Roger Moulson's Waiting for the Night Rowers is a substantial and exciting collection, a mature distillation of a varied life experience. Admirably attentive to the world and to their own inner impulses, these are authentic and most satisfying poems. The real thing, we all thought.
Michael Laskey Chairman

…five excellent collections made it on to the short-list. Roger Moulson was the uncontested favourite of all the judges. His humanity, range and technical accomplishment make Waiting for the Night Rowers a very worthy winner of this year's prize
Carole Satyamurti

Our shortlist was arrived at with a remarkable degree of unanimity. This was not a vintage year for debut volumes, but all five books would have moved to the front of the field in any race. Their authors are, as the saying goes, ones to watch
Stephen Knight