World Literary Awards

← Back to Forward Prizes for Poetry

Forward Prizes for Poetry ふぉわーどししょう

Edition 24 (2015)

PoetryPoetry collectionFirst collectionSingle poem (written)Single poem (performed)

Winners

3 people
Claudia Rankine くらうでぃあ・らんきん Winner

A collective poetic work that depicts racism and the small violences of everyday life through essays, images, and poems. It sharply asks what belonging means in contemporary society.

Poetry and prose cut into the discrimination hidden in everyday life.

raceracismpoetryessay
Mona Arshi もな・あるし Winner

A poetry collection that weaves everyday experience and memory around the grief that begins with a brother’s death. Its voice is both sharp and tender.

Poems of quiet intensity rising from loss.

poetrylossfamilymemory
Claire Harman くれあ・はーまん Winner

Using the Hudson River in New York as its cue, the poem lightly shifts projections of strength and role. Its narrative movement leaves a lingering unease.

One place name reshapes an entire character.

poetryidentitycitydisguise