Awards will be announced by the judges at the 4th International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine at the Wellcome Rooms in London on Saturday 18th May.
Judging for the Hippocrates Prize is anonymous and entries are not presented to the judges in anonymised name order to avoid clustering of winning or commended entries.
The 2013 Hippocrates Anthology of the 46 winning and commended poems will be launched after the Awards Symposium at the Wellcome Rooms in London on Saturday 18th May.
Winning and commended poets are entitled to one free copy of that year's anthology.
Short-listed Open entries in alphabetical order
At the Children's Hospital - Liam Corley, Riverside CA, USA
Morbidity and mortality rounds - Rafael Campo, Brookline MA, USA
Tooth - Matthew Barton, Bristol, Avon, England
Wild - Sue Wootton, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Commended Open entries
Cancer - Yakov Azriel, Efrat, Israel
Coughing - Abby Chew, Claremont, CA, USA
Counting the Stars - Val Thompson, Norton Canes, Staffs, England
Dysthymia and the Netherlandish Proverbs - Shelley McAlister, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
Gaithersburg Bus Stop Accident - Elisabeth Anna Murawski, Alexandria, VA, USA
Gordon of the Prostate Ward - Chris Bridge, Malton, North Yorks, England
Hands - Jane Clarke, Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland
Leo Sternbach’s Ghost - Will Nicoll, Edinburgh, Scotland
Marvels of the Invisible - Jenny Molberg, Denton, Texas, USA
Minutes - Valerie Fry, London, England
Nietszche in Torino - Tony Barnstone, Whittier, CA, USA
Pandemic - Allison McVety, Wokingham, Berks, England
Personal Questions - Rosie Garland, Manchester, England
Sample - Suzanna Louise Fitzpatrick, Blackheath, London, England
Skin - Pat Winslow, Witney, Oxon, England
The Cure - Joanna Sedgwick Otley West Yorks, England
The Last Glass Eye Maker - Lesley Saunders, Slough, Berks, England
The off-duty anaesthetist - Audrey Shafer Mountain View CA
Tinnitus - Peter Nash, Petrolia, CA, USA
Ways to Fight for Life in Harlem - Caits Meissner, NY New York, USA