Beth Davies is the Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-26. Her debut poetry pamphlet, The Pretence of Understanding, was published by The Poetry Business in 2023, after winning the 2022 New Poets Prize. She won second place in the 2021 Dead Cat Poetry Prize and in the 2022 Magdalena Young Poets’ Prize. Her poetry has been published in journals such as Poetry Wales, Atrium, and Ink Sweat & Tears, as well as in anthologies such as Candlestick Press’ Ten Poems about Flowers and Valley Press’ Verse Matters. She is a member of Hive Poetry Collective and The Writing Squad. More information about her work can be found at bethdaviespoet.com