Winners announced for the 2022 Women Poets’ Prize

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Poets Prerana Kumar, Dillon Jaxx and Jennifer Lee Tsai have been announced as the winners of the 2022 Women Poets’ Prize at the inaugural one-day Women Poets’ Festival at the National Centre for Writing, Norwich. The biennial prize, founded by the Rebecca Swift Foundation and supported by FMcM, is awarded to three women writers who each receive a holistic package …

Women Poets’ Prize judges 2022

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Three photos of women - an older white woman with short grey hair (Penelope Shuttle); a white woman in scarlet lipstick (Abigail Palmer) and a young British Asian woman with long black hair (Nikita Gill)

As our biennial Prize prepares to open its doors to submissions, we’re delighted to introduce you to our three judges – Penelope Shuttle, Nikita Gill, and Abi Palmer. We asked them what they are looking for when they read new poetry… Penelope Shuttle I’d like to read poems that have taken language out of its comfort zone. I welcome both …