Forward Prizes for Poetry ふぉわーどししょう
Edition 19 (2010)
PoetryPoetry collectionFirst collectionSingle poem (written)Single poem (performed)
Winners
3 people
Seamus Heaney
Excellence Award
A poetry collection shaped by life after stroke, deepening questions of inheritance, memory, and loss.
It records the weight of what is handed down with quiet density.
96 pages
poetrymemoryinheritancemortalityIrish literature
Hilary Menos
Excellence Award
A debut collection of poems whose fresh energy is threaded with eccentricity and humor.
Icebergs, cities, labor, and fantasy appear in strikingly unexpected combinations.
64 pages
poetrydebut collectionhumoreccentric everyday lifeBritish poetry
Julia Copus
Excellence Award