24th September, 2024

Three Seren poets Highly Commended in Forward Prizes 2024

Congratulations to Kathryn Bevis, Carrie Etter and Katrina Naomi who have all been highly commended in the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry.

The Forward Prizes recently announced the poems featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 2025, described as ‘a snapshot of the best poetry published and performed in Britain and Ireland in the past year’. Included amongst them are Katrina Naomi’s poem ‘Golden Shovel: After Iris Murdoch’ from her collection Battery Rocks, Carrie Etter’s poem ‘The Blood, Oh the Blood’ from her collection Grief’s Alphabet and Kathryn Bevis’ ‘Everyone will be there’ from The Butterfly House.

The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 is dedicated to Kathryn Bevis’ memory. Kathryn was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in 2023 with her poem ‘My Body is Filing for Divorce’. Kathryn sadly passed away earlier this year.

For more information about the Forward Prizes including the 2024 shortlists, please visit the Forward Prizes website.