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WINNERS

Best Collection

2005: David Harsent , Legion (Faber & Faber)

2004: Kathleen Jamie , The Tree House (Picador)

2003: Ciaran Carson , Breaking News (The Gallery Press)

2002: Peter Porter , Max Is Missing (Picador)

2001: Sean O'Brien , Downriver (Picador)

2000: Michael Donaghy , Conjure (Picador)

1999: Jo Shapcott , My Life Asleep (Oxford University Press)

1998: Ted Hughes , Birthday Letters (Faber and Faber)

1997: Jamie McKendrick , The Marble Fly (Oxford University Press)

1996: John Fuller , Stones and Fires (Chatto & Windus)

1995: Sean O'Brien , Ghost Train (Oxford University Press)

1994: Alan Jenkins , Harm (Chatto & Windus)

1993: Carol Ann Duffy , Mean Time (Anvil Press)

1992: Thom Gunn , The Man With Night Sweats (Faber and Faber)

Best First Collection

2005: Helen Farish , Intimates (Jonathan Cape)

2004: Leontia Flyn , These Days (Jonathan Cape)

2003: A. B. Jackson , Fire Stations (Anvil Press)

2002: Tom French , Touching the Bones (The Gallery Press)

2001: John Stammers , The Panoramic Lounge Bar (Picador)

2000: Andrew Waterhouse , In (The Rialto)

1999: Nick Drake , The Man in the White Suit (Bloodaxe)

1998: Paul Farley , The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You (Picador)

1997: Robin Robertson , A Painted Field (Picador)

1996: Kate Clanchy , Slattern (Chatto & Windus)

1995: Jane Duran , Breathe Now, Breathe (Enitharmon Press)

1994: Kwame Dawes , Progeny of Air (Peepal Tree)

1993: Don Paterson , Nil Nil (Faber and Faber)

1992: Simon Armitage , Kid (Faber and Faber)

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