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The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
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We’re absolutely thrilled to have Jerwood Foundation sponsor this year’s Performance category of the #ForwardPrizes , and support our continuing work to celebrate the best contemporary poetry in the UK & Ireland 🌟
Full announcement in the link below!
Fantastic discussion coming up next week with @ForwardPrize poet @helenmort about mentoring relationships which are so critical in our space - absolutely one worth catching!
And check out the rest of the great series coming from Verve Poetry Festival! So many fantastic events ahead.
Rachel Long Yvonne Reddick Jo Bell - The Poetic Licence Carcanet Press Bloodaxe Books Nine Arches Press Manchester Writing School Scottish Book Trust The Poetry Society UP next (tue 21st) & with the odd space left is ace Helen Mort (@ChattoBooks VertebratePublishing Big Picture Press) who, with mentee MattNicholsonPoet, will show how working together with a mentor can improve your poems - expect tips and tricks that you can use! tinyurl.com/5ef3x7kr
Devastated to hear the news of the loss of exceptional talent Kathryn Bevis, last year a @ForwardPrize shortlistee. Watch her perform starting at 9:36: youtu.be/icdNwfcPDVk?si… and check out her collection #ButterflyHouse available now from Seren.
On Thursday 9th May The Coronet Theatre welcome Mary Jean Chan (@maryjean_chan) and Charlotte Shevchenko Knight (@shevchenkonight) for a spellbinding evening of poetry 💫
Tickets available now: thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/poetr…
To everyone that donated to us this past week through the #BigGiveWeek #ArtsForImpact campaign - THANK YOU! With your help we met our target of £5000, and even surpassed it by £75! 🥳🥳🥳
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The countdown is on! Only £518 and 20 hours to go #ArtsForImpact #BigGiveWeek 🙌🙌🙌
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All donations doubled thanks to @biggive meaning you double YOUR impact to help us support poets at every stage of their career: from school to the stage. ✍️🏆
The countdown is on! Only 24 hours left to double your impact with #ArtsForImpact #BigGiveWeek 🙌🙌🙌
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Help us change the face of poetry and support poets at every stage of their career: from school to the stage.
🕐 With one day left to support #BigGiveWeek #ArtsForImpact we’re thinking about our own impact.
Here’s Jason Allen-Paisant the winner of the Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection 2023, talking about what shortlisting did for him. ✍️
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Help us change the face of poetry! Donate today to double your impact with #BigGiveWeek . Your donations help us to innovate - emerging voices, new forms, wider public outreach. Check out our Performance Potery category we introduced to our prestigious Forward Prizes in 2023.
It's #BigGiveWeek ! And we're thrilled that this year's theme is #ArtsForImpact . As a leading organisation for poetry in the UK, making an impact is at our core - from nurturing young poets to championing emerging talent. Donate today to double YOUR impact ow.ly/zECb50QYW4u
We love exploring in nature, and this beautiful prompt from Zena Edwards encourages us to look closely at the greenery around us. 🍃
StAnza Poetry Festival and Forward Prizes are thrilled to bring you writing prompts designed to spark your imagination.
This is the LAST DAY to submit to the 2024 #ForwardPrizes ! Entries must be submitted by midnight tonight ⏰
Submit here: forwardartsfoundation.submittable.com/submit
The latest StAnza x Forward Prizes writing prompt is from Breda Spaight, who encourages us to look closely at the objects around us.
Filmed at the 2023 Prizes in Leeds, we are thrilled to bring you a range of writing prompts designed to spark your imagination.
There are now just over FIVE DAYS LEFT to submit to this year's #ForwardPrizes !
Submissions for all categories can be entered until the end of next Monday, 4th March.
Apply now at forwardartsfoundation.submittable.com/submit
Push The Boat Out are looking for an extremely well organised, communicative and collaborative Creative Producer to support the development and delivery of Push the Boat Out's 2024 programme!
Application Deadline: 26th February 2024
To apply and find out more📷pushtheboatout.org