@vickygwriter.bsky.social
Pushcart-nominated poet, scientist and children's writer. Yorkshire lass.
The Mechanics of Love | Smith Doorstop.
The Hawthorn Bride | Indigo Dreams
Alice Corrie Award winner 2025
Searchlight Awards PB shortlisted
WriteMentor Awards PB runner up
The Mechanics of Love | Smith Doorstop.
The Hawthorn Bride | Indigo Dreams
Alice Corrie Award winner 2025
Searchlight Awards PB shortlisted
WriteMentor Awards PB runner up
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Delighted to see my poem 'Ithaka', which won first prize in the Indigo Spring Poetry Prize, published in the latest issue of Reach Poetry @indigodreamspub.bsky.social with very kind comments from competition judge @vickygwriter.bsky.social 🐐
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Delighted to see my poem 'Ithaka', which won first prize in the Indigo Spring Poetry Prize, published in the latest issue of Reach Poetry @indigodreamspub.bsky.social with very kind comments from competition judge @vickygwriter.bsky.social 🐐
Congratulations @csmithpoet.bsky.social !!
My poem Chrism that won 2nd prize in Indigo Spring Poetry Competition! Now published in Reach Poetry.
Thank you judge @vickygwriter.bsky.social & @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
It is just one of the poems in my new collection Bycatch forthcoming in October with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Thank you judge @vickygwriter.bsky.social & @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
It is just one of the poems in my new collection Bycatch forthcoming in October with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Congratulations @csmithpoet.bsky.social !!
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@sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 12
Looking forward to a deep read of ‘The Hawthorn Bride’ (Indigo Dreams) by Victoria Gatehouse. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
#poetry #writingcommunity
Looking forward to a deep read of ‘The Hawthorn Bride’ (Indigo Dreams) by Victoria Gatehouse. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
#poetry #writingcommunity
August 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 12
Looking forward to a deep read of ‘The Hawthorn Bride’ (Indigo Dreams) by Victoria Gatehouse. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
#poetry #writingcommunity
Looking forward to a deep read of ‘The Hawthorn Bride’ (Indigo Dreams) by Victoria Gatehouse. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social
#poetry #writingcommunity
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Absolutely loved The Hawthorn Bride by the wonderful @vickygwriter.bsky.social! It’s a beautiful collection which weaves folklore with landscape and wildlife. It has made my little ecopoet heart sing, and I’m always a sucker for a mushroom poem! 💚
July 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Absolutely loved The Hawthorn Bride by the wonderful @vickygwriter.bsky.social! It’s a beautiful collection which weaves folklore with landscape and wildlife. It has made my little ecopoet heart sing, and I’m always a sucker for a mushroom poem! 💚
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Forest Girl looks at home in these photos thanks to @vickygwriter.bsky.social in Halifax, UK. ‘Took your lovely book for a walk Julie. I love these powerful, yet tender poems rooted in physicality! Wonderful.’ Thanks Vicky!
1st print run sold out, but @dragonflyflight.bsky.social doing a 2nd! Yay!
1st print run sold out, but @dragonflyflight.bsky.social doing a 2nd! Yay!
July 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Forest Girl looks at home in these photos thanks to @vickygwriter.bsky.social in Halifax, UK. ‘Took your lovely book for a walk Julie. I love these powerful, yet tender poems rooted in physicality! Wonderful.’ Thanks Vicky!
1st print run sold out, but @dragonflyflight.bsky.social doing a 2nd! Yay!
1st print run sold out, but @dragonflyflight.bsky.social doing a 2nd! Yay!
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Congrats to all our rosette-wearing poets who all have some treat money to spend now! We'll be posting the winning poems on our website this week. Enticing you with Judge's comments & listings for now. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry #IndigoPoets
Beyond thrilled to announce that I've won 1st Prize in the Indigo Spring Poetry Prize! 😱 Huge congratulations to @kerrydarbishire.bsky.social , @csmithpoet.bsky.social, and the other commended poets. Massive thank you to @vickygwriter.bsky.social for judging and her very kind words in the report 💙
June 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Congrats to all our rosette-wearing poets who all have some treat money to spend now! We'll be posting the winning poems on our website this week. Enticing you with Judge's comments & listings for now. @indigodreamspub.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry #IndigoPoets
It was a privilege to judge this competition. Many congratulationsto the winners and to the Commended and Highly Commended poets. Thank you to everyone who entered, it was a joy to read your work!
Indigo Spring Poetry Prize results now live on website. Congrats to our 3 winners & all those commended. Big thanks to judge Vicky Gatehouse & all who entered. Ronnie & Dawn indigodreamspublishing.com/competitions @csmithpoet.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social @poetbex.bsky.social #IndigoPoets
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May 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It was a privilege to judge this competition. Many congratulationsto the winners and to the Commended and Highly Commended poets. Thank you to everyone who entered, it was a joy to read your work!
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May 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thrilled to have a rosebay willowherb poem included in 'Ten Poems about Weeds' one of three gorgeous new pamphlets from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
Poems straight from the garden!
A new trio of titles for the growing season, bursting with earthly delights - from homegrown potatoes to the scent of basil:
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
A new trio of titles for the growing season, bursting with earthly delights - from homegrown potatoes to the scent of basil:
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thrilled to have a rosebay willowherb poem included in 'Ten Poems about Weeds' one of three gorgeous new pamphlets from @candlestickpress.bsky.social
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Closing soon...get those perfect poetry pearls to us licketysplit. Looking forward to passing them on to Vicky Gatehouse who'll be choosing the top of the crop!
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social
@vickygwriter.bsky.social
@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
#poetrycompetition #poetry
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social
@vickygwriter.bsky.social
@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
#poetrycompetition #poetry
We've only gone & launched our Spring Poetry Competition! Take a mosey to our website for judging, submission & prize details, +ways to get your best pieces to us. indigodreamspublishing.com
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry
April 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Closing soon...get those perfect poetry pearls to us licketysplit. Looking forward to passing them on to Vicky Gatehouse who'll be choosing the top of the crop!
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social
@vickygwriter.bsky.social
@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
#poetrycompetition #poetry
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social
@vickygwriter.bsky.social
@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
#poetrycompetition #poetry
Grateful for a wonderful review of The Hawthorn Bride in Orbis magazine, which is a great read as always with its mix of poems and reviews! #indigopoets @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Grateful for a wonderful review of The Hawthorn Bride in Orbis magazine, which is a great read as always with its mix of poems and reviews! #indigopoets @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
My copy has arrived! Wonderfully funny and inventive stories for middle-graders! Absolute joy! Warmest congratulations to @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
@reenamakwana.bsky.social
@theemmapress.bsky.social
@reenamakwana.bsky.social
@theemmapress.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My copy has arrived! Wonderfully funny and inventive stories for middle-graders! Absolute joy! Warmest congratulations to @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
@reenamakwana.bsky.social
@theemmapress.bsky.social
@reenamakwana.bsky.social
@theemmapress.bsky.social
Congratulations to the wonderful childrens poet @attielime.bsky.social on the publication of her fantastic debut Blue Jelly and Strawberries from @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
💙 🍓 👏 👏
💙 🍓 👏 👏
It's Publication Day for Blue Jelly and Strawberries! 🎉 This is my t-shirt of choice for today's school visit 🍓🎈
Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social for believing in me and my poems, and everyone here who has supported me in any way (far too many wonderful folk to tag!). Yippee! 💙🍓💛 #WorldBookDay
Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social for believing in me and my poems, and everyone here who has supported me in any way (far too many wonderful folk to tag!). Yippee! 💙🍓💛 #WorldBookDay
March 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Congratulations to the wonderful childrens poet @attielime.bsky.social on the publication of her fantastic debut Blue Jelly and Strawberries from @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
💙 🍓 👏 👏
💙 🍓 👏 👏
Fantastic opportunity for childrens poets to respond some amazing artwork @littlethoughtspress.com Time for an Elphrasis Adventure 😃 #kidlit #childrenspoetry #poetrysubmissions
Artwork for our Ekphrasis Adventure issue is up on the blog. Writing submissions open on Monday!
Writing submissions for Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure open on Monday, Feb 24th, but the selected artwork & submission guidelines for this issue are up on the blog now!
#kidlit writers, take a look at these incredible illustrations and get crafting!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/an-ekph...
#kidlit writers, take a look at these incredible illustrations and get crafting!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/an-ekph...
February 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fantastic opportunity for childrens poets to respond some amazing artwork @littlethoughtspress.com Time for an Elphrasis Adventure 😃 #kidlit #childrenspoetry #poetrysubmissions
Over the moon that my children's poetry collection has been shortlisted by @theemmapress.bsky.social and congrats to all on the shorlist, these proposals sound amazing!!
⭐ Announcing the Longlisted & Shortlisted Proposals from our August 2024 Call for Submissions ⭐
@bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social
@catherineredford.bsky.social
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social
@monicadebhailis.bsky.social
🔗 READ MORE: https://buff.ly/3QeZYDU
@bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social
@catherineredford.bsky.social
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social
@monicadebhailis.bsky.social
🔗 READ MORE: https://buff.ly/3QeZYDU
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Over the moon that my children's poetry collection has been shortlisted by @theemmapress.bsky.social and congrats to all on the shorlist, these proposals sound amazing!!
Honoured to be judging the Spring Poety Competition @indigodreamspub.bsky.social !! Can't wait to read your poems!
We've only gone & launched our Spring Poetry Competition! Take a mosey to our website for judging, submission & prize details, +ways to get your best pieces to us. indigodreamspublishing.com
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social @ronniegoodyer.bsky.social @vickygwriter.bsky.social #poetrycompetition #poetry
February 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Honoured to be judging the Spring Poety Competition @indigodreamspub.bsky.social !! Can't wait to read your poems!
Thrilled to have my elephant poem included in the Go Wild edition from @littlethoughtspress.com . Thank you @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social for the wonderful illustration 🐘
"elephants march on and on
munch-crunching scrub and trimming trees
and clearing paths so tall giraffes
and wildebeests can graze in peace."
-from In the Footprints of Elephants by Victoria Gatehouse @vickygwriter.bsky.social
illustration by @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social
munch-crunching scrub and trimming trees
and clearing paths so tall giraffes
and wildebeests can graze in peace."
-from In the Footprints of Elephants by Victoria Gatehouse @vickygwriter.bsky.social
illustration by @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thrilled to have my elephant poem included in the Go Wild edition from @littlethoughtspress.com . Thank you @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social for the wonderful illustration 🐘
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⭐ SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN ⭐
Deadline to send us your work: Tuesday 18 February (11.59pm)
Please read the submissions guidelines carefully: https://buff.ly/33ZO731
Deadline to send us your work: Tuesday 18 February (11.59pm)
Please read the submissions guidelines carefully: https://buff.ly/33ZO731
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
⭐ SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN ⭐
Deadline to send us your work: Tuesday 18 February (11.59pm)
Please read the submissions guidelines carefully: https://buff.ly/33ZO731
Deadline to send us your work: Tuesday 18 February (11.59pm)
Please read the submissions guidelines carefully: https://buff.ly/33ZO731
Incredible morning of sun and ice in the Pennines.
January 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Incredible morning of sun and ice in the Pennines.
So grateful to The Poetry Society and the lovely @janeace.bsky.social for including my feature on folklore and trees in the latest Poetry News. 🌳 #poetry #folkloreoftrees
January 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
So grateful to The Poetry Society and the lovely @janeace.bsky.social for including my feature on folklore and trees in the latest Poetry News. 🌳 #poetry #folkloreoftrees
This new middle-grade book sounds like amazing fun, can't wait to read it! Congratulations to @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
#kidlit 🌟
#kidlit 🌟
Cover reveal! ⭐ Pre-orders are now open for PLEASE DON'T READ THE FOOTNOTES PLEASE by Rob Walton ⭐
A middle-grade book breaking all the rules, inviting readers to zig-zag across the page between the funny stories and the* footnotes.
*even funnier
PREORDER HERE: https://buff.ly/4aaCrxm
A middle-grade book breaking all the rules, inviting readers to zig-zag across the page between the funny stories and the* footnotes.
*even funnier
PREORDER HERE: https://buff.ly/4aaCrxm
January 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This new middle-grade book sounds like amazing fun, can't wait to read it! Congratulations to @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
#kidlit 🌟
#kidlit 🌟
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Glad to be here on Bluesky & see so many friends. Thanks to @hannahl1n.bsky.social @deborahharvey.bsky.social for helping to ease my way in! We'll be bringing our company Indigo Dreams Publishing across soon. #IndigoPoets #Poetry
@wavelace.bsky.social
@wavelace.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Glad to be here on Bluesky & see so many friends. Thanks to @hannahl1n.bsky.social @deborahharvey.bsky.social for helping to ease my way in! We'll be bringing our company Indigo Dreams Publishing across soon. #IndigoPoets #Poetry
@wavelace.bsky.social
@wavelace.bsky.social
Exciting opportunity here for #kidlit artists and illustrators ! @littlethoughtspress.com 🌞 🌸 😁
Have heard from several #kidlit writers that they’re excited about the theme for our 10th issue, but it only works if we receive enough artwork submissions to make the issue happen!
Know a kid artist, kidlit illustrator, or want to send your artwork? Please share!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
Know a kid artist, kidlit illustrator, or want to send your artwork? Please share!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
THEME | Little Thoughts
www.littlethoughtspress.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Exciting opportunity here for #kidlit artists and illustrators ! @littlethoughtspress.com 🌞 🌸 😁
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Christmas and Winter Poems Part 1 childrenspoetrysummit.com/2024/12/19/c...
Christmas and Winter Poems Part 1
Every year wonderful children’s poets send us beautiful Christmas and winter poems for the last two weeks before the holiday. This year the first poem we are honoured to be able to share is t…
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December 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Christmas and Winter Poems Part 1 childrenspoetrysummit.com/2024/12/19/c...
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Continuing our Books of the Year 2024 series is a recommendation from Victoria Gatehouse who has selected A Woman Travelling by L. B. Jørgensen published by Paekakariki Press
December 24, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Continuing our Books of the Year 2024 series is a recommendation from Victoria Gatehouse who has selected A Woman Travelling by L. B. Jørgensen published by Paekakariki Press