A huge THANK YOU to our brilliant judges — Lisa Kelly, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien, Rommi Smith, and chair Sarah Hall — for their dedication and insight in selecting the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist from hundreds of outstanding entries. Your passion shapes the future of poetry! 🙏✨ #ForwardPrizes
July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A huge THANK YOU to our brilliant judges — Lisa Kelly, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien, Rommi Smith, and chair Sarah Hall — for their dedication and insight in selecting the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist from hundreds of outstanding entries. Your passion shapes the future of poetry! 🙏✨ #ForwardPrizes
Three poem nominations made to the @forwardprizes.bsky.social - deadline tonight!
#forwardprizes #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
#forwardprizes #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
March 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Three poem nominations made to the @forwardprizes.bsky.social - deadline tonight!
#forwardprizes #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
#forwardprizes #writing #poetry #writingcommunity
We're delighted that @niallpoetry.bsky.social and Vidyan Ravinthiran have been shortlisted for the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Prize for Best Collection for their third collections The Island in the Sound and #Avidyā. Many congratulations both! #ForwardPrizes
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July 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We're delighted that @niallpoetry.bsky.social and Vidyan Ravinthiran have been shortlisted for the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Prize for Best Collection for their third collections The Island in the Sound and #Avidyā. Many congratulations both! #ForwardPrizes
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Nominated for the @ForwardPrizes for her collection 'Mountains that See in the Dark, Regine Ebner. Best wishes, Regine!
March 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nominated for the @ForwardPrizes for her collection 'Mountains that See in the Dark, Regine Ebner. Best wishes, Regine!
Congratulations to Leigh Anthony Manley for his nomination to the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for ‘Best Single Poem’ by Black Bough Poetry - a moving poem about a cemetery visit.
#writing #forwardprizes
#writing #forwardprizes
March 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Congratulations to Leigh Anthony Manley for his nomination to the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for ‘Best Single Poem’ by Black Bough Poetry - a moving poem about a cemetery visit.
#writing #forwardprizes
#writing #forwardprizes
We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes!
Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith.
Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y
Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith.
Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y
February 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes!
Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith.
Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y
Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith.
Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
We are proud to reannounce the exceptional shortlist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, celebrating the finest in contemporary poetry.
Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers!
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers!
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
September 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We are proud to reannounce the exceptional shortlist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, celebrating the finest in contemporary poetry.
Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers!
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers!
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
Shared from Twitter and Black Bough:
‘we are drawn quite intimately into the fabric and liquidity of nature… the mythical mysteries of wild places’
@ForwardPrizes nominated ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ by @DeeringRachel is out THIS Friday 🔥 🔥 🔥
‘we are drawn quite intimately into the fabric and liquidity of nature… the mythical mysteries of wild places’
@ForwardPrizes nominated ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ by @DeeringRachel is out THIS Friday 🔥 🔥 🔥
April 30, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Shared from Twitter and Black Bough:
‘we are drawn quite intimately into the fabric and liquidity of nature… the mythical mysteries of wild places’
@ForwardPrizes nominated ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ by @DeeringRachel is out THIS Friday 🔥 🔥 🔥
‘we are drawn quite intimately into the fabric and liquidity of nature… the mythical mysteries of wild places’
@ForwardPrizes nominated ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ by @DeeringRachel is out THIS Friday 🔥 🔥 🔥
🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre.bsky.social
📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!
Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
#ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!
Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
#ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre.bsky.social
📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!
Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
#ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!
Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
#ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
Over the poet’s moon! My debut, Sculling, has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection!
So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity
So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity
July 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Over the poet’s moon! My debut, Sculling, has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection!
So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity
So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
July 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
The 2025 #ForwardPrizes has launched! Is there a better way to start the year?
We are now accepting submissions for all categories. Publishers, journals, competitions, event producers and performance poets - deadline is 16th March! 📅
🔗 Entry terms and how to submit here: https://buff.ly/3BTX8AR
We are now accepting submissions for all categories. Publishers, journals, competitions, event producers and performance poets - deadline is 16th March! 📅
🔗 Entry terms and how to submit here: https://buff.ly/3BTX8AR
January 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The 2025 #ForwardPrizes has launched! Is there a better way to start the year?
We are now accepting submissions for all categories. Publishers, journals, competitions, event producers and performance poets - deadline is 16th March! 📅
🔗 Entry terms and how to submit here: https://buff.ly/3BTX8AR
We are now accepting submissions for all categories. Publishers, journals, competitions, event producers and performance poets - deadline is 16th March! 📅
🔗 Entry terms and how to submit here: https://buff.ly/3BTX8AR
Big congrats to Glasgow-based poet Michael Mullen for being shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prizes Best First Collection with his debut Goonie.
#ForwardPrizes #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
#ForwardPrizes #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
July 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Big congrats to Glasgow-based poet Michael Mullen for being shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prizes Best First Collection with his debut Goonie.
#ForwardPrizes #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
#ForwardPrizes #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
July 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
Are you a performance poet? Or do you organise spoken word events?
Submissions for the #ForwardPrizes for performed poetry are officially OPEN, and this year, live poetry event producers can also submit on behalf of their poets!
Deadline = 16th March: https://buff.ly/4hhu6di
Submissions for the #ForwardPrizes for performed poetry are officially OPEN, and this year, live poetry event producers can also submit on behalf of their poets!
Deadline = 16th March: https://buff.ly/4hhu6di
January 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Are you a performance poet? Or do you organise spoken word events?
Submissions for the #ForwardPrizes for performed poetry are officially OPEN, and this year, live poetry event producers can also submit on behalf of their poets!
Deadline = 16th March: https://buff.ly/4hhu6di
Submissions for the #ForwardPrizes for performed poetry are officially OPEN, and this year, live poetry event producers can also submit on behalf of their poets!
Deadline = 16th March: https://buff.ly/4hhu6di
We are thrilled to share once again the outstanding shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Performed category
Huge congratulations again to all!
🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
#ForwardPrizes
Huge congratulations again to all!
🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
#ForwardPrizes
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We are thrilled to share once again the outstanding shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Performed category
Huge congratulations again to all!
🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
#ForwardPrizes
Huge congratulations again to all!
🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
#ForwardPrizes
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed
Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form.
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form.
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
July 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed
Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form.
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form.
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
We are excited to reintroduce the powerful shortlist for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, honouring remarkable debut voices in poetry.
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We are excited to reintroduce the powerful shortlist for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, honouring remarkable debut voices in poetry.
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes
What news?
1. We are currently discussing the SHORTLIST. Oooooohhhh, exciting!
Keep 'em coming!
2. Stand by for our @ForwardPrizes nominations for best single poem in the coming weeks.
1. We are currently discussing the SHORTLIST. Oooooohhhh, exciting!
Keep 'em coming!
2. Stand by for our @ForwardPrizes nominations for best single poem in the coming weeks.
January 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What news?
1. We are currently discussing the SHORTLIST. Oooooohhhh, exciting!
Keep 'em coming!
2. Stand by for our @ForwardPrizes nominations for best single poem in the coming weeks.
1. We are currently discussing the SHORTLIST. Oooooohhhh, exciting!
Keep 'em coming!
2. Stand by for our @ForwardPrizes nominations for best single poem in the coming weeks.
We are thrilled to have nominated three poems for the #forwardprizes’ best single (written) poem!
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen
All praise the count of two each twosome ever rolled in duvet’s forest-cool each quirk slant crooked pair of grown and broken bodies unlikely matchless ...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We are thrilled to have nominated three poems for the #forwardprizes’ best single (written) poem!
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
As summer begins, we’re sharing glimpses and lines of poems which feel perfect for the season. Week 1 features some lines from the wonderfully knowing "Hotel Petroleum" by Mark Fiddes (@fiddeswrites). Thanks to Mark and @themothmagazine. #ForwardPrizes
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
As summer begins, we’re sharing glimpses and lines of poems which feel perfect for the season. Week 1 features some lines from the wonderfully knowing "Hotel Petroleum" by Mark Fiddes (@fiddeswrites). Thanks to Mark and @themothmagazine. #ForwardPrizes
Congrats to Glasgow-based poet Tim Tim Cheng for being shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem for their poem 'Girl Ghosts'. #ForwardPrizes #PoetryAwards
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
July 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congrats to Glasgow-based poet Tim Tim Cheng for being shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem for their poem 'Girl Ghosts'. #ForwardPrizes #PoetryAwards
Beyond excited to have Rachael Clyne / @rachaelclyne.bsky.social Highly Commended for the Forward Prizes 2026 #BestSinglePoemWritten for her poem 'Homeland' which was published on IS&T and #PickoftheMonth for June 2025!
#HighlyCommended #ForwardPrizes #ForwardBook2027 #Faber #PoetryAnthology
#HighlyCommended #ForwardPrizes #ForwardBook2027 #Faber #PoetryAnthology
September 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Beyond excited to have Rachael Clyne / @rachaelclyne.bsky.social Highly Commended for the Forward Prizes 2026 #BestSinglePoemWritten for her poem 'Homeland' which was published on IS&T and #PickoftheMonth for June 2025!
#HighlyCommended #ForwardPrizes #ForwardBook2027 #Faber #PoetryAnthology
#HighlyCommended #ForwardPrizes #ForwardBook2027 #Faber #PoetryAnthology
Congrats to the 5 poets on 2025 Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist. And what a great year for Scottish/Scottish-based poets. Filling over half the shortlist! That must be a first. Well done and good luck to Juana Adcock, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie. #ForwardPrizes #PoetryAward #BestCollection
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Congrats to the 5 poets on 2025 Forward Prize Best Collection shortlist. And what a great year for Scottish/Scottish-based poets. Filling over half the shortlist! That must be a first. Well done and good luck to Juana Adcock, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie. #ForwardPrizes #PoetryAward #BestCollection