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Karen Solie wins Forward Prize for Poetry

30 October 2025

School of English Creative Writing lecturer Karen Solie has been named joint winner of this year's , one of the UK's most prestigious poetry awards. Karen shares the award alongside Vidyan Ravinthiran. It's the first time in the prize's history the honour has been shared.

Solie's publication - - was recognised as a "self-interrogative conversation with a culture in crisis and a natural world on the brink". The winners were announced at a ceremony at London's Southbank Centre on Sunday evening.