Forward Prizes for Poetry ふぉわーどししょう
Edition 17 (2008)
PoetryPoetry collectionFirst collectionSingle poem (written)Single poem (performed)
Winners
3 people
Mick Imlah
Excellence Award
A collection that rereads Scottish myth and history through a modern, sardonic lens, intertwining folk imagination with family memory.
It revives historical narrative in a voice that feels both sharp and newly made.
144 pages
Scotlandhistorymythfamily
Kathryn Simmonds
Excellence Award
A debut collection that looks at both body and soul through everyday gestures, letting a faint sense of transcendence rise from urban scenes.
It lets unexpected light fall across ordinary time.
62 pages
daily lifebodysoulurban
Don Paterson
Excellence Award
A standalone poem in which humor and intimacy coexist, playfully turning love into something light-footed and self-aware.
It draws the heat of love into unpretentious, nimble language.
lovehumormusicstandalone poem