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Edition 8 (1999)

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Winners

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Jo Shapcott Winner

My Life Asleep is a poetry collection that moves through dreams, memory, and selfhood. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by dreams and memory.

44 pages
dreamsmemoryselfhoodconcision
Nick Drake Winner

The Man in the White Suit is a poetry collection that moves through identity, irony, and urban observation. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by identity and irony.

63 pages
identityironyurban observationsharp observation

Twenty-five Laments for Iraq is a poem that condenses war, politics, and grief into a tightly controlled lyric voice. Its spare movement carries strong emotional pressure.

A tightly focused poem where war and politics quietly intersect.

warpoliticsgriefmemory