basket clutag is a small independent press . it publishes poetry and memoir and the magazine archipelago . it has a marked but not exclusive interest in the margins and the marginal in nature and place in the british and irish archipelago . clutag began in a very small way late in 2000 issuing hand printed poetry leaflets . then followed a series of pamphlets notably by geoffrey hill and by seamus heaney john fuller tom paulin anne stevenson mick imlah and others . some of these along with tim dee douglas dunn james macdonald lockhart michael longley robert macfarlane les murray and the artist norman ackroyd have been regular contributors to archipelago . clutag has also published books a memoir by ian niall and a biography of niall as well as poetry collections by geoffrey hill and by andrew motion . we plan to continue with our book and pamphlet publishing and to bring out two issues a year of archipelago . we regret that we are not able to accept unsolicited submissions . for more specific information please click on the menu items above . clutag archipelago poetry prize douglas dunn was awarded the first clutag press archipelago 1000 award for poetry in november 2012 . when we next have an adequate surplus we will award the prize again to a candidate agreed by the judges alan jenkins of the tls ; david norbrook merton professor of english oxford university ; katherine rundell fellow of all souls ; fiona stafford fellow of somerville college oxford ; james macdonald lockhart writer and literary agent ; and andrew mcneillie editor of archipelago . there are no rules except that anyone submitting work or applying to be considered for the prize will be ruled out of consideration . shopping basket your shopping cart is empty visit the shop latest publicationsa treatise of civil power geoffrey hill reprintedtwelve poems by michael longleyno . 13 five poems by bernard o donoghueno . 12 five poems by stephen romerno . 11 five poems by rory watermanauthors alan gillis alan jenkins andrew mcneillie andrew motion anne stevenson geoffrey hill john fuller john mcneillie julian bell mick imlah p draig macaoidh paul abbott seamus heaney tom paulin clutag from the irish meaning cover or meadow