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The shortlists for the 18th annual Forward Prizes for Poetry have been revealed, with previous winner of Best Collection, Peter Porter, and previous Best First Collection winner Don Paterson, both shortlisted for a second time.
The Forward Prizes are one of the UK’s most valuable annual prizes for poetry, with a total prize value of £16,000. The winners will be announced on Wednesday 7th October, the eve of National Poetry Day, at a ceremony in Somerset House, London.
The shortlists:
The Forward Prize for Best Collection (worth £10,000)
Hide Now by Glyn Maxwell (Picador)
One Secret Thing Sharon Olds (Jonathan Cape)
Rain Don Paterson (Faber)
Better Than God Peter Porter (Picador)
A Scattering Christopher Reid (Areté Books )
West End Final Hugo Williams (Faber)
The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (worth £5,000)
The Missing Sian Hughes (Salt )
The Striped World Emma Jones (Faber)
Moonrise Meirion Jordan (Seren)
Furniture Lorraine Mariner (Picador)
Natural Mechanical J O Morgan (CB Editions )
Halflife Meghan O'Rourke (WW Norton)
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in memory of Michael Donaghy (worth £1,000)
Moles Paul Farley (Poetry Review)
Visiting Stanley Kunitz Michael Longley (Irish Pages)
At Roane Road Robin Robertson (London Review of Books )
Finistere Elizabeth Speller (Bridport Prize )
Song George Szirtes (The Liberal )
Either / Or C K Williams (Poetry Review)