BOOK AWARDS
Forward Prize for best collection 2003
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)
Breaking News by Ciaran Carson
Shortlist (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Breaking New | Ciaran Carson | The Gallery Press | 1930630107 |
| Nine Horses | Billy Collins | Picador | 033041304X |
| The Lammas Hireling | Ian Duhig | Picador | 0330492381 |
| Minsk | Lavinia Greenlaw | Faber and Faber | 057121780X |
| Moy Sand and Gravel | Paul Muldoon | Faber and Faber | 0571215351 |
