Lisa Kelly

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone."

Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

After months of living with & honouring poetry collections, single poems, performed poems including BSL poems,
@forwardprizes.bsky.social
anthology dropped through the letterbox. Cannot be more proud of what you'll find in these pages & the online collection of performed poems. Hope u Enjoy!

Looking forward to reading eco-poetry at Greenwich Library with Fiona Moore and @dancin5.bsky.social and musician
Alexis Bennett. Hope you can make it!

One for the diary - time to celebrate Michael Greavy's pamphlet launch - winner of the @magmapoetry.bsky.social pamphlet competition. Hope to see many of you there!

Meet the Poets continues – we’re now in the Best Single Poem – Written category! First up: Abeer Ameer, shortlisted for ‘at least’, a haunting meditation on violence, memory, and how we speak about loss. Read the full poem via this link: buff.ly/WpoMcE1

Next up in Best Single Poem – Written: Tom Branfoot, shortlisted for ‘A Parliament of Jets’, a powerful long-form poem exploring global conflict and ecological destruction. Read the full poem via this link: forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/a-parli...

We are delighted to reannounce the shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Written category.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted poets!
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM

We are thrilled to share once again the outstanding shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Performed category
Huge congratulations again to all!
🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
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We are excited to reintroduce the powerful shortlist for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, honouring remarkable debut voices in poetry.
🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM
#ForwardPrizes

We are proud to reannounce the exceptional shortlist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, celebrating the finest in contemporary poetry.
Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers!

🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM

#ForwardPrizes

REMINDER! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
The Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 🎉
📅 Sunday 26 October | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
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Next up is Tim Tim Cheng, shortlisted for their poem ‘Girl Ghosts’, blending memory, myth, and migration. The poem is a polyvocal exploration of girlhood, cultural inheritance, and the fractured stories passed down through generations. Full interview: buff.ly/tIUjmao

There’s still time to join us at #ContainsStrongLanguage! 🎉📖 The event celebrates the best new poetry from the Forward Prizes 2025. Book your free tickets & see the full festival lineup here:
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@bbcarts @bbccslfest

Next up in the series is Claire Lynn, shortlisted for her poem ‘Live Stream’. This poem is a quiet meditation on observation, community, and the rhythms of care—both human and wild.
Read the full interview via this link: buff.ly/ZCYcNDQ

Held by a thread House of HaberdashTorriano Meeting House, Kentish Town, London★★★★★TUCKED away on a street in Kentish Town, the Torriano Meeting House looks like a relic from another age. With its wooden facade and b...

An amazing review of House of Haberdash at Torriano Meeting House curated by Lottie McCrindell. Congratulations to all the artists involved.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/held...

It was an amazing process to be part of....and not over yet! We have the highly commended poems and of course the awards ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social

A graphic with a dark blue background, a picture of the cover of Heirloom, and the Carcanet logo. Text reads: Shortlisted, 2025 Jerwood Prize for First Collection, Heirloom, Catherine-Esther Cowie.

Congratulations to Catherine-Esther Cowie, whose collection Heirloom has been shortlisted for the 2025 Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection in the Forward Prizes!

Well done Catherine-Esther, and all the other shortlisted poets and publishers! 🎉
www.carcanet.co.uk/catherine-es...

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed
Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form.
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection
Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here!
Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards

The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers!
🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
#PoetryAwards #BestCollection

Rachael Boast: Versus Versus | Southbank Centre

VERSUS VERSUS ANTHOLOGY SHOWCASE: Oct 25, 2pm BST, hosted by the Southbank Centre | with Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly Karthika Naïr & Daniel Sluman |Tickets on sale (for in-person or livestream audiences) | BSL interpreted | Speech-To-Text transcription:
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/rac...

Five Women Poets You Should Be Reading Right Now  • Poetry School We've asked our tutor Clare Pollard to recommend five women poets you should be reading right now.

New blog for the Poetry School poetryschool.com/theblog/five...

Magma 92: The Ownership Issue Launch Party Please join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 at The Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden, London

Really looking forward to this TOMORROW EVENING!

Join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 - The Ownership Issue - Wed 16th July 7pm.
An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett, Sascha Akhtar, and Paul Fenn.
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and @williekinard.com are looking forward to receiving your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX

More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Closing date: 31st July, 2025
Image: Williams Chechet

🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre.bsky.social
📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre
20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry!
Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
#ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive

Thanks to everyone who attended my poetry workshop SEARCHING FOR A SIGN: MAKING MEANING OUT OF CHAOS for @cripticarts.bsky.social yesterday. The sharing of your creative responses was brilliant and the open mic readers were an absolute joy. Thanks to the CRIPtic Arts team for all your support! 🙌❤️

Very happy to have 6 of my SCAVENGER poems on the brilliant Wild Court and thanks to editor Robert Selby for selecting them as I've been working on this project since last August and delighted a selection have found a very good home.
wildcourt.co.uk/six-poems-fr...

Playing with Poetry: From Page to the Stage - artsdepot

Excited about working with Arts Depot & @davidfloydnews.bsky.social Patrizia Longhitano Leo Boix to deliver a day of workshops w. a finale of sharing poems created during the sessions in Creation Space.
All happening on 26th July. Please check it out & come along!
www.artsdepot.co.uk/festival/pla...