Forward Prizes for Poetry 2024

10 books

The Forward Prizes for Poetry are the most influential awards for new poetry in the UK and Ireland, honouring fresh voices alongside internationally established names.

With My Back to the World

Poems

Victoria Chang, 2024

Shortlist

Best First Collection

Winner

The Wrong Person to Ask

Marjorie Lotfi, 2023

Shortlist

I cannot be good until you say it

Sanah Ahsan, 2024

Inheritance

Jasmine Cooray, 2023

Food for the Dead

Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, 2024

American Anthem

Kelly Michels, May 2024

Forward Prizes for Poetry 2024

With My Back to the World

With My Back to the World

God Complex

Goodlord

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Strike

God Complex

Goodlord

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Strike

The Wrong Person to Ask

The Wrong Person to Ask

I cannot be good until you say it

Inheritance

Food for the Dead

American Anthem

I cannot be good until you say it

Inheritance

Food for the Dead

American Anthem