BOOK AWARDS
Forward Prize for best collection 2004
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)
The Tree House by Kathleen Jamie ISBN 0330433326 (Picador) for Best Collection
These Days by Leontia Flynn ISBN 0224071971 (Jonathan Cape) for Best First Collection
Shortlist — Best Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Newborn | Kate Clanchy | Picador | 0330419307 |
| The Tree House | Kathleen Jamie | Picador | 0330433326 |
| The Strange Hours Travelers Keep | August Kleinzahler | Faber & Faber | 0571221734 |
| Snow Water | Michael Longley | Jonathan Cape | 0224072579 |
| Corpus | Michael Symmons | Jonathan Cape | 0224073427 |
Shortlist — Best First Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| These Days | Leontia Flynn | Jonathan Cape | 0224071971 |
| The Never-Never | Kathryn Gray | Seren | 1854113658 |
| Ground Water | Matthew Hollis | Bloodaxe | 185224657x |
| Walking the Animals | Carola Luther | Carcanet | 1857547675 |
| The Brink | Jacob Polley | Picador | 0330412884 |
