@mcrwritingschl MA; @ninearchespress Dynamo poet; winner @derbypoetryfes 2023 & @River_Heron Prize 2025; shortlist @Oxfordpoetry, @CreativeF_uture & @WritingEM
Derby, United Kingdom
Joined January 2021
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Amazingly I won a PLATINUM poetry prize in this ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️🎉🎉🎉🎉
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2026 Writers' Award competition 🎉
Congratulations to all 15 winners. We are delighted to have discovered these new and exciting voices as they embark on their writing journeys:
creativefuture.org.uk/news/2…
Have to show some appreciation for the beautiful presentation of these poetry pamphlets by @betweenstation1 , gorgeously packaged, too, by @LongbarrowPress. Lush, absolutely lush …
Who is Alice retweeted
For two years of lockdowns, my partner and I walked Sheffield's Rivelin Valley at dawn.
Moss. Herons. Froglets. Treecreepers.
Those walks became three poetry pamphlets and a way of paying attention again.
longbarrowblog.wordpress.com…
Beautiful covers ❤️❤️⬇️
Cover reveal - or, rather, three cover reveals - ahead of the publication of 'Have You Always Been Here?', a series of three new pamphlets by Matthew Clegg. You can pre-order 'Have You Always Been Here?' - and read a poem from the first pamphlet - here: longbarrowpress.com/featured…
Well done to my @McrWritingSchl mate, Carson Wolfe, who has made it to the hall of fame
Highly recommend reading her poem on the @PoetryFound website:
poetryfoundation.org/poets/c…
A poem about time I spent living in Ireland has made it out into the world thanks to @River_Heron .
I spent a difficult year in a remote farmhouse on the Atlantic coast.
Got to also shout out to @pascalepoet in whose workshop this poem was born
riverheronreview.com/issue-8…
Whoop whoop! Absolutely stunned to win first prize in the @River_Heron poetry competition!
Thank you so much for choosing my work!
I wrote a poem about lawnmowers - and @SeafordReview kindly published it in their fantastic literary publication.
Massive thanks to the editing team for choosing my work.
bit.ly/4feaib5
Got a poem in the latest issue of @ShooterLitMag . As a working class woman who came to writing in her mid-50s & who largely writes about s*x in some way - seeing my writing in the lofty halls of a literary magazine feels like a major achievement:)
Link in bio …
Who is Alice retweeted
free submission open throughout june
retweet for eternal happiness, love & peace on earth
anthropocenepoetry.org/submi…
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Look who's on the 2024 Poetry Prize list @DerbyPoetryFest!
Me & @NomadicAlison & @LaurieSansom.
My first time on a shortlist....
Who is Alice retweeted
Sunday 4th May, 6pm
@peggysskylight
✨@LukeKennard
✨Cara Thompson
✨@berkavitch
✨@amyacrepoet
✨Robbert van Dongen
✨Bridie Squires
peggysskylight.co.uk/events/…
Who is Alice retweeted
Congrats Alice and to this amazing cohort of poets 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥
Sooo excited to be able to share this!
What an honour and a privilege to be a @NineArchesPress Dynamo poet!
If you haven’t done so already, go support @badbettypress!
Put simply, @badbettypress make the poetry world a better place!
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT SO FAR!
We are nearly 40% of the way. All your donations, shares, kind words and messages have been a beacon of light in what has been a difficult time for us.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bad-bett…
Gooooo @badbettypress 👏👏👏👏
Congratulations to our Small Press of the Year Finalists - Midlands: @OtterBarryBooks, @badbettypress, @TheEmmaPress, @SweetCherryPub and @HensonEditorial!🤩
See the full list of finalists 👉buff.ly/3Qnri2P #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
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Sooo excited to be able to share this!
What an honour and a privilege to be a @NineArchesPress Dynamo poet!
Welcome and congratulations to our new Dynamo poets: Obii Ifejika, Julie Irigaray, Louise McStravick, Catherine Redford, Bethany Rivers and Alison Tanik.
Find out more about these writers and the Dynamo #poet scheme at our #blog
ninearchespress.blogspot.com…
TWO of my poems made it to the @Mslexia single poem long list this year … & one was about a lawnmower 🤷🏻♀️
Congratulations to other long and shortlistees as well as the winners!
I cannot imagine a Midlands poetry scene without @badbettypress - they’ve changed aspirations & expectations outside of London, their workshops have allowed me to produce not only some of my best work but to face fears, and they’ve grown community.
Support if you can …
