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The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
London, England
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🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre .📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre.20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!.Tickets 🎟️: #ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive
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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
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We were honoured to have an extraordinary panel of judges for the 2025 Forward Prizes, who brought care, rigour, and passion to every poem. Here is award-winning poet, playwright, and performer Rommi Smith sharing what she thought this year's shortlists:
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We were honoured to have an extraordinary panel of judges for the 2025 Forward Prizes, who brought care, rigour, and passion to every poem. Here is award-winning poet, playwright, and performer @rommismith sharing what she thought this year's shortlists:
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The final shortlist for the Best Single Poem – Performance category is Zoë McWhinney. Zoë's incredible work celebrates the rich expressiveness of signing, challenging traditional definitions of poetry and expanding the ways we experience it! Link:
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📚 Forward Prizes 2025 Shortlist Bundle Offer! 🎉 We’re thrilled to partner once again with @PoetryBookSoc as the official online bookseller for the 2025 Forward Prizes, and to celebrate, we’ve got a special bundle offer for you! link to order:
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Continuing our Meet the Poets series, we shine a light on Joshua Idehen, a poet who expertly weaves language with pulse and pace. Watch the full shortlisted performance of 'The World According to Your Mum Doing the Washing’ and interview via this link:
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🎤 Love poetry? Don’t miss the Forward Prizes Showcase at #ContainsStrongLanguage! .🗓 Sun 21 Sept | 14:15–15:30 📍 St George’s Hall, Bradford 🎟 Free entry – but booking required! Link: .#ForwardPrizes #PoetryEvent
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RT @PoetryBookSoc: Revealing the Forward Prizes for Poetry and our special bundle offer. Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted poets….
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Griot Gabriel - 'Where I’m From' (Manchester UNESCO City of Literature Slamvision). Continuing our Meet the Poets series, we turn to the raw, resonant voice of Griot Gabriel. Watch the full performance and interview via this link:
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Bella Cox - 'Sikiliza' .Next up in our Meet the Poets spotlight is the powerful and spellbinding Bella Cox. Watch the full performance and interview via this link: And check out the full shortlist:
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MEET THE POETS.First up for Best Single Poem Performed is the incredible Raymond Antrobus (@RaymondAntrobus) with Dynamic Disks, 1933 — a powerful exploration of language, sound & absence. 🎥 Watch an excerpt + full poem/interview: #ForwardPrizes2025
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🚨 You've still got time! (Just) 🚨.Forward Arts - the team behind #NationalPoetryDay & the #ForwardPrizes - is looking for a new Chair + Trustees to help shape the future of poetry in the UK. 🗓️ Deadline: 21 July.🔗 Apply now: . #ArtsLeadership
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THANK YOU to our brilliant judges — @LisaDMKelly, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien, @rommismith, 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! 🙏
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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:
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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: #JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards
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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:
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Want to help more people find their voice? You've got just one week left to apply for Trustee or Chair roles at Forward Arts. #TrusteeOpportunity.hashtag#ChairRole.hashtag#BoardRecruitment.hashtag#NonProfitLeadership.hashtag#GovernanceMatters
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The Forward Prizes 2025 Shortlist is nearly here!.We’ll be revealing this year’s outstanding poets and collections on Thursday at 10am. Bold voices. Career-defining work. Poems that stay with you. Stay tuned. #ForwardPrizes #PoetryAwards #PoetryCommunity #UKPoetry
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