2007 Forward Poetry Prizes

JOHN BURNSIDE has been shortlisted for the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize for his new collection of poems, Gift Songs (2007). Eavan Boland, Sean O’Brien and Adam Thorpe are on the shortlist as well. Daljit Nagra has been shortlisted for his first collection of poems, Look We Have Coming to Dover! (2007).

Best Collection
1. Domestic Violence (Carcanet, 2007) / Eavan Boland
2. Gift Songs (Jonathan Cape, 2007) / John Burnside
3. The Drowned Book (Picador, 2007) / Sean O’Brien
4. Birds with a Broken Wing (Jonathan Cape, 2007) / Adam Thorpe
5. The Harbour Beyond the Movie (Salt Publishing, 2007) / Luke Kennard
6. Beasts of Nalunga (Bloodaxe, 2007) / Jack Mapanje

Best First Collection
1. Twenty Four Preludes and Fugues on Dimitri Shostakovich (Arc Publications, 2007) / Joanna Boulter
2. Galatea (Salt Publishing, 2007) / Melanie Challenger
3. Look We Have Coming to Dover! (Faber and Faber, 2007) / Daljit Nagra
4. Andraste’s Hair (Salt Publishing, 2007) / Eleanor Rees

Best Single Poem
1. “The Hut in Question” / David Harsent (Poetry Review)
2. “Thursday” / Lorraine Mariner (The Rialto)
3. “Dunt” / Alice Oswald (Poetry London)
4. “The Day I Knew I Wouldn’t Live Forever” / Carole Satyamurti (The Interpreter’s House)
5. “Goulash” / Myra Schneider (The North)
6. “The Birkdale Nightingale” / Jean Sprackland (Poetry Review)