We are delighted that 3 Aitken Alexander authors have been shortlisted for the 2024 Forward Prizes.

Sanah Ahsan has been shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection for their collection I CANNOT BE GOOD UNTIL YOU SAY IT, published by Bloomsbury.

Rachael Allen’s GOD COMPLEX, published by Faber Poetry, is on the Forward Prize for Best Collection Shortlist.

And finally, Eve Esfandiari-Denney has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best Single Poem, for her poem ‘Nearly White Girl Girling on Behalf of Proximity to Mammal’.

We’re thrilled for all of our poets, and all others on the shortlists.

You can read more about the prize here.