Hetty Cliss
@hettycliss.bsky.social
(In)Habit 🏡 out now with fourteen poems: https://www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/inhabit-by-hetty-cliss
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Also featuring poems by: Shannan Mann @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social | David McLoghlin | Rafael Mendes | Emma Must | @nessao.bsky.social | Kerri Sonnenberg | @bredaspaight.bsky.social | Anna Szilagyi | David Tom's | Jemma Walsh | Stella Wong
Launch details soon ✨️
Launch details soon ✨️
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Also featuring poems by: Shannan Mann @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social | David McLoghlin | Rafael Mendes | Emma Must | @nessao.bsky.social | Kerri Sonnenberg | @bredaspaight.bsky.social | Anna Szilagyi | David Tom's | Jemma Walsh | Stella Wong
Launch details soon ✨️
Launch details soon ✨️
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Introducing Banshee 20 poets! We're delighted to be featuring work by
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
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Issue 20 | Autumn/Winter 2025 — Banshee Press
Guest edited by Clara Kumagai 154 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-18-3 Cover art by Erin Connally
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Introducing Banshee 20 poets! We're delighted to be featuring work by
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
@colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)
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I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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Extract from 'Thingamajiggied' by @hettycliss.bsky.social , published in Issue Seven. Read the full poem here: andotherpoems.com/2025/08/04/t...
August 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Extract from 'Thingamajiggied' by @hettycliss.bsky.social , published in Issue Seven. Read the full poem here: andotherpoems.com/2025/08/04/t...
My poem ‘Thingamajiggied’ is out now in @andotherpoems.bsky.social It’s one that means a lot to me. Through it I was able to articulate big thoughts and emotions, the experience of loving and losing someone with dementia, that felt beyond language.
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Thingamajiggied
Hetty Cliss When my grandmother dignified, I couldn’t spook italoud. Not even when a colleague asked three timesif I was ostr…
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August 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My poem ‘Thingamajiggied’ is out now in @andotherpoems.bsky.social It’s one that means a lot to me. Through it I was able to articulate big thoughts and emotions, the experience of loving and losing someone with dementia, that felt beyond language.
andotherpoems.com/2025/08/04/t...
andotherpoems.com/2025/08/04/t...
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Issue Seven is now live! We are so excited to share this brilliant issue with you all. Thank you to all the poets who submitted. Read the full issue here: andotherpoems.com/issue-seven/ #poetry #poems
August 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Issue Seven is now live! We are so excited to share this brilliant issue with you all. Thank you to all the poets who submitted. Read the full issue here: andotherpoems.com/issue-seven/ #poetry #poems
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New poem in www.aftershockreview.com edited by @maxwallis.bsky.social 💜
May 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New poem in www.aftershockreview.com edited by @maxwallis.bsky.social 💜
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Beyond hyped for this one, the first in our summer event series! Join us for an incredible pride poetry night with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social, Richard Scott, Sophie Robinson and Roberto Salvador Cenciarelli ❤️
www.outsavvy.com/event/27015/...
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April 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Beyond hyped for this one, the first in our summer event series! Join us for an incredible pride poetry night with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social, Richard Scott, Sophie Robinson and Roberto Salvador Cenciarelli ❤️
www.outsavvy.com/event/27015/...
www.outsavvy.com/event/27015/...
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🟢 NEW PAMPHLET 🟢
Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees
Pre-order now / All proceeds to author
www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia
In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact
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Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees
Pre-order now / All proceeds to author
www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia
In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact
(1/3)
April 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🟢 NEW PAMPHLET 🟢
Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees
Pre-order now / All proceeds to author
www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia
In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact
(1/3)
Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees
Pre-order now / All proceeds to author
www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia
In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact
(1/3)
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
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More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
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More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
📷 Luizph/Pexels
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
📷 Luizph/Pexels
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
The cover for my debut poetry pamphlet just dropped!! 🏡 You can order (In)Habit in all its red and pink beauty here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/inhabit...
March 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The cover for my debut poetry pamphlet just dropped!! 🏡 You can order (In)Habit in all its red and pink beauty here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/inhabit...
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What’s more exciting to me as an editor than under 30 debut lists? A poet who returns with something exquisite after a decade of silence. Books that take years to discover their shape, not more-of-the-same sequels to best sellers. Poets who reinvent themselves because life has reinvented them.
March 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
What’s more exciting to me as an editor than under 30 debut lists? A poet who returns with something exquisite after a decade of silence. Books that take years to discover their shape, not more-of-the-same sequels to best sellers. Poets who reinvent themselves because life has reinvented them.
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I’m losing the will to post on all these social media accts but this is an important one. @queer-poetry-co.bsky.social are hosting our first ever FLINTA* open mic fundraising for @thecommonpress.bsky.social on 26 Feb. I am beyond excited for this one 🥹
www.outsavvy.com/event/24804/...
www.outsavvy.com/event/24804/...
FLINTA* Poetry Night @ Goldie Saloon Tickets - London - OutSavvy
We're BACK for a night of queer poetry and community. Join us for our first FLINTA* Poetry Night at Goldie Saloon on 26 February 2025 @ 19:30 withticket proceeds donated to The Common Press' fundrais...
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February 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I’m losing the will to post on all these social media accts but this is an important one. @queer-poetry-co.bsky.social are hosting our first ever FLINTA* open mic fundraising for @thecommonpress.bsky.social on 26 Feb. I am beyond excited for this one 🥹
www.outsavvy.com/event/24804/...
www.outsavvy.com/event/24804/...
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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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Since we’re new to BlueSky and so many of you are too, we’ve decided to extend our submissions window to 10th December. 10 more days to send your queer crip erotic poetry!
Info here and below 👇🏼
effable.uk
#PoetsOnBlueSky #poetry #disabled #queer #neurodivergent
Info here and below 👇🏼
effable.uk
#PoetsOnBlueSky #poetry #disabled #queer #neurodivergent
November 21, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Since we’re new to BlueSky and so many of you are too, we’ve decided to extend our submissions window to 10th December. 10 more days to send your queer crip erotic poetry!
Info here and below 👇🏼
effable.uk
#PoetsOnBlueSky #poetry #disabled #queer #neurodivergent
Info here and below 👇🏼
effable.uk
#PoetsOnBlueSky #poetry #disabled #queer #neurodivergent
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god i love books. yes, reading them. but sometimes, just holding them. and i wish they could hold me. and then i see (again) that they do.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
god i love books. yes, reading them. but sometimes, just holding them. and i wish they could hold me. and then i see (again) that they do.
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Sharing my own new poem from the Invisible Strings anthology. 🫶🏼✨
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Sharing my own new poem from the Invisible Strings anthology. 🫶🏼✨
“let me map you to oasis. / let me show you where / the weapons are.”
From Danez Smith’s ‘Bluff’
From Danez Smith’s ‘Bluff’
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
“let me map you to oasis. / let me show you where / the weapons are.”
From Danez Smith’s ‘Bluff’
From Danez Smith’s ‘Bluff’
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If I listened to the critics I’d never write a word. Keep the vision for yourself, never mind what they want. Trust your instinct. Your gut. There is no other way to write. Follow your excitements. Perhaps no one has charted this route? Lead the fashion, don’t follow fashion.
November 29, 2024 at 2:47 PM
If I listened to the critics I’d never write a word. Keep the vision for yourself, never mind what they want. Trust your instinct. Your gut. There is no other way to write. Follow your excitements. Perhaps no one has charted this route? Lead the fashion, don’t follow fashion.
Wrote a new poem yesterday. Every time this happens after a fallow period and I’m reimmersed in the mysterious attention poems call on, I feel present, contented and excited all at once. I love it. 💫
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Wrote a new poem yesterday. Every time this happens after a fallow period and I’m reimmersed in the mysterious attention poems call on, I feel present, contented and excited all at once. I love it. 💫
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The wonderful @propelmagazine.bsky.social has now joined Bluesky.
An online and physical poetry magazine launched in 2022 that features poetry from the U.K. and Ireland exclusively from poets who are yet to publish a full collection.
An online and physical poetry magazine launched in 2022 that features poetry from the U.K. and Ireland exclusively from poets who are yet to publish a full collection.
November 28, 2024 at 9:37 AM
The wonderful @propelmagazine.bsky.social has now joined Bluesky.
An online and physical poetry magazine launched in 2022 that features poetry from the U.K. and Ireland exclusively from poets who are yet to publish a full collection.
An online and physical poetry magazine launched in 2022 that features poetry from the U.K. and Ireland exclusively from poets who are yet to publish a full collection.
“It’s not the bad people who are brave / I fear, it’s the good people who are afraid.”
Revisiting Terrance Hayes’ American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.
Revisiting Terrance Hayes’ American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.
November 26, 2024 at 12:04 PM
“It’s not the bad people who are brave / I fear, it’s the good people who are afraid.”
Revisiting Terrance Hayes’ American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.
Revisiting Terrance Hayes’ American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.