01-29T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:26:10","slug":"theresa-lola-wins-the-walcott-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=2351","title":{"rendered":"Theresa Lola wins the Walcott Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted that MSt alumna Theresa Lola has been awarded the Walcott Prize. Honoring the work of St. Lucian Nobel Prize poet Derek Walcott, the prize is offered annually for a book of poetry by a non-US citizen published anywhere in the world. This year&#8217;s prize was judged by Ishion Hutchinson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Theresa&#8217;s collection is available to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/462275\/ceremony-for-the-nameless-by-lola-theresa\/9781802065794\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We are delighted that MSt alumna Theresa Lola has been awarded the Walcott Prize. Honoring the work of St. Lucian Nobel Prize poet Derek Walcott, the prize is offered annually for a book of poetry by a non-US citizen published anywhere in the world. This year&#8217;s prize was judged by Ishion Hutchinson.\u00a0 Theresa&#8217;s collection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni_news","category-publications"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Theresa-Lola.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p40Qhf-BV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1103,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1103","url_meta":{"origin":2351,"position":0},"title":"MSt tutor Wendy Brandmark&#8217;s short story wins 2016 Bridport Prize","author":"MSt Creative Writing","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MSt tutor Wendy Brandmark's short story \"Cut Loose\" has been awarded the 1st prize in the 2016 Bridport Prize competition. 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