We're delighted to see so many PBS poets on the #ForwardPrizes 2022 shortlists which have just been announced today. Our selectors have a great eye for future prize winners. Many congratulations to all of the poets and publishers on the shortlist this year!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
The 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 (not yet published)
The Shortlist for Best Single Poem:
🌟Nick Laird🌟
🌟Clare Pollard🌟
🌟Carl Phillips🌟
🌟Cecelia Knapp🌟
🌟Louisa Campbell🌟
🌟Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter
🌟Stephanie Sy-Quia, Amnion
🌟Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa
🌟Padraig Regan, Some Integrity
🌟Holly Hopkins, The English Summer
The 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 (not yet published)
The Shortlist for Best Single Poem:
🌟Nick Laird🌟
🌟Clare Pollard🌟
🌟Carl Phillips🌟
🌟Cecelia Knapp🌟
🌟Louisa Campbell🌟
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