We’re thrilled to be able to nominate some of our poets for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem each year. This prize is one of the most prestigious in the country, and has been running for decades now, recognising not just brilliant poetry collections, but great individual poems published in newspapers and literary magazines.
As usual, we’ve put forward three of our favourite poems from Neon Literary Magazine. Our nominees this year are:
“Huge Rat Comforts Himself With Lies” by Mikko Harvey
“Dissections (1)” by Rose Proudfoot
We wish all of them the very best of luck, and look forward to reading the Forward Book of Poetry 2022!