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Twenty seven years ago a "most promising" 29 year old probation officer won one of the very first Forward Prizes for Poetry for his collection 'Kid'. The poet was Simon Armitage, and today he becomes Poet Laureate.
So here's looking at you, Kid. With love and admiration from FAF
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The 2022 Forward Prize for Best Collection goes to…
✨ Kim Moore
@kimmoorepoet
for ‘All The Men I Never Married’
Well done Kim! 🎉
@SerenBooks
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Congratulations to Caleb Femi, our winner for Best First Collection!
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The 2020
#ForwardPrizes
Best First Collection shortlist:
Ella Frears – Shine, Darling
Will Harris – RENDANG
Rachel Long – My Darling from the Lions
Nina Mingya Powles – Magnolia 木蘭
Martha Sprackland – Citadel
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Congratulations to
@CarolineBirdUK
,
@soshunetwork
and
@Malikabooker
and to all of the brilliant poets on all three shortlists!
#ForwardPrizes
@BookmarkContent
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Congratulations to our 2021 Forward Prizes Winners! We hope you enjoyed the night as much as we did.
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Congratulations to Nicole Sealey! Our winner for Best Single Poem
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
Best Single Poem 2020 is Malika Booker, ‘The Little Miracles’!
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
for Best Collection 2020, sponsored by
@BookmarkContent
, is Caroline Bird with The Air Year (
@carcanet
).
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
Best First Collection 2017 is Ocean Vuong for ‘Night Sky with Exit Wounds’!
@BookmarkContent
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The winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
Best Collection 2017 is Sinéad Morrissey for ‘On Balance’, published by
@carcanet
!
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We’re delighted to announce the poets highly commended by the judges in the 2020
#ForwardPrizes
! All are represented in the new Forward Book of Poetry – out now!
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The 2023
#ForwardPrize
for Best Single Poem – Written goes to….
Malika Booker
@MalikaBooker
for ‘Libation’
Pub. By The Poetry Review
@PoetrySociety
Congratulations Malika!
#ForwardPrizes
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The 2023
#ForwardPrize
for Best Single Poem – Performed goes to….
Bohdan Piasecki
@beveryquiet
for ‘Almost Certainly’.
Congratulations Bohdan for winning the first ever Forward Prize for performed poetry!
#ForwardPrizes
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This week’s shortlisted poet comes from our Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection. Mohammed El-Kurd's (
@m7mdkurd
) bold debut ‘Rifqa’ (
@haymarketbooks
) is lauded as “an absolute marvel” filled with “poems of the defiantly, unapologetically, wholly alive” by Hala Alyan.
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Huge congratulations to all tonight’s winners:
Malika Booker
@MalikaBooker
Bohdan Piasecki
@beveryquiet
Momtaza Mehri
@RuffneckRefugee
Jason Allen-Paisant
@jallenpaisant
And to all who were shortlisted and commended.
#ForwardPrizes
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Congratulations to Luke Kennard for winning Best Collection!
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The 2022 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem goes to…
✨ Nick Laird for ‘Up Late’
Congratulations! 🎉
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Thrilled to announce the 50 incredible poets highly commended in this year’s
#ForwardPrizes
and anthologised in this year's Forward Book of Poetry, which will be published by
@FaberBooks
on
#NationalPoetryDay
Thursday 5 October.
Read more:
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The winner of the £5000
@BookmarkContent
sponsored prize for Best First Collection is Will Harris (
@soshunetwork
)
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
Best Single Poem 2018 is... Liz Berry, for 'The Republic of Motherhood'!
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“being generous with other poets is immensely important. They are the creators of the light that nourishes and sustains our own. Every book of poetry I’ve ever read has taught me something about my craft, my station, and/or myself.”
-
@KavehAkbar
#NationalWritingDay
@writeday
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Thank you for tweeting, reading, clapping, watching and reading along with our 28th
#ForwardPrizes
! We’ve had a wonderful evening and congratulations once again to our winners!
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✨ A huge congratulations to all of tonight’s winners
✨
@kimmoorepoet
✨
@snsyquia
✨ Nick Laird
and to everyone who was shortlisted and commended.
#ForwardPrizes
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Our 2020
#ForwardPrizes
shortlists! Please raise your caffeine of choice to this splendid bunch. Visit our website to find out more:
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
for Best Collection 2019 is Fiona Benson
@JonathanCape
for Vertigo and Ghost. Congratulations!
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And the 2019
@FelixDennis
Prize for Best First Collection goes to
@ssexton02
@PenguinUKBooks
Congratulations!
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The 2023
#ForwardPrize
for Best Collection goes to….
Jason Allen-Paisant
@jallenpaisant
for ‘Self-Portrait As Othello’ published by
@Carcanet
Congratulations Jason!
#ForwardPrizes
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The 2020
#ForwardPrizes
Best Collection shortlist:
Caroline Bird – The Air Year
Natalie Diaz – Postcolonial Love Poem
Vicki Feaver – I Want! I Want!
David Morley – FURY
Pascale Petit – Tiger Girl
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Congratulations again, to all the 2018 Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlistees – the winners will be crowned September 18th. Each and every week till then, we’ll be featuring a shortlisted poet in the return of
#PoetryThursday
#ForwardPrizes
@BookmarkContent
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🎉🎉🎉 And here they are, our highly commended poets, all featured in The Forward Book of Poetry 2020! 👏👏👏
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The 2023 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection goes to….
Momtaza Mehri
@RuffneckRefugee
for ‘Bad Diaspora Poems��� (pub.
@JonathanCape
)
Congratulations Momtaza!
#ForwardPrizes
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Hear each of the 15 shortlisted poets and find out who has won the
@ForwardPrizes
at 3pm Sunday 25th October. Book your place at this free online event hosted by the
@britishlibrary
.
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#ForwardPrizes
2022 shortlist for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection:
🌟Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter🌟
🌟Stephanie Sy-Quia, Amnion🌟
🌟Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa🌟
🌟Padraig Regan, Some Integrity🌟
🌟Holly Hopkins, The English Summer🌟
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Joelle announces that tonight's ceremony is dedicated to the memory of Gboyega Odubanjo.
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R.I.P Leonard Cohen: brilliant songwriter -- and undeniable poet
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Pleased to announce
@ForwardPrizes
2018 judging panel is chaired by writer, critic, broadcaster and film-maker
@Bidisha_online
. It includes poets Mimi Khalvati
@mccabio
Niall Campbell and vlogger, poet and author
@jenvcampbell
.
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The winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2015 is Claudia Rankine!!
http://t.co/kBcfiZz7au
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The poets featured in this year's anthology! Published tomorrow!
In honour of
#NationalPoetryDay
, we're offering a chance to win our book. How? Comment on this post with an emoji that best describes your connection to the ENVIRONMENT ☃️ - it's that simple!
@PoetryDayUK
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We are proud to announce the
#ForwardPrizes
2023 shortlist for Best Collection:
🌟 Jason Allen-Paisant
@jallenpaisant
🌟 Mary Jean Chan
@maryjean_chan
🌟 Jane Clarke
@jane_janeclarke
🌟 Kit Fan
@Kit_Fan_
🌟 Elisabeth Sennitt Clough
Find out more:
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"Poetry is the art of the ordinary, the invisible, and the everyday. It is the true art of the people."
-
@fbhutto
, Chair of the 2022 Forward Prizes
Buy your tickets for the Prizes ceremony, in-person or live online,
#ForwardPrizes
#fatimabhutto
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This is the
#PoetryThursday
giveaway you do NOT want to miss!
As the ceremony is a mere 80 hours away, we are giving away ALL TEN of the collections on our Prizes shortlists.
All you need to do is retweet to enter - share your predictions, favourite lines, or just enthuse!
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Huge congratulations to this year's
#ForwardPrizes
shortlistees and thank you to our sponsors
@BookmarkContent
Read shortlisted poems and more about the poets:
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"Don’t be afraid not to like something. There is no holy grail of poetry, no matter what a school curriculum or University reading list tells you. Trust the things you connect with and grow from there." -
@RaymondAntrobus
talks to
@ForwardPrizes
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Martha Sprackland is poetry editor at
@Poetry_London
, & in 2017 co-founded her own press
@OffordRoadBooks
. She is represented in this year’s shortlists in all three capacities – editor (of Fiona Benson), publisher (of
@EllaFrears
) and as a poet up for Best First Collection!
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Good morning! If you hear whoops of excitement from Somerset House today that’ll be because it is PUBLICATION DAY! The Forward Book of Poetry 2019 is in the world, and it is a thing of great beauty
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Want more?
Best First Collection 2019 looks like this:
⭐Raymond Antrobus⭐Jay Bernard⭐David Cain⭐Isabel Galleymore ⭐Stephen Sexton⭐
@RaymondAntrobus
@Brrnrrd
@davidmarkcain
@IGalleymore
@ssexton02
@PennedintheM
@ChattoBooks
@SmokestackBooks
@Carcanet
@PenguinUKBooks
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Congratulations to our Highly Commended poets, who all feature in the Forward Book of Poetry 2022!
Do not miss this incredible anthology - out now!
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The 2022 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection goes to…
✨ Stephanie Sy-Quia
@snsyquia
for Amnion
Congratulations Stephanie! 🎉
@FelixDennis
@GrantaBooks
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So many ridiculously good poets reading on one stage. Seriously, we're just spoiling you now.
@ForwardPrizes
21 Sept
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Happy
#NationalPoetryDay
! So much to celebrate in poetry, here's the moment
@Danez_Smif
won the
@ForwardPrizes
for Best Collection.
@ChattoBooks
@GraywolfPress
@PoetryDayUK
Full video:
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#ForwardPrizes
2022 shortlist for Best Collection!
🌟Shane McCrae, Cain Named the Animal🌟
🌟Kaveh Akbar, Pilgrim Bell🌟
🌟Kim Moore, All the Men I Never Married🌟
🌟Anthony Joseph, Sonnets for Albert🌟
🌟Helen Mort, The Illustrated Woman🌟
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The
#ForwardPrizes
2021 shortlist for Best First Collection
Poor - Caleb Femi
bird of winter - Alice Hiller
Honorifics - Cynthia Miller
Comic Timing - Holly Pester
Rotten Days in Late Summer - Ralf Webb
Find out more:
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We are proud to announce the
#ForwardPrizes
2023 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written:
🌟 Kathryn Bevis
@BevisKathryn
🌟
🌟 Malika Booker
@Malikabooker
🌟
🌟 Kizziah Burton 🌟
🌟 Breda Spaight
@BredaSpaight
🌟
🌟 Eric Yip
@metapheric
🌟
Find out more:
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We're delighted to reveal the
@ForwardPrizes
2020 jury: Writer, critic and social historian
@alexhharris
chairs joined by poets
@kimmoorepoet
@rrobinson72
and
@nemoloris
and journalist
@leafarbuthnot
.
Learn more about our judges and submit work:
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Don't miss the starriest night of the poetry year! Hear the shortlisted poets read at the Forward Prizes Ceremony,
@southbankcentre
, London, Tuesday 18 Sept.
Book now:
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Win a copy of our 2023 anthology!
Support this year's
@PoetryDayUK
by replying to this tweet with an emoji that best describes your connection to the ENVIRONMENT 🌞 🌧️ 🐱
#NationalPoetryDay
#ForwardPrizes
#ForwardPoetry
#poetry
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We are proud to announce the
#ForwardPrizes
2022 shortlist for Best Single Poem!
🌟Nick Laird🌟
🌟Clare Pollard🌟
🌟Carl Phillips🌟
🌟Cecelia Knapp🌟
🌟Louisa Campbell🌟
Find out more:
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Congratulations to the winners of the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2018
@MissLizBerry
@Danez_Smif
and
@PhoebePower
!
#ForwardPrizes
@BookmarkContent
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Poets with work shortlisted for the
#ForwardPrizes
2021 Best Single Poem:
Fiona Benson
Natalie Linh Bolderston
John McCullough
Denise Riley
Nicole Sealey
Read the poems here:
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The Forward Prizes for Poetry are now officially open for submissions!
The deadline to submit entry forms is March 14 2022.
Read our entry guidance and find out how to submit here:
✨✨✨
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Blossom on the trees on the way to work this morning. Thought of this poem by
@KathleenJamie
from The Forward Book of Poetry 2017.
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We're proud to share the
#ForwardPrizes
2023 shortlist for the
@FelixDennis
Prize for Best First Collection:
🌟Susannah Dickey
@SusannahDickey
🌟Rowan Evans
@rowanpevans
🌟Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
@SafiyaKamaria
🌟Momtaza Mehri
@RuffneckRefugee
🌟Kandace Siobhan Walker
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A lovely smiling shot of this year's winners backstage -
@LukeKennard
,
@Nic_Sealey
and
@CalebFemi_
(courtesy of photographer Adrian Pope).
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Psst.
Our shortlist for Best Single Poem 2019 is HERE
⭐Liz Berry ⭐Mary Jean Chan ⭐ Jonathan Edwards ⭐ Parwana Fayyaz ⭐ Holly Pester
@MissLizBerry
@maryjean_chan
@ParwanaFayyaz
@hollypesty
@wildcourtpoetry
@PoetrySociety
@PN_Review
@PN_Review
@GrantaMag
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From
@no1_emily
's 2013 shortlisted collection "Dear Boy" & featured in "100 Prized Poems: Twenty Five Years of the Forward Prizes"
#ValentinesDay2018
#Valentines
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"poetry was a way of reclaiming language and oneself. Amid the overwhelming events and stories of my childhood, poetic measure seemed like the only instrument of measuring oneself." Forward Prizes 2020 introducing Valzhyna Mort
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Huge congratulations to
@nancycampbelle
whose non-fiction 'The Library of Ice' has been signed by
@ScribnerUK
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The
#ForwardPrizes
2021 shortlist for Best Collection
A Blood Condition - Kayo Chingonyi
A God at the Door - Tishani Doshi
Men Who Feed Pigeons - Selima Hill
Notes on the Sonnets - Luke Kennard
Cheryl's Destinies - Stephen Sexton
Find out more:
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We agree with
@Danez_Smif
's advice for new poets. That's why the Forward/emagazine Student Critics Competition asks 14-18 yr olds for poems or prose created in response to books on the
@ForwardPrizes
shortlist! Closes 31 July
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“You remember this lesson your whole life, that sliver & shiver of time”
@kimmoorepoet
reads from her shortlisted Best Collection, ‘All the Men I Never Married’
#ForwardPrizes
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Today’s the day! We’re delighted to be announcing the shortlists for the 30th
#ForwardPrizes
, judged by
@naughtiej
(Chair), Leontia Flynn,
@pascalepoet
,
@novelniche
and
@TATFS
. Thank you to our judges who read an astonishing 230 books and 202 submissions to Best Single Poem.
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The 2020
#ForwardPrizes
Best Single Poem shortlist:
Fiona Benson, ‘Mama Cockroach, I Love You’
Malika Booker, ‘The Little Miracles’
Regi Claire, ‘(Un)certainties’
Valzhyna Mort, ‘Nocturne for a Moving Train’
Sarah Tsiang, ‘Dick pics’
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And now onto our shortlisted poets for Best First Collection.
Left to right: Alice Hiller, Caleb Femi, Cynthia Miller, Ralf Webb and Holly Pester
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Deep breath. One week to go until we reveal the 2018 Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlists.
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Things we expected last night - to award 3 top
#poetry
prizes to amazing poets
Things we didn’t expect last night - this captivating video of our
#BritishSignLanguage
interpreter
@bslinterpreter
to go viral! If you haven’t already, do take a minute to enjoy.
#ForwardPrizes
Interpreter for the hearing-impaired, the
@ForwardPrizes
for Poetry, I can’t stop watching him. This is how poetry moves.
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Starting on Monday, Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic is the Book of the Week on Radio 4.
Lock your dials (or, y'know, listen online) at 9.45am Monday - Friday
@ilya_poet
@FaberBooks
@BBCRadio4
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Another amazing shot from this year's Prizes ceremony - audience reactions to
@CalebFemi_
's win!
Photo credit: Adrian Pope
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📖⭐️ POETRY GIVEAWAY ⭐️📖
We are giving away a copy of Warsan Shire’s ‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head’!
@warsan_shire
@ChattoBooks
To enter, all you need to do is retweet using the hashtag
#poetrythursday
. We will announce a winner by next Tuesday!
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Of course, we're not launching just one anthology today...
Happy Publication Day to
POEMS OF THE DECADE 2011-2020: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FORWARD BOOKS OF POETRY
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It's the
@ForwardPrizes
TODAY! So excited, can't wait to meet the poets and hear everyone read tonight.
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15 poets, three prizes, two hosts, one mega evening... It's not too late to grab a ticket and join us on Sunday night at the
@southbankcentre
for readings from all the shortlisted poets and the announcement of the winners!
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‘Go read good books and write bad poems until they turn into not-so-bad poems. Repeat.’
Advice for aspiring poets from our conversation with
@Danez_Smif
@ChattoBooks
#PoetryThursday
#ForwardPrizes
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Judge
@chrisriddell50
's gorgeous sketches of the
@ForwardPrizes
Best Collection shortlist in today's
@guardianreview
.
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Congratulations to Sinéad Morrissey and everyone at
@Carcanet
! Sinéad has been awarded the Gdansk’s European Poet of Freedom 2020 for her
@ForwardPrizes
winning collection “On balance”.
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Jay Bernard is a writer, artist, film programmer and activist. They are an
@RSLiterature
Fellow and in 2018 won the
@PoetrySociety
’s Ted Hughes Award.
Find out more about
@Brrnrrd
and Surge (
@ChattoBooks
) on our website:
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It’s
#PoetryThursday
once more and we’re featuring
@Danez_Smif
with Don’t Call Us Dead from
@ChattoBooks
– read ‘dinosaurs in the hood’ from this
#ForwardPrizes
Best Collection shortlistee here
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Our shortlisted poets for Best Single Poem!
Left to right: Fiona Benson, Nicole Sealey, John McCullough and Natalie Linh Bolderston. (Denise Riley not pictured)
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'I have not won, the poem I have written has won, and the words, the mountains and the legend of this poem have been won, and the legend I heard from my parents, they have won. I have only written it' Best Single Poem
#ForwardPrizes
winner
@Parwana
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Congratulations to Liz, Phoebe and Danez, and to all of the brilliant poets on all three shortlists!
#ForwardPrizes
@BookmarkContent
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Three weeks to
@ForwardPrizes
! Hear Richard Scott, Phoebe Power, Kaveh Akbar, Abigail Parry & Shivanee Ramlochan read alongside poets shortlisted for Best Collection & Best Single Poem
@southbankcentre
London 18 Sept
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The Forward Prize for Best First Collection goes to Phoebe Power, for *Shrines of Upper Austria*!
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And the winner of the
#ForwardPrizes
Best Single Poem 2017 is Ian Patterson for ‘The Plenty of Nothing’, published by
@PN_Review
.
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