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The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
London, England
Joined February 2013
The 2025 #ForwardPrizes has launched!. 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:
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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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Are you a stanza stan? ✨ The charity behind Forward prizes, Forward Arts Foundation, is looking for a new Chair & Trustees. Help shape the future of poetry. Amplify diverse voices. And keep creativity thriving. 👉👉 Apply by 21 July: #ArtsLeadership
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We’re excited to announce Jerwood Foundation's return as a sponsor of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. This year, they support the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, celebrating bold, new voices in poetry. #ForwardPrizes #JerwoodFoundation #PoetryMatters #DebutPoets
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It's #IndieBookshopWeek and we're so happy to be celebrating with 2x Forward Poetry Prize Shortlisted Poet Michael Pedersen! This poem is a love letter ❤️ to independent bookshops and the many ways they enrich our communities and lives!.
✨ A brand-new poem to celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek!. We're thrilled to share Lines on Glister & Glow by Michael Pedersen, written exclusively for Independent Bookshop Week (14-21 June). A love letter to independent bookshops. #ChooseBookshops ❤️. @HachetteUK @LittleBrownUK
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Poetry Club with Karen McCarthy Woolf and Richard Scott next Thursday! . Book tickets: .
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We’re excited to announce that judge Sean O’Brien has co-translated a new book 'Eye of the Island' by Cape Verdean poet Corsino Fortes, with Daniel Hahn. 📅 Join the online launch:..Published by @poetrytranslationcentre as part of their World Poet Series.
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Join us at the Forward Arts Foundation as a Marketing & Development Coordinator! Drive our growth with creative strategies and elevate our educational and cultural impact. Apply by May 12, 2025. More details in this link:
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Calling all poets! ✏️ . Forward prize-winner, @marjorielotfi is running a course of daily 30 min workshops every morning in April. A great way to kickstart your writing practice! .
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ICYMI! We're excited for our Performance category to be including Deaf poets creating in British Sign Language. All entry guidance info is also available in BSL on our website:
Excited about Deaf poets creating in British Sign Language entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry category for Best Single Poem - Performed. Thanks to @ForwardPrizes & @Limping_Chicken .
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Very excited for an evening with Forward prize-winner @jallenpaisant, discussing his new book, The Possibility of Tenderness 🌱⛅️ Held at the wonderful @littlebookshops!. April 3rd, get your tickets here:.
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TWO WEEKS TO GO! You have until the 16th March to submit to the 2025 #ForwardPrizes. We're accepting submissions to all 4 categories: Best Collection, Best First Collection, and Best Single Poem - Written, and Best Single Poem - Performed. Submit now 👉
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This Thursday! 🔥🔥.
Poetry Club: with @NickMakoha & @rrobinson72 .20th Feb . A special evening of readings and discussion to celebrate the launch of Nick Makoha's 'The New Carthaginians.'.
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RT @arshi_mona: Dear Friends, After 6 years I have a new collection of poems .Mouth will be published on the 17th July 2025 by @ChattoBooks….
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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, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien and @rommismith. Read more about each judge here:
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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:
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You can read more from Sarah Wimbush (@SarahWimbush, @stairwellbooks) in conversation with @ForwardPrizes on our website.
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🚨We're recruiting! We're looking for a super organised poetry lover to give freelance support with the 2025 Forward Poetry Prizes, primarily working on the submissions process. Remote, flexible, closing 5th January 2025! More info and how to apply here 🔗
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You can read more from Fady Joudah (@FadyJoudah, @Outspoken_Press) in conversation with @ForwardPrizes on our website.
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One week away! Manchester folk this is not one to miss 🔥.
🎙️ One Mic Stand Headliners Announced. Evening of slam competition; poets have three minutes to impress industry judges, with Special Guest headliners @amyraleon and GreenFinguz. 27 Nov 7:00pm .@TheBluesKitchen . 🎟️ Tickets from £10:
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