🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre 📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre 20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry! Tickets 🎟️: https://t.co/Zzd7IgZGd4 #ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive

Celebrate the best in UK & Ireland poetry. Join the Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @SouthbankCentre, 26 Oct @ 7pm. Tickets from £15: https://t.co/Yp5EBwG8A8 #ForwardPrizes #Poetry

Meet the Poets continues! Next up for Best Collection: Southernmost by Leo Boix (@LeoBoix). A visionary sonnet sequence connecting Latin America, colonial history, & poetic form. Read the full interview: https://t.co/BSXwMOm9LQ #ForwardPrizes #Poetry #Southernmost

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Meet the Poets continues! We’re now moving into our next category: the Forward Prize for Best Collection. First up is Juana Adcock, whose collection I Sugar the Bones (@outspokenldn) is shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Forward Prize. 🔗 https://t.co/PIQTDHCP8z

Poetry lovers, this one’s for you! ✨📚 Join us at #ContainsStrongLanguage for the Forward Prizes Showcase, where boundary-pushing poets take the stage to share work that’s bold, brilliant, and unforgettable. 🔗 Book now: https://t.co/w8x9tcT0rR @bbccslfest @bbcarts

Don’t miss the Forward Prizes Showcase at #ContainsStrongLanguage — a celebration of the most vital voices in contemporary poetry. Step into an afternoon of powerful performances from poets featured in the 2025 Forward Book of Poetry. 🔗 Book now: https://t.co/w8x9tcT0rR

Rounding off our Meet the Poets series for Best Single Poem – Written is Nick Makoha, shortlisted for ‘Codex©’. Fusing personal history, diaspora, and artistic legacy, this poem is a meditative reflection on identity, memory, and cultural ownership. https://t.co/Nf69wgc2J3

Next up in the series is Claire Lynn, shortlisted for her poem ‘Live Stream’. This poem is a quiet meditation on observation, community, and the rhythms of care—both human and wild. Read the full interview via this link: https://t.co/0PplNy3Svx

There’s still time to join us at #ContainsStrongLanguage! 🎉📖 The event celebrates the best new poetry from the Forward Prizes 2025. Book your free tickets & see the full festival lineup here: 🔗 https://t.co/w8x9tcT0rR @bbcarts @bbccslfest

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Next up is Tim Tim Cheng, shortlisted for their poem ‘Girl Ghosts’, blending memory, myth, and migration. The poem is a polyvocal exploration of girlhood, cultural inheritance, and the fractured stories passed down through generations. Full interview: https://t.co/0lLJzSYZoD

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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: https://t.co/ljbMaZIvwG #ForwardPrizes

We are excited to reintroduce the powerful shortlist for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, honouring remarkable debut voices in poetry. 🔗 Full shortlist: https://t.co/ljbMaZIvwG #ForwardPrizes

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We are thrilled to share, once again, the shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Performed category Huge congratulations again to all! 🔗 Full shortlist: https://t.co/ljbMaZIvwG Watch all the shortlisted performances: https://t.co/VSKNFXpllg #ForwardPrizes

We are delighted to reannounce the shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Written category. Congratulations to all the shortlisted poets! 🔗 Full shortlist: https://t.co/ljbMaZIvwG

Next up in Best Single Poem – Written: @tombranfoot, shortlisted for ‘A Parliament of Jets’, a powerful long-form poem exploring global conflict and ecological destruction. Read the full poem via this link: https://t.co/oSx9Aw7T8o

Meet the Poets continues – we’re now in the Best Single Poem – Written category! First up: @abeer_ameer77, shortlisted for ‘at least’, a haunting meditation on violence, memory, and how we speak about loss. Read the full poem via this link: https://t.co/t7ZXQrQNcU

As the final spotlight on poems for the summer, here are some beautiful lines from My Friends by @arundhathi.subramaniam@bloodaxebooks - and for more incredible poems, why not discover the Forward Prizes shortlist https://t.co/rmRnDjJ5e6

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We’re holding a Forward Prizes Showcase at #ContainsStrongLanguage and all events are now bookable for the @bbccslfest festival in Bradford on 18-21 September. Run by @bbcarts, @wordupnorth and @bradford_2025, there are over 50 FREE events! Book now: https://t.co/01YPYZTj0T

Our summer holiday poetry series continues with these wonderful lines from Lazarus Taxa by John Burnside. Burnside, who passed away last year, left a legacy that continues to move and inspire. With thanks to @penguinukbooks

Week 3 of our summer poetry series takes us seaside again, this time with a few luminous lines by Emma Jeremy (@emmajanejeremy). For more, explore the full poem and connect with both poet and publisher. @emmajanejeremy @out_spoken_press