Magma is delighted that Tim Turnbull’s poem Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn, published in Magma 38, has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in memory of Michael Donaghy.
Tim Turnbull first featured in Magma in 2004, when Andrew Neilson reviewed his collection What Was That? in Magma 30. He was the Magma Showcase poet in Magma 31. The Showcase poems include Stranded in Sub-Atomica.
Magma is also delighted that Jen Hadfield’s Nigh-No-Place (Bloodaxe) has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Jen Hadfield was selected as Showcase poet in 2002 in Magma 25. Her Showcase selection includes Southport air show.
The winner of the Forward Prizes will be announced on Wednesday 8 October 2008, on the eve of National Poetry Day, at a ceremony in London.