Stuart Pickford is the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award. His first collection was published by Redbeck Press in 2001 and was short-listed for the Forward Best First Collection prize. He has twice been commended in the National Poetry Competition, the last time in 2012 for his poem Swimming with Jellyfish. He was the winner of the Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition Yorkshire Poetry Prize in 2013-14 for his poem Moon.