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01/08/2006
Seamus Heaney nominated for Forward prize
Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney was nominated last week for a Forward Prize.
Heaney was shortlisted for his latest collection of poetry, District and Circle.
The Forward Poetry prizes - the UK's most valuable annual poetry competition - were created in 1991 to bring contemporary poetry to a wider audience.
There are five other nominees, including Kate Bingham, Robin Robertson, Penelope Shuttle, Paul Farley and Vicki Feaver.
The winner of the 10,000 prize will be announced in October.
The Forward shortlists for two other awards - Best First Collection, the winner of which will receive 5,000, and Best Single Poem (worth 1,000) - were also announced.
Full List of Nominees
Forward Prize for Best Collection:
Kate Bingham - Quicksand beach
Paul Farley - Tramp in Flames
Vicki Feaver - The Book of Blood
Seamus Heaney - District and Circle
Robin Robertson - Swithering
Penelope Shuttle - Redgrove's Wife
Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection:
Tishani Doshi - Countries of the Body
Bill Greenwell - Impossible Objects
Ian Gregson - Call Centre Love Song
Anne Ryland - Autumnologist
Tim Turnbull - Stranded in Sub-Atomica
Tim Wells - Boys' Night Out In The Afternoon
Forward Prize for Best Single Poem:
John Hartley Williams - Requiem for a Princess
John Kinsella - Forest Encomia of the South-West
Sean O'Brien - Fantasia on the Theme of James Wright
Jacob Polley - The Cheapjack
Fiona Sampson - Trumpeldor Beach
Michael Arnold Williams - Blaenafon Blue
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