Welcome to the web site of poet A.B. Jackson.

Forward Poetry Prizes 2003
'Fire Stations' was awarded the £5,000 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in the Forward Poetry Prizes 2003. Full details at BBC News.

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News

› April 2008: photos from the StAnza Poetry Festival 2008 (page 5 of 7).

› Feb 2008: two new poems published in Magma Poetry (40).

› Dec 2007: new poem published in the Times Literary Supplement, 14.12.07.

› Nov 2007: new and recent poems featured on the Poetry International web site.

› Aug 2007: 'Acts' awarded 3rd prize in the TLS/Foyles poetry competition 2007. A second poem, 'The Modified Mercalli Scale of Earthquake Intensity', was also shortlisted.