Awards | grahamedavies.com

Awards, memberships, appointments

Literary, musical and academic awards

2026: Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award nomination for Gresford: Up from Underground!
2025: Novello Classical Music Awards, Nomination for Gresford: Up from Underground!
2025: Freedom of the City of London
2025: Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
2024: Honorary Fellowship of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2023: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) The King's Special Honours.
2023: Honorary Professor of Practice, University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
2023: Honorary D.Litt. University of Aberdeen.
2022: Vers Libre Prize at National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2020: Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO), The Queen's Birthday Honours
2017: Poem Suitable for Song prize. National Eisteddfod of Wales
2016: Sonnet prize, National Eisteddfod of Wales
2011: Literature Wales Bursary for poetry project.
2010: Honorary D.Litt. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
2009: Ruth Howarth Literature Award for Real Wrexham
2008: Honorary Research Fellowship, Cardiff University.
2007: Academi Bursary Award for Wales and the Muslims.
2004: Academi Bursary Award for Everything Must Change
2004: Fellowship of Goodenough College, London.
2004: Poem of tribute, National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2004: Longlist for Book of the Year award for Rhaid i Bopeth Newid
2002: Welsh Arts Council Book of the Year Award for Cadwyni Rhyddid.
2001: Winner, Stomp Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Dinbych, Yr Academi.
1998: Welsh Arts Council Writer's Bursary Award for Wales and the Jews.
1997: Harri Webb Memorial Poetry Prize for Adennill Tir.
1994: Vers Libre Prize at National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Media Awards

2006: Celtic Film Festival shortlist for new media. (Executive Producer)
2005: Shortlist. Technology Wales Award, for Vocab translation application. (Executive Producer)
2004: Bafta Cymru shortlist for New Media Innovation (Executive Producer)
2003: Bafta Cymru shortlist for New Media Award. (Executive Producer)
2002: Celtic Film and TV Festival shortlist for website of the year, BBC Cymru’r Byd (Executive Producer)
2001: Highly Commended. BT Welsh Press Awards, for Technical Innovation. (Executive Producer)
2001: Highly Commended BT Welsh Press Awards, for Website of the Year (Executive Producer)
1994: British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Cymru, award, for Best Documentary. (Researcher)
1994. Royal Television Society (RTS) Award for Best Regional Documentary. (Researcher)
1986: Welsh Press Awards, Weekly Newspaper Reporter of the Year.

Membership of organisations

2025: Freeman of the City of London
2025: Governor, Christ College, Brecon.
2025: President; Aberhonddu Male Voice Choir
2025: The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: Freeman
2022- The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London.
2020 -2022 Vice-President, Goodenough College, London.
2019 - 2022 Trustee, Goodenough College, London.
2017 - 2022 Chairman of Academic Committee, Goodenough College, London.
2014 - Vice-President Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
2013 - 2022 Governor, Goodenough College.
2011-2012: Board of Literature Wales.
2008-2011: Honorary research fellowship, Cardiff University.
2007-2012: National Library of Wales Advisory Board
2006-2009: Board of Displaced People in Action.
2006- Society of Authors
2005-2011: Board of the Academi
2004- Fellowship of Goodenough College, London.
2003-2008: Management committee of Cyfrwng, the media journal in Wales
2002- Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing, Welsh Department, Cardiff University.
2002-2012 BAFTA Cymru
2002-2006 Standing Liturgical Advisory Committee of the Church in Wales
2001-2006 External Examiner, Media and Communication Course, MA and BA, University of Wales, Bangor
1997: Membership of the Welsh Academi.
1997-2002 Welsh-language Editor Poetry Wales magazine.

Judge

2025: Recitation, National Eisteddfod of Wales
2015: Undercurrents Festival, Caerphilly county.
2014: Undercurrents Festival, Caerphilly county.
2014: Dylan Thomas International Poetry Award.
2011: Literature Medal at National Eisteddfod.
2011: Chair competition (learners) at National Eisteddfod.
2007: John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry, Cardiff round.
2007: Wrexham Festival Poetry Competition, Welsh and English.
2006: Literature Medal at National Eisteddfod.
2005: Bafta Cymru judging panel: Best Magazine/Feature Programme
2005: Wrexham Festival Poetry Competition, Welsh and English.
2004: Chair of Welsh-language judging panel for Book of the Year Award.
2003: John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry
2002: Eisteddfod Rhyng-Golegol, Free verse competitions.

Book of the year: A testament to unparalleled storytelling and artistry

This distinguished award stands as a pinnacle of literary recognition, embodying the very essence of Grahame Davies's distinctive style and his ability to captivate readers across genres. It proudly showcases the depth of narrative and poetic sensibility that define his celebrated work, underscoring his multi-talented and versatile approach to writing.