We’re delighted to announce the thirty poets who make up our 2022 longlist for the Women Poets’ Prize
On entering poetry competitions: Tips from a sifter reader by Julia Webb
As a freelancer and believer in the power of the written word I have many hats – some I wear …
Women Poets’ Prize 2022 launches with a new festival in partnership with the National Centre for Writing
Writers and artists including Helen Mort, Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Sophie Herxheimer lead programme of workshops and performances, with the …
A dream cut out of the air by Joelle Taylor
There is no way to succeed in poetry. There is no way to fail. There is only poetry. Everything else …
Be where the people are by Jemilea Wisdom-Baako
I step into boardrooms unsure of myself, the lanyard around my neck has a cute photo I took at the …
On reading writers I don’t know and whose names I can’t pronounce by Shazea Quraishi
As I write this, my view is of our tiny back garden where through the open window I can hear …
How to find your community when you don’t know anyone by Christy Ku
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Yet another guest speaker at our school gives this ‘advice’ to …
Page and Stage and the Spaces Between by Harry Josephine Giles
A poem doesn’t exist, for me, until I’ve felt it in my mouth. They often begin with a catch of …
Academia / Odyssey / Lyric Essay by Jane Burn
Courage is multiplex. Part of courage is admitting what you do / do not know; courage is vulnerability before that …
Poems on Pennine Peaks – a fundraising journey with Richard Skinner
In early June of 2022, author Richard Skinner will walk the 268 miles of the Pennine Way from Edale, in …