Forward Prizes for Poetry ふぉわーどししょう
Edition 4 (1995)
PoetryPoetry collectionFirst collectionSingle poem (written)Single poem (performed)
Winners
3 people
Sean O'Brien
Winner
A poetry collection by Sean O'Brien that runs history, politics, autobiography, and imagination into one another.
It runs into the place where history, politics, and autobiography meet.
54 pages
poetryhistorypoliticsautobiographyimagination
Jane Duran
Winner
Jane Duran's debut collection traces loss, silence, and the movement of a life across places.
An early collection that writes movement and loss with quiet intensity.
72 pages
poetrylosssilencejourneyexile
Jenny Joseph
Winner
The award recognized a single poem that condenses memory and feeling into a compact form.
As a single poem, it compresses the intensity of love into a short form.
poemlovememorylyric voiceshort form