Thank you so much to @dustpoetry.bsky.social for nominating my poem 'All praise the count of two' for a #forwardprize. I'm amazed, and grateful. 🙏

Huge congratulations to all the announced nominees for the 2025 @forwardprizes.bsky.social. Such intriguing shortlists this year. #poetry #forwardprizes
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A really interesting exploration of possible contenders for the more inclusive 'Best Poem-Performed' category. I always appreciate the honesty of @thefridaypoem.bsky.social
Take a read and share your thoughts 👇 #ForwardPrize #Poetry

Big congratulations to Karen Solie, Underground Writing Advisory Board Member, for winning this year's Forward Prize, for her collection, WELLWATER. #karensolie #poetry #writing #arts #teacher #communitywriting #book #forwardprize #literature #canada #standrews #picador

Huge congratulations to Leyla Josephine, winner of The Jerwood Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed 2024, for “Dear John Berger”, and to Marjorie Lotfi, winner of The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection 2024, for THE WRONG PERSON TO ASK (Bloodaxe Books 2024)
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#ForwardPrize names #poets #VidyanRavinthiran and #KarenSolie its first joint winners

Judge of prestigious #poetry award says two best collection winners ‘address the urgent challenges of our time’

#Literature

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I'll be opening a couple more early Christmas pressies at 5pm (GMT) today, as I reveal the six poems – three each for @after_poetry and @iambapoet – that I'll be entering for The @ForwardPrizes when the submissions window opens on January 2nd 2024.
#poetry #awards #forwardprize

I am beyond excited to have been longlisted in the 2026 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Performed.
My poem which has been selected is
'If my Heart was my Bicycle'. I am over the Moons of Jupiter to be part of this. X
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#forwardprize #poetry #longlust