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>Anyone know how the Forward and TSE shortlists are compiled? What are the >judges selecting from? Total UK and Irish poetry output 1999 . . . or some >other criteria? With the Forward, it's up to publishers to submit their poets' books. Presses of all sizes are welcome to submit all their annual front list of individual collections. The best individual poem category is for poems from all journals and magazines which care to submit poems first printed therein. All prizes are for the period from 10/99 to 9/00. The TSE list consists (Jan - Dec) of the four Poetry Book Society Choices, plus six others added from the annual list by two other judges - one of the PBS selectors is also a final judge. The PBS listings are a fairly comprehensive list of most poetry titles available that year, from tiny presses up to commercial publishers. The judges for the TSE are all poets. The judges for the Forward are a mix of poets, publishers and literary journalists. Where these prizes get complicated is in the 'first published abroad' debate and the 'translations / versions' debate. Roddy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%