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'''''The Mays Literary Anthology''''' (or just '''''The Mays''''') is an annual anthology of new writing by students from the [[University of Oxford]] and the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theoxfordculturereview.com/2016/07/17/review-the-mays-24/|title=Review:
==History==
Anthologies of poetry by undergraduates from the [[University of Oxford]] and the [[University of Cambridge]] were first published in 1913, with ''Cambridge Poets: 1910–1913'' and ''Oxford Poetry: 1910–1913'' being produced respectively by [[Arthur Quiller-Couch]] and [[Gilbert Murray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/culture/5627|title=A Brief History of The Mays|first=Arabella|last=Milbank|work=Varsity|date=15 February 2013|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> Many years later in 1992, Peter Ho Davies, Adrian Woolfson, and Ron Dimant, who met while working together at the Cambridge University Student Newspaper, Varsity, independently established a totally new publication concept known as ''The
Each year, the ''Mays'' receives hundreds of submissions from students at Oxford and Cambridge.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} The Editorial Committee (composed of students from both universities) review the submissions.
[[File:Zadie Smith NBCC 2011 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Zadie Smith ]]]]
''The Mays'' is often noted for launching the career of novelist [[Zadie Smith]].<ref>Ryan, Alice, [https://www.velvetmag.co.uk/whats-on/books-collated-in-lockdown-the-mays-28-is-a-gem-9114108/ "Books: Collated in lockdown, The Mays 28 is a gem,"] ''Velvet'', 4 July 2020.</ref><ref>[[Aida Edemariam|Edemariam Aida]], [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1560999,00.html "Learning Curve,"] ''The Guardian'', 3 September 2005.</ref> Her work appears in two of the short story editions (1996 and 1997). Literary agencies first took notice of Smith after seeing her story "Mrs.
''The Mays'' is broader in scope than most university literary projects: it is sold in bookstores and by delivery nationwide; it is distributed to every major literary agent; and each year a guest editor — usually a prominent author, poet, or artist — writes an introduction to the anthology.<ref name="About The Mays" /> Previous guest editors include: [[Margaret Drabble]] and [[Jon Stallworthy]] (1992), [[Michael Dibdin]] and [[Seamus Heaney]] (1993), [[Stephen Fry]] (1994), [[Ted Hughes]] (1995), [[Penelope Fitzgerald]] (1996), [[Christopher Reid (writer)|Christopher Reid]] and [[Jill Paton Walsh]] (1997), [[Sebastian Faulks]] and [[J.H. Prynne]] (1998), [[Penelope Lively]] and [[John Kinsella (poet)|John Kinsella]] (1999), [[Paul Muldoon]] and [[Lawrence Norfolk]] (2000), [[Zadie Smith]] and [[Michael Donaghy]] (2001), [[Andrew Motion]] and [[Nick Cave]] (2002), [[Ali Smith]] (2003), [[Philip Pullman]] (2004), [[Robert Macfarlane (writer)|Robert Macfarlane]] (2005), [[Don Paterson]] and [[Jeanette Winterson]] (2006), [[Colm Toibin]] (2007), [[Ian Patterson (poet)|Ian Patterson]] (2008), [[Patti Smith]] (2009), [[Amit Chaudhuri]], [[Tom Raworth]] (2010), {{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}, [[Jarvis Cocker]] (2011), [[John Darnielle]], [[Tao Lin]], [[Toby Litt]] (2012), [[Michael Frayn]], [[David Harsent]], [[Tom Phillips (artist)|Tom Phillips]] (2013), [[John Fuller (poet)|John Fuller]], [[Paul Farley]], [[Ben Okri]], [[Prajwal Parajuly]], [[Emma Chichester Clark]] and [[Alexander Gilkes]] (2014), [[Roger Mcgough]] and [[Rupi Kaur]] (2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mays XIX |url=http://themaysxix.tumblr.com/post/5744413958/poetry-jarvis-cocker-is-a-musician-actor-radio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124923/http://themaysxix.tumblr.com/post/5744413958/poetry-jarvis-cocker-is-a-musician-actor-radio |archive-date=2014-04-13 }}</ref>
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* Mark Richards and James Purdon (2004)
* Jonathan Beckman and Arthur House (2005)
* [[Torsten Bell|Torsten Henricson-Bell]], [[Juliet Lapidos]], Imogen Walford (2006)
* Catherine Duric, Iain Mobbs and Ryan Roark (2007)
* Erica Mena and Deborah Smith (2008)
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