BOOK AWARDS
Forward Prize for best collection 2005
http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org
Created to bring contemporary poetry to a wider audience and sponsored by the Forward Arts Foundation as part of National Poetry Day, The Forward Prize for Best Collection is the UK's richest annual poetry award. The winner receives a £10,000 prize (with £5000 prizes for best first collection and £1000 for best single poem).
Winner (announced October)
Legion by David Harsent (Faber & Faber) 0571228097 for Best Collection
Intimates by Helen Farish (Jonathan Cape) 022407279x for Best First Collection
Shortlist — Best Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Legion | David Harsent | Faber & Faber | 0571228097 |
| The Good Neighbour | John Burnside | Jonathan Cape | 0224075179 |
| A Shorter Life | Alan Jenkins | Chatto & Windus | 0701178086 |
| Woods Etc | Alice Oswald | Faber & Faber | 0571218520 |
| Stolen Love Behaviour | John Stammers | Picador | 0330433865 |
Shortlist — Best First Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Intimates | Helen Farish | Jonathan Cape | 022407279x |
| To a Fault | Nick Laird | Faber & Faber | 0571223826 |
| Lucky Day | Richard Price | Carcanet | 1857547616 |
| Scattering Eva | James Sheard | Jonathan Cape | 0224075845 |
| Marabou |
Jane Yeh | Carcanet | 1857547888 |
