New and available now! TEN POEMS ABOUT OWLS Poems by Niall Campbell, Daniel Webster Davis, Emily Dickinson, Victoria Gatehouse, Ian Humphreys, Gregory Leadbetter, Rob Miles, Angela Readman, AE Stallings and Edward Thomas. www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...

Submissions now open for The North! Deadline end of February. The North 72 is The Library Issue, so, as well as your poems, we're looking for short prose pieces about, or featuring, libraries. All library-themed work welcome! Send us your work: poetrybusiness.co.uk/about-the-po...

It’s not too late! We have love, kisses, chocolate, flowers AND poems for your beloved this Valentine’s Day ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️Say it with a Candlestick! 😘

Just in case you haven't spotted it, @poetrybusiness.bsky.social The North is now open for submissions on thr theme of libraries.

There may be hope yet...

Rachel Curzon is consistently good, I think -

The Guernsey Poems on the Move competition closes on January 15th! There's still time if you want to see your poem on the buses. poemsonthemove.com

Join an @arvonfoundation online #poetry writing day course led by Jane Commane. Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary. Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am t.co/nxEjCCf13n

It's one of those mornings again.

ALCS pays money for visual contributions to magazines and articles, and this amount continues to grow year on year. Make sure you claim before 31 December to be included in next year's payments. Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...

Closing tomorrow!

Did you know? Once lost, a poet’s voice can’t be replaced. Help us preserve more voices by joining us as a member or making a small donation. #PoetryArchive20 Donate: cafdonate.cafonline.org/36#!/Donatio... Membership: poetryarchive.org/support/

It was all going so swimmingly until the poetry workshop leader suggested alliterative verse was dead.

Very happy to have a poem chosen by the Poetry Archive as one of their 2025 winners! poetryarchive.org/poem/poetry-...

Nice poem, Carole.

Join us online to launch 'Answerlands' by Joseph Minden on Tuesday 18 November at 7pm BST! 💻📖 The event will be hosted by Will Harris and will feature reading and discussion, alongside time for audience questions. More information and tickets here:🎟️ www.carcanet.co.uk/events/answe...

Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social Thursday 13th November at 7pm. 📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live 🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...

For 20 years, the Poetry Archive has brought poetry to life in poets’ own voices, free for all. Love what we do? Support us by donating, becoming a member, or spreading the word about what we do. 💛 poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryArchive20 #PoetryForEveryone

Good news! We've extended the deadlines for the 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize. Both are now closing on SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER, so now you have an extra two weeks to polish up those poems... poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/

Many congratulations to Stuart #Pickford and @sarahwimbush.bsky.social , who are both featured in The North's 40 year anthology!

Great evening yesterday at the King's Hall, Ilkley, where Simon #Armitage read from his "New Cemetery" and "Dwell", with some very funny intros and anecdotes.

The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner, invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER. Over £1,000 in prizes. Entry fee for adults is from £3, FREE for young poets under the age of 18. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER. www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp

Autumn is definitely here now - the lithops are flowering.

On a happier note for these times, the Lithops plants are about to be wakened from their aestivation...

Congratulations, @rcurzon.bsky.social Rachel Curzon, for winning the @poetrylondon.bsky.social competition!

✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨ ✨Tues 2 Sept, 11am Queer Poetry with Clare Shaw ( @clareshawpoet.bsky.social) buytickets.at/thepoetrybus... ✨Wed 3 Sept, 11am Writing Birds with Laurie Bolger ( @lauriebolger.bsky.social) buytickets.at/thepoetrybus... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

⌛PRIMERS - deadline midnight 9th September. Guide your poems into print with our established mentoring and publishing scheme for UK poets. With selecting editor Laurie Bolger Full submission criteria and guidelines: buff.ly/3qxgju8 Good luck

www.tickettailor.com/events/explo... If you're near York on 1st October...

@alcs.co.uk Many thanks to ALCS for their hospitality at The Grand in York yesterday evening. It was a great opportunity to meet other writers, and to hear about more of the work ALCS has been doing.

Under the Radar Issue 35 is hot off the press, now reaching readers. Treat yourself to this packed magazine of new #poetry, short fiction & reviews ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under... Or a digital copy straight to your inbox? Or take out a subscription? Thanks to our writers & readers ❤️

Thanks to everyone who has submitted to PAN! Wordview 2025 so far, the playlist of submissions is now live via our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The latest Under the Radar, our flagship magazine, is available in a digital edition, arriving straight to your in-box for just £6.99. We've introduced a new DIGITAL subscription. Details about your options: t.co/Wni3tAlON7 UtR 35 coming soon.

The Poetry Archive site turns 20! 🎉 2 decades. 1000s of poems. Free to hear, anytime. Listen in → poetryarchive.org #PoetryArchive20

'Nest Box', from Simon Armitage's illustrated collection Dwell, is the Guardian's Poem of the Week 🌳 🌸 Read it here 👇 theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/30/poem-of-the-week-nest-box-by-simon-armitage

Really looking forward to reading at this event during Leeds Lit Fest 2025, 19th June. See you there? All welcome! #leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025 @leedslitfest.bsky.social

It was nice to have three of my poems longlisted for the Plough Prize, 😀 although, alas, they stopped there. 😐 Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.

Less a guard dog than an avant-garde dog

It’s time to enter the Live Canon Poetry Competition!

We're excited to let you know that registration is OPEN for the @outspoken_acad Summer 2025 Academy Plus 9 week online poetry course, with tutors @malikabooker, @jtaylortrash & @pascalepoet Dates: 16 Jun–11 Aug Workshops: Mondays 7–9pm UK Info & register outspokenldn.com/academy-plus

In our most recent Members' Competition, poet Jane Clarke selected poems on the theme of ‘Stone’. Congratulations to our winners: Matt Barnard, Denise Bennett, Gillian Dawson, Nicky Kippax, Ciel Stynes and Karen Tobias-Green! 🏆

Entries for the 2025 LIVE CANON INTERNATIONAL SINGLE POEM COMPETITION are now open! We want you to submit your best work for the chance to be performed, published & to win £1000. Enter here: livecanon.submittable.com/submit/32663... DEADLINE: 11.59 pm Sunday 8 June #poetrycompetition

Very happy to be included in the @livecanon.bsky.social anthology 2024.

@nickykippax.bsky.social Congratulations, Nicky, on your poem "Janet'sFoss" in the Spring Poetry News. A terrific poem!

Tonight's the night! The National Poetry Competition 2024's top ten winners and guest readers Ruth Padel and Debbie Lim will be performing LIVE on Zoom from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm GMT. Head to the link in our bio to book your free ticket.

Read the National Poetry Competition 2024's first prize poem, 'Absence has a grammar' by Fiona Larkin, and want more? Fiona's pamphlet 'Vital Capacity' (@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social) and debut collection 'Rope of Sand' (Pindrop Press) are available to purchase via Poetry Book Society.

Very happy to have been one of the finalists in the Guernsey International Poetry Competition poemsonthemove.com/#previous-winn… and to have my poem displayed on Guernsey buses!