The shortlist for the 2007 Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry comprised:
     Tiffany Atkinson, Kink and Particle (Seren)
     Claire Crowther, Stretch of Closures (Shearsman Books)
     Ruth Leader, The Peacock Room (Cinnamon Press)
     Sharon Morris, False Spring (Enitharmon)
     Daljit Nagra, Look We Have Coming to Dover (Faber)

The three judges – poets Gillian Allnutt, Vicki Feaver and Michael Laskey (Chair) – selected five titles from 48 national submissions.


That it has been a particularly strong year for first collections is indicated by the range and vitality of the five poets who finally earned their places on our shortlist. Michael Laskey