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Forward Prizes for Poetry

Index Forward Prizes for Poetry

The Forward Prizes for Poetry are awards for poetry, presented annually at a ceremony in London. [1]

94 relations: A. B. Jackson (poet), Alan Jenkins (poet), Alice Oswald, Andrew Waterhouse, Anvil Press Poetry, Arts Council England, Birthday Letters, Bloodaxe Books, Bridport Arts Centre, Carcanet Press, Carol Ann Duffy, Chatto & Windus, Ciaran Carson, Claudia Rankine, Daljit Nagra, David Harsent, Denise Riley, Don Paterson, Emily Berry, Emma Jones (poet), English poetry, Enitharmon Press, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Faber and Faber, Felix Dennis, Gallery Press, Helen Farish, Hilary Menos, Iain Crichton Smith, Ian Duhig, Jackie Kay, Jamie McKendrick, Jane Duran, Jenny Joseph, Jo Shapcott, John Burnside, John Fuller (poet), John Stammers, Jonathan Cape, Jorie Graham, Julia Copus, Kate Clanchy, Kathleen Jamie, Kathryn Simmonds, Kei Miller, Kwame Dawes, Lavinia Greenlaw, Leontia Flynn, List of British literary awards, List of literary awards, ..., List of poetry awards, List of years in literature, List of years in poetry, Liverpool University Press, London Review of Books, Medbh McGuckian, Michael Donaghy, Michael Symmons Roberts, Mick Imlah, Mona Arshi, National Poetry Day, Nick Drake (poet), Ocean Vuong, Oxford University Press, P. N. Review, Paul Farley, Peepal Tree Press, Penguin Books, Peter Porter (poet), Picador (imprint), Poetry London, Poetry Review, R. F. Langley, Robert Minhinnick, Robin Robertson, Sam Riviere, Seamus Heaney, Sean O'Brien (writer), Seren Books, Sheenagh Pugh, Simon Armitage, Sinéad Morrissey, Ted Hughes, Tessa Biddington, The Rialto (poetry magazine), The Times Literary Supplement, Thom Gunn, Tiphanie Yanique, Tishani Doshi, Tom French (poet), United Kingdom, Vahni Capildeo, Vicki Feaver, William Sieghart. Expand index (44 more) »

A. B. Jackson (poet)

The Scottish poet Andrew Buchanan Jackson was born on 19 June 1965, in Glasgow.

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Alan Jenkins (poet)

Alan Jenkins (born 1955 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey) is an English poet.

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Alice Oswald

Alice Oswald (born 1966) is a British poet from Reading, Berkshire.

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Andrew Waterhouse

Andrew Waterhouse (27 November 1958 Lincolnshire - 20 October 2001) was an English poet and musician.

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Anvil Press Poetry

Anvil Press Poetry is an independent poetry publisher based in Greenwich, south-east London.

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Arts Council England

Arts Council England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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Birthday Letters

Birthday Letters, published in 1998, is a collection of poetry by English poet and children's writer Ted Hughes.

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Bloodaxe Books

Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry.

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Bridport Arts Centre

Bridport Arts Centre is an arts centre in Bridport, Dorset, England.

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Carcanet Press

Carcanet Press is a publisher, primarily of poetry, based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1969 by Michael Schmidt.

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Carol Ann Duffy

Dame Carol Ann Duffy HonFBA HonFRSE (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright.

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Chatto & Windus

Chatto & Windus was an important publisher of books in London, founded in the Victorian era.

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Ciaran Carson

Ciaran Gerard Carson (born 9 October 1948) is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.

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Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine (born 1963) is a poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies.

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Daljit Nagra

Daljit Nagra FRSL (born 1966) is a British poet whose debut collection, Look We Have Coming to Dover! – a title alluding to W. H. Auden's Look, Stranger!, D. H. Lawrence's Look! We Have Come Through! and by epigraph also to Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" – was published by Faber in February 2007.

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David Harsent

David Harsent (born in Devon on 9 December 1942) is an English poet and TV scriptwriter.

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Denise Riley

Denise Riley (born 1948, Carlisle) is an English poet and philosopher who began to be published in the 1970s.

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Don Paterson

Donald "Don" Paterson, OBE, FRSL, FRSE (born 1963) is a Scottish poet, writer and musician.

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Emily Berry

Emily Berry (London 1981) is an English poet and writer.

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Emma Jones (poet)

Emma Jones, or Emma Scully Jones (born 1977) is an Australian poet.

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English poetry

This article focuses on poetry written in English from the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (and Ireland before 1922).

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Enitharmon Press

Enitharmon Press is an independent British publishing house specialising in artists’ books, poetry, limited editions and original prints.

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Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is a registered charity founded in England in 1961.

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Faber and Faber

Faber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the United Kingdom.

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Felix Dennis

Felix Dennis (27 May 1947 – 22 June 2014) was an English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropist.

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Gallery Press

The Gallery Press is an independent Irish publishing company.

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Helen Farish

Helen Farish (born 1962 Cumbria) is a British poet.

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Hilary Menos

Hillary Menos (born 1964 in Luton) is an English poet.

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Iain Crichton Smith

Iain Crichton Smith, (Gaelic: Iain Mac a' Ghobhainn; 1 January 1928 – 15 October 1998) was a Scottish poet and novelist, who wrote in both English and Gaelic.

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Ian Duhig

Robert Ian Duhig (born 9 February 1954 London) is a British poet.

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Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay MBE FRSE (born 9 November 1961) is a Scottish poet and novelist.

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Jamie McKendrick

Jamie McKendrick (born 1955) is an English poet.

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Jane Duran

Jane Duran (born 1944) is a Cuban poet.

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Jenny Joseph

Jenny Joseph (7 May 1932 – 8 January 2018) was an English poet.

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Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott FRSL (born 24 March 1953, London) is an English poet, editor and lecturer who has won the National Poetry Competition, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Costa Book of the Year Award, a Forward Poetry Prize and the Cholmondeley Award.

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John Burnside

John Burnside (born 19 March 1955) is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline.

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John Fuller (poet)

John Fuller FRSL (born 1 January 1937) is an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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John Stammers

John Stammers (born 1954 Islington, London) is a British poet and writer.

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Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.

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Jorie Graham

Jorie Graham (born May 9, 1950) is an American poet.

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Julia Copus

Julia Copus (born 1969 in London) is a British poet and children's writer.

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Kate Clanchy

Kate Clanchy (born 1965 Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish poet, freelance writer and teacher.

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Kathleen Jamie

Professor Kathleen Jamie FRSL (born 13 May 1962) is an award winning Scottish poet and essayist, and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Stirling.

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Kathryn Simmonds

Kathryn Simmonds (born 1972 Hertfordshire) is a British poet, and short story writer.

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Kei Miller

Kei Miller (born 24 October 1978) is an award-winning Jamaican poet, fiction writer, essayist and blogger.

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Kwame Dawes

Kwame Senu Neville Dawes (born 28 July 1962, Ghana) is a Ghanaian poet, actor, editor, critic, musician, and former Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina.

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Lavinia Greenlaw

Lavinia Greenlaw (born 30 July 1962) is an English poet and novelist.

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Leontia Flynn

Leontia Flynn is a poet and writer from Northern Ireland.

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List of British literary awards

This is a list of British literary awards.

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List of literary awards

This is a list of literary awards from around the world.

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List of poetry awards

This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work.

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List of years in literature

This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events.

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List of years in poetry

This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order).

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Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press, founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.

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London Review of Books

The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British journal of literary essays.

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Medbh McGuckian

Medbh McGuckian (born as Maeve McCaughan on 12 August 1950) is a poet from Northern Ireland.

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Michael Donaghy

Michael Donaghy (May 24, 1954 – September 16, 2004) was a New York City poet and musician, who lived in London from 1985.

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Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Symmons Roberts FRSL (born 1963 in Preston, Lancashire) is a British poet.

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Mick Imlah

Michael Ogilvie Imlah (26 September 1956 – 12 January 2009), better known as Mick Imlah, was a Scottish poet and editor.

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Mona Arshi

Mona Arshi is a British poet.

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National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances.

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Nick Drake (poet)

Nick Drake (born 1961 in London) is a British poet.

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Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong (born Vinh Quoc Vuong; October 14, 1988) is an American poet and essayist.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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P. N. Review

Launched as Poetry Nation, a twice-yearly hardback, in 1973, PN Review - now an A4 paperback - began quarterly publication in 1976 and has appeared six times a year since 1981 (PN Review 21).

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Paul Farley

Paul Farley, FRSL (born 1965) is a British poet, writer and broadcaster.

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Peepal Tree Press

Peepal Tree Press, based in England, publishes Caribbean, Black British and South Asian fiction, poetry and academic books.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Peter Porter (poet)

Peter Neville Frederick Porter OAM (16 February 192923 April 2010) was a British-based Australian poet.

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Picador (imprint)

Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States.

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Poetry London

Poetry London is a leading London-based literary periodical which publishes poetry, reviews and listings which is published three times a year.

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Poetry Review

Poetry Review is the magazine of The Poetry Society, edited by the poet Emily Berry.

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R. F. Langley

Roger Francis Langley (commonly known as R. F. Langley, 23 October 1938 – 25 January 2011) was an English poet and diarist.

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Robert Minhinnick

Robert Minhinnick (born 12 August 1952) is a Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator.

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Robin Robertson

Robin Robertson, FRSL (born in Scone, Perthshire 1955) is a Scottish poet.

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Sam Riviere

Sam Riviere (born 1981) is an English poet and publisher.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.

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Sean O'Brien (writer)

Sean O'Brien (born 19 December 1952 in London) is a British poet, critic and playwright.

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Seren Books

Seren Books is a small independent publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales and also publishing literature, poetry and non-fiction from around the world.

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Sheenagh Pugh

Sheenagh Pugh (born 20 December 1950) is a British poet, novelist and translator who writes in English.

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Simon Armitage

Simon Robert Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright and novelist.

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Sinéad Morrissey

Sinéad Morrissey (born 24 April 1972 in Portadown, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish poet.

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Ted Hughes

Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer.

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Tessa Biddington

Tessa Biddington, (born 1954 in Pinner, north-west London) is a British poet.

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The Rialto (poetry magazine)

The Rialto is an independent poetry magazine and poetry publisher.

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The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969) is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp.

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Thom Gunn

Thomson William “Thom” Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004), was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style.

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Tiphanie Yanique

Tiphanie Yanique (born September 20, 1978) from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a Caribbean American fiction writer, poet and essayist who lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tishani Doshi

Tishani Doshi (born 9 December 1975) is an Indian poet, journalist and dancer based in Chennai.

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Tom French (poet)

Tom French (born 1966 Kilkenny) is an Irish poet.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vahni Capildeo

Surya Vahni Priya Capildeo (born 1973) is a Trinidadian writer, and a member of the extended Capildeo family that has produced notable Trinidadian politicians and writers (including V. S. Naipaul, a cousin of Capildeo's, and Neil Bissoondath).

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Vicki Feaver

Vicki Feaver (born Nottingham 1943) is an English poet.

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William Sieghart

William Matthew Timothy Stephen Sieghart CBE (born 1960) is a British entrepreneur, publisher and philanthropist and the founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Prizes_for_Poetry

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