The National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers’ Union of Iceland have established a new prize for a poetry book published in 2016. The prize, entitled Maístjarnan (May Star), was awarded for the first time at a ceremony in the National Library on the Day of Poetry, 18 May. Sigurður Pálsson received the May Star for a poetry book published in 2016, for his book Ljóð muna rödd (Poems recall a voice).