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Forward Prizes for Poetry 2019
The 2019 Forward Prizes for Poetry went to Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson (Best Collection) and If All the World and Love Were Young by Stephen Sexton (Best First Collection). 10 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.
Winners
Best Collection
- Vertigo & Ghostsource (opens in a new tab)
Best First Collection
- If All the World and Love Were Youngsource (opens in a new tab)
Shortlist
Best Collection
- City of Departuressource (opens in a new tab)
- Deaf Republicsource (opens in a new tab)
- Noctuarysource (opens in a new tab)
- The Million-petalled Flower of Being Heresource (opens in a new tab)
Best First Collection
- Significant Othersource (opens in a new tab)
- Surgesource (opens in a new tab)
- The Perseverancesource (opens in a new tab)
- Truth Streetsource (opens in a new tab)
About the Forward Prizes for Poetry
Best Collection and Best First Collection shortlists and winners. Best Single Poem is skipped because it honours single poems, not books.
Organization: Forward Arts Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)
Shares the most books with
- T. S. Eliot Prize 56 shared books
- Costa Book Awards 25 shared books
- Rathbones Folio Prize 11 shared books
- Griffin Poetry Prize 9 shared books
- Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 8 shared books