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can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines De...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
If you're feeling Woolfish
To mark 100 years of #MrsDalloway, Fiona Shaw explores Three Transformations of Virginia #Woolf 9am Tues @BBCRadio4 with Michael Cunningham, Mark Haddon @naomialderman.bsky.social Sally Potter & Alexandra Harris. Readings by Gwendoline Christie. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, Inner Lives
Fiona Shaw celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you're feeling Woolfish
A huge thank you to Dust: a safe space for anxious dogs...
“The people at the table opposite have brought along their greyhound, which is standing at their knees looking worried.”
Today’s poem is Letter to my thirty-year-old self by Rachel Curzon.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/letter-...
Today’s poem is Letter to my thirty-year-old self by Rachel Curzon.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/letter-...
Letter to my thirty-year-old self by Rachel Curzon
Letter to my thirty-year-old self The people at the table opposite have brought along their greyhound, which is standing at their knees looking worried. Perhaps greyhounds always look worried; perh...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A huge thank you to Dust: a safe space for anxious dogs...
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It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚
June 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚
Really enjoyed reading this poem and discussion.
Sharing a #blog post by @julwe1.bsky.social discussing a stunning poem from Grey Time, its origin and development.
'The Hare' explores grief, journeys, animals and flourishing nature in the visceral, immersive way that Julia writes so beautifully.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
'The Hare' explores grief, journeys, animals and flourishing nature in the visceral, immersive way that Julia writes so beautifully.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
In Conversation - Julia Webb
On writing 'The Hare' Julia Webb's latest poetry collection Grey Time , explores loss and grief through elegy, love-song and lament. Her fo...
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May 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Really enjoyed reading this poem and discussion.
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There already isn't enough support for many children in schools. There desperately needs to be a shift from the idea of "diagnosis led support" to "needs led support". Further reducing support will leave many more struggling. 1/
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support
Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There already isn't enough support for many children in schools. There desperately needs to be a shift from the idea of "diagnosis led support" to "needs led support". Further reducing support will leave many more struggling. 1/
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
I've got three big deadlines coming up in the next fortnight. What better time to begin a 3D papercraft raven?
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I've got three big deadlines coming up in the next fortnight. What better time to begin a 3D papercraft raven?
OH THIS POEM
Lovely to have a poem inspired by Andy Goldsworthy in the latest issue of The Interpreter’s House! ❤️
#poetsonbluesky #poetry
#poetsonbluesky #poetry
Board 83 — The Interpreter's House
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May 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
OH THIS POEM
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Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Dark Poets Club competition, out of over 2000 submissions! 'Observance' was first published by Black Bough Poetry, because oh, I do love me a M🌕🌕N poem. Many thanks to the judges for this lovely boost. 😊
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
May 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Dark Poets Club competition, out of over 2000 submissions! 'Observance' was first published by Black Bough Poetry, because oh, I do love me a M🌕🌕N poem. Many thanks to the judges for this lovely boost. 😊
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
Metro, boulot, dodo
May 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Metro, boulot, dodo
Printing off PDFs; calling it work.
May 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Printing off PDFs; calling it work.
Always find I'm in a perfect state of mental readiness for creative work at the precise time I need to leave for the school run.
May 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Always find I'm in a perfect state of mental readiness for creative work at the precise time I need to leave for the school run.
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Eton Mess' by Laurie Bolger @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
Poem Of The Week: <i>Eton Mess</i> By Laurie Bolger
Eton Mess
she added whipped cream
took the knife without fuss
smashed the blade through
and watched the meringue
crack like every bad man
she was ever taught to love.
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Eton Mess' by Laurie Bolger @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
Seems there's a lot of you reading outside today. Every year I aspire to enjoying it, and every year I cannot. The glare! The flapping pages! The uncomfortable seating arrangements! WHAT IS THE SECRET PLEASE.
if.you
May 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Seems there's a lot of you reading outside today. Every year I aspire to enjoying it, and every year I cannot. The glare! The flapping pages! The uncomfortable seating arrangements! WHAT IS THE SECRET PLEASE.
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I'm leading this five-workshop outdoor creative writing course this summer in Yorkshire, first session on Saturday 17th May. If you can't make the whole course, it is possible to book on individual workshops. More details and booking here. www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-pasto...
April 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I'm leading this five-workshop outdoor creative writing course this summer in Yorkshire, first session on Saturday 17th May. If you can't make the whole course, it is possible to book on individual workshops. More details and booking here. www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-pasto...
Liked the wit of this one. I found it in The Forward Book of Poetry (1994), but it's from Moving the Stereo.
April 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Liked the wit of this one. I found it in The Forward Book of Poetry (1994), but it's from Moving the Stereo.
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🧵 Lovely poetry folks: it's time for me to step gingerly onto the merry-go-round of self promotion and announce that my debut pamphlet Soi-même is available now for pre-order from the wonderful @salopress.bsky.social
Thank you so much to Salo for taking this on ❤️❤️
salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
Thank you so much to Salo for taking this on ❤️❤️
salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
PRE-ORDER Soi-même - Victoria Spires
Soi-même delves into the ‘mechanics of failure’ inbuilt into every situation where desire ebbs and flows, and as subject and object trade places. It seeks to pose questions without answers, about how ...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🧵 Lovely poetry folks: it's time for me to step gingerly onto the merry-go-round of self promotion and announce that my debut pamphlet Soi-même is available now for pre-order from the wonderful @salopress.bsky.social
Thank you so much to Salo for taking this on ❤️❤️
salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
Thank you so much to Salo for taking this on ❤️❤️
salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
Looking forward to getting stuck into this. Huge thanks for giving me a space to fangirl about Charlotte Brontë...
Issue 6? 😱💪🏻😱🤩💃😯🤪🙌🏻🫨😤🏆🐷💚
Yep, it's live! Get a load of it riiiiiiight about here ⬇️👇🏻⬇️👇🏻
www.themerseyreview.com/issues/6
Yep, it's live! Get a load of it riiiiiiight about here ⬇️👇🏻⬇️👇🏻
www.themerseyreview.com/issues/6
The Mersey Review 6 — The Mersey Review
The Mersey Review 6 (Spring 2025)
www.themerseyreview.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this. Huge thanks for giving me a space to fangirl about Charlotte Brontë...
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Writers, please help me spread the word about my 30/30/£30 Marjorie’s Table in April: 30 half-hour workshops for £30, live 7:30am weekdays (with recordings posted by 9am) & by email on weekends. Workshop = a warm up, a read of poems, craft notes + 3 prompts.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-...
Marjorie's Table 30/30 in April for NaPoWriMo
Marjorie's Table 30/30/30 returns in April for NaPoWriMo - weekday live workshops 7:30-8am (+recordings) and by email on weekends
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Writers, please help me spread the word about my 30/30/£30 Marjorie’s Table in April: 30 half-hour workshops for £30, live 7:30am weekdays (with recordings posted by 9am) & by email on weekends. Workshop = a warm up, a read of poems, craft notes + 3 prompts.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-...
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Job here for a Creative Writer to respond to Everything is Connected, an exhibition of artworks belonging to the Methodist Modern Art Collection during Bradford 2025 City of Culture. Deadline 31/3
Details in link.
Please share :)
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Details in link.
Please share :)
online.updf.com/pdf/share?sh...
March 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Job here for a Creative Writer to respond to Everything is Connected, an exhibition of artworks belonging to the Methodist Modern Art Collection during Bradford 2025 City of Culture. Deadline 31/3
Details in link.
Please share :)
online.updf.com/pdf/share?sh...
Details in link.
Please share :)
online.updf.com/pdf/share?sh...
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New issue of The Marrow is out (don’t think they’re on here). Excellent pieces from poetry friends @rcurzon.bsky.social, @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social and @janezwart.bsky.social
Issue Three Contents — The Marrow International Poetry
www.themarrowpoetry.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
New issue of The Marrow is out (don’t think they’re on here). Excellent pieces from poetry friends @rcurzon.bsky.social, @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social and @janezwart.bsky.social
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RISE UP! With Antony Dunn, Lisa Coates and Nathan Walker 🎉 26/02, nowhere better to be on a Wednesday in February (or any other Wednesday)
February 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
RISE UP! With Antony Dunn, Lisa Coates and Nathan Walker 🎉 26/02, nowhere better to be on a Wednesday in February (or any other Wednesday)
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The 4th instalment of my project documenting everything I buy on the reduced counter for a year. This week, a philosophical paradox.
January 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The 4th instalment of my project documenting everything I buy on the reduced counter for a year. This week, a philosophical paradox.
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Sharing details of a 2025 scholarship specific to the MA in Creative Writing! This is one of several (!!!!!) currently available for postgraduate applicants. If you would like to chat to me about the poetry pathways, please get in touch! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
The Koppinen Family Scholarship 2025
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sharing details of a 2025 scholarship specific to the MA in Creative Writing! This is one of several (!!!!!) currently available for postgraduate applicants. If you would like to chat to me about the poetry pathways, please get in touch! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
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I'm celebrating my 50th article since March if anyone would like to read it :-)
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burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The University of the Self #50
Muse as Love
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January 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm celebrating my 50th article since March if anyone would like to read it :-)
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...
burnj.substack.com/p/the-univer...