Forward prize for poetry 2001
Poet scores for the second time
October 4: "The terrace in its shroud of freezing breath/ Hot leg, crap ref, a soft goal at the death". If you like Ron Manager, you'll love double Forward Prize poetry winner Sean O'Brien.
Fifteen poets named on Forward prize shortlists
A field of 15 poets was chosen yesterday for this year's £16,000 Forward poetry prizes, the largest of their kind in Britain.