Led by the American poet Danez Smith, this year’s trio of Forward Prize winners have collected a total £16,000 in prize money in the program’s Southbank Centre awards evening in London.
The UK’s Forward Poetry Prizes’ Shortlists: ‘Nuclear War to Motherhood’
Ten books of poetry and five single poems are shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the UK’s Forward Poetry Prizes, which are to be awarded in London in September.
Forward Poetry Shortlists: African, Asian, US, British, Caribbean, and Irish Poets
With £16,000 (US$20,338) in prize money, Forward’s poetry awards honor single poems and collections, from new and familiar poets.