BSL poets shortlisted among 20 contenders for this year's Forward prizes
Raymond Antrobus and Zoë McWhinney have been shortlisted in the performance poem category for the 2025 Forward prizes, in the first year the prize has been open to poems performed in British Sign Language.
Juana Adcock (I Sugar the Bones), Leo Boix (Southernmost: Sonnets), Niall Campbell (The Island in the Sound), Vidyan Ravinthiran (Avidya), and Karen Sodie (Wellwater) are the five shortlisted poets for this year ‘s £10,00...
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