BOOK AWARDS
Forward Prize for best collection 2006
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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)
Swithering by Robin Robertson (Picador) 9780330441681 for Best Collection
Countries of the Body by Tishani Doshi (Aark Arts) 9781899179077 for Best First Collection
Shortlist — Best Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Swithering | Robin Robertson | Picador | 9780330441681 |
| Quicksand Beach | Kate Bingham | Seren | 9781854114112 |
| Tramp in Flames | Paul Farley | Picador | 9780330440073 |
| Book of Blood | Vicki Feaver | Jonathan Cape | 9780224076845 |
| District and Circle | Seamus Heaney | Faber & Faber | 9780571230969 |
| Redgrove's Wife | Penelope Shuttle | Bloodaxe | 9781852247348 |
Shortlist — Best First Collection (announced mid July)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Countries of the Body | Tishani Doshi | Aark Arts | 9781899179077 |
| Imposible Objects | Bill Greenwell | Cinnamon Press | 9780954943332 |
| Call Centre Love Song | Ian Gregson | Salt Publishing | 9781844712564 |
| Autumnologist | Anne Ryland | Arrowhead Press | 9781904852117 |
| Stranded in Sub-Atomica |
Tim Turnbull | Donut Press | 9780954198367 |
| Boys' Night Out in the Afternoon | Tim Wells | Donut Press | 9780954198374 |
