On Saturday 20th July the people of Hay held a peaceful, almost silent #BLM protest right outside the shop and whilst we were/are in full cleaning mode I thought it important that we made our contribution so around the words of Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes as A3 Posters we built a window of strong Black Voices
The 2020 Forward prize for best collection
The Five titles nominated for the £10,000 Forward prize for best collection
The 2020 Felix Dennis prize for best first collection
The five titles in the running for the £5,000 Felix Dennis prize for best first collection:
The 2020 Forward Prize for best single poem
The five poems in the running for the £1,000 Felix Dennis prize for best first collection
Mama Cockroach, I Love You by Fiona Benson (Poetry London)
The Little Miracles by Malika Booker (Magma)
(Un)certainties by Regi Claire (Mslexia & PBS Women’s Poetry Competition)
Nocturne for a Moving Train by Valzhyna Mort (The Poetry Review)
Dick pics by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang (The Moth)
