We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone." Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

After months of living with & honouring poetry collections, single poems, performed poems including BSL poems, @forwardprizes.bsky.social anthology dropped through the letterbox. Cannot be more proud of what you'll find in these pages & the online collection of performed poems. Hope u Enjoy!

Looking forward to reading eco-poetry at Greenwich Library with Fiona Moore and @dancin5.bsky.social and musician Alexis Bennett. Hope you can make it!

One for the diary - time to celebrate Michael Greavy's pamphlet launch - winner of the @magmapoetry.bsky.social pamphlet competition. Hope to see many of you there!

Meet the Poets continues – we’re now in the Best Single Poem – Written category! First up: Abeer Ameer, shortlisted for ‘at least’, a haunting meditation on violence, memory, and how we speak about loss. Read the full poem via this link: buff.ly/WpoMcE1

Next up in Best Single Poem – Written: Tom Branfoot, shortlisted for ‘A Parliament of Jets’, a powerful long-form poem exploring global conflict and ecological destruction. Read the full poem via this link: forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/a-parli...

We are delighted to reannounce the shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Written category. Congratulations to all the shortlisted poets! 🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM

We are thrilled to share once again the outstanding shortlist for the Forward Prize for the Best Single Poem – Performed category Huge congratulations again to all! 🔗 Full shortlist: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz... #ForwardPrizes

We are excited to reintroduce the powerful shortlist for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, honouring remarkable debut voices in poetry. 🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM #ForwardPrizes

We are proud to reannounce the exceptional shortlist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, celebrating the finest in contemporary poetry. Congratulations once again to all the poets and publishers! 🔗 Full shortlist: buff.ly/FJ2m0TM #ForwardPrizes

REMINDER! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! The Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 🎉 📅 Sunday 26 October | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre 🎟️ Tickets on sale now: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for... #ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive #SouthbankCentre #UKPoetry #PoetryAwards #SpokenWord

Next up is Tim Tim Cheng, shortlisted for their poem ‘Girl Ghosts’, blending memory, myth, and migration. The poem is a polyvocal exploration of girlhood, cultural inheritance, and the fractured stories passed down through generations. Full interview: buff.ly/tIUjmao

There’s still time to join us at #ContainsStrongLanguage! 🎉📖 The event celebrates the best new poetry from the Forward Prizes 2025. Book your free tickets & see the full festival lineup here: 🔗 buff.ly/bQ1TsRm @bbcarts @bbccslfest

Next up in the series is Claire Lynn, shortlisted for her poem ‘Live Stream’. This poem is a quiet meditation on observation, community, and the rhythms of care—both human and wild. Read the full interview via this link: buff.ly/ZCYcNDQ

An amazing review of House of Haberdash at Torriano Meeting House curated by Lottie McCrindell. Congratulations to all the artists involved. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/held...

It was an amazing process to be part of....and not over yet! We have the highly commended poems and of course the awards ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social

Congratulations to Catherine-Esther Cowie, whose collection Heirloom has been shortlisted for the 2025 Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection in the Forward Prizes! Well done Catherine-Esther, and all the other shortlisted poets and publishers! 🎉 www.carcanet.co.uk/catherine-es...

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed Live, powerful, unforgettable. 🎙️ We’re thrilled to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Performed! Experience poetry in its most dynamic form. 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read. 👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets! 🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection Introducing the future of poetry ✨Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection shortlist is here! Bold new voices. Brilliant debuts! #ForwardPrizes 2025 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ #JerwoodPrize #BestFirstCollection #PoetryAwards

The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ #PoetryAwards #BestCollection

VERSUS VERSUS ANTHOLOGY SHOWCASE: Oct 25, 2pm BST, hosted by the Southbank Centre | with Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly Karthika Naïr & Daniel Sluman |Tickets on sale (for in-person or livestream audiences) | BSL interpreted | Speech-To-Text transcription: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/rac...

New blog for the Poetry School poetryschool.com/theblog/five...

Really looking forward to this TOMORROW EVENING! Join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 - The Ownership Issue - Wed 16th July 7pm. An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett, Sascha Akhtar, and Paul Fenn. bit.ly/4lhG0q1

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social, Lola Oh and @williekinard.com are looking forward to receiving your submissions for Magma 94: REMIX More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub... Closing date: 31st July, 2025 Image: Williams Chechet

🎤 ANNOUNCING: Forward Prizes Ceremony 2025 @southbankcentre.bsky.social 📅 Sun 26 Oct | 🕢 7:30pm | 📍 Southbank Centre 20 poets. 4 prizes. 1 unforgettable night of poetry! Tickets 🎟️: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for... #ForwardPrizes #PoetryLive

Thanks to everyone who attended my poetry workshop SEARCHING FOR A SIGN: MAKING MEANING OUT OF CHAOS for @cripticarts.bsky.social yesterday. The sharing of your creative responses was brilliant and the open mic readers were an absolute joy. Thanks to the CRIPtic Arts team for all your support! 🙌❤️

Very happy to have 6 of my SCAVENGER poems on the brilliant Wild Court and thanks to editor Robert Selby for selecting them as I've been working on this project since last August and delighted a selection have found a very good home. wildcourt.co.uk/six-poems-fr...

Excited about working with Arts Depot & @davidfloydnews.bsky.social Patrizia Longhitano Leo Boix to deliver a day of workshops w. a finale of sharing poems created during the sessions in Creation Space. All happening on 26th July. Please check it out & come along! www.artsdepot.co.uk/festival/pla...

Come and join us and @helenmort.bsky.social for our Nature & Place Poetry reading. www.cambridgeconservation.org/event/the-ri...

stairwell water garden with mimulus and apple mint

I'm very excited to be leading a 6-week course for @writingroomorguk.bsky.social in the autumn on dreams and how we explore the dreamscape of the page. I look forward to fellow dreamers joining me on this venture in mining poems from our dreamworld ! 💤😶‍🌫️🙌❤️ writingroom.org.uk/coursesandwo...

Congratulations to winners and highly commended poets. Super happy to have two poems on the longlist, 'Figgy Sestina' and 'The Zipless Fuck' !

Thank you @jesstraynor.bsky.social for including my poem 'Cocktail Party Deafness' in BANSHEE 19. Excited to read the issue 🙌❤️

Thrilled to see one of my most personal poems, Ø from my @carcanet.bsky.social collection 'A Map Towards Fluency' translated into Italian by @pierototo.bsky.social for shorturl.at/RuJIn A lovely experience and the translation process so thoughtful and careful. Grazie 🙏♥️

There are a lot of snakes around at the moment! We won't go there, but this one, this one is a grass snake and my first ever encounter with one in the wild !!! So excited. Hope you can see it looking like a curvy root in the centre of the picture if you zoom in 🐍

Cycling past a charity shop I stopped to look for a ladder or shelf for plants. I found one for 25. The sales person said it wasn't heavy. I picked it up and it was v. heavy. She said, 'You can take the bus'. I said, 'I'm on my bike'. She said, 'Fetch it later for 20.' Deal. I liked her persistence.

It was a week ago this lovely event happened where we met lots of @magmapoetry.bsky.social readers and poets and new friends. Free Verse Poetry Fair @poetrysociety.bsky.social was a very special day 😍

Exciting news! Our next three Writers Salons with @spread-the-word.bsky.social are coming up! 🎉 ✨ Zoë McWhinney - 12th May ✨ Josephine Dickinson @shepherdpoet.bsky.social - 2nd June ✨ Lisa Kelly @lisadmkelly.bsky.social - 7th July We can’t wait to see you there! ✍️

Excited about Deaf poets creating in British Sign Language entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry category for Best Single Poem - Performed. Thanks to @forwardprizes.bsky.social & Limping Chicken

Excited to return from our @badlilies.bsky.social hiatus this coming Friday at noon to a screen near you. We’ve amazing poems in store! 🌸

Super happy that Patrizia Longhitano, my co-editor for @magmapoetry.bsky.social Grassroots issue is officially a Magma board member ! She is an amazing force within the poetry community. You can read her biog here. Welcome Patrizia 🙌♥️ magmapoetry.com/magma-team/p...

We had a brilliant time @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social with the @magmapoetry.bsky.social Magma Matters event. Thanks to everyone who came to support us and to Verve for making us so welcome.

Getting Wordle on the last go with that Phew! gives me a lift like no other! Ready to face the day and head to Birmingham for @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social . See some of you there. Do come up and say Hello! for the @magmapoetry.bsky.social Magma Matters event.

Is this the most dirt BBC News could get on Rachel Reeves for breaking expenses limits. "Receipts show that gifts bought by Reeves at Christmas 2008 included a £49 handbag for her PA, while she herself received £55 worth of wine from her boss." And the blurred picture as if from MI5 files.

Thank you so much for flagging this up! Deeply moving and so easy to listen to in the best sense. All those connections. I kissed the lips that kissed the lips....and so on...

We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes! Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @lisadmkelly.bsky.social, @hannahlavery.bsky.social, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith. Read more about each judge here: https://buff.ly/4aNnH7y

Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems. So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words. Newt-lovers, unite!