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The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition is a short collection competition run annually by The Poetry Business
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The North Magazine
The North is a literary magazine published twice a year. Essential reading for anyone who loves contemporary poetry.
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Our digital writer development programme, featuring virtual workshops, Digital Poets-in-Residence, audio and blog content, eBooks and writing exercises.
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Content Warning: this essay makes references to sexual violence and abuse. At my first Barbican Young Poets session fifteen years
Digital Residencies with The Writing Squad
We’re delighted to be partnering with The Writing Squad once again for our upcoming digital residency programme. A group of
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next DoorBy Helen Mort First, she came to borrow sugar. Sunday afternoonsshe’d cadge a pint of milk, sometimes
The alternative life of Byron Wordsworth
I’d spent a morning trying to pull my second-year notes on the Romantic poets into order: a largely pointless pursuit.
Competitions
Including The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition, a short collection competition run annually by The Poetry Business, and The New Poets Prize for writers between the ages of 17 and 24.
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Digital Workshops
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