Caleb Leow: Winner of the New Poets Prize 2023
The Hoarders resounds with a subtle and unsettling music which creates its own complex, multilingual logic, even as Leow brings ...
New Poets
Freya Bantiff: Winner of the New Poets Prize 2023
Nothing is truly ordinary in this extraordinary pamphlet, where owls are ‘light as an eyelash blown for luck’ … These ...
Luke Worthy
From a jellyfish like a ‘tumour of salt and sand’ to a meditation on Putin’s penis and toxic masculinity – ...
Imogen Wade
We are delighted to showcase four poems from Imogen’s pamphlet Fire Safety which was runner up in the 2023 New ...
Elizabeth Gibson: My February Diary
As part of my residency, I wanted to set myself a challenge that would span the month of February, and ...
February Digital Poet-in-Residence: Elizabeth Gibson
As part of our ‘Apart Together’ digital project, The Poetry Business has partnered up with The Writing Squad to host ...
Diagnosing the Dead: A Collage Poem
For my final post, I wanted to revisit the last 12 months of The Writing Squad’s residencies with The Poetry ...
Writing Prompt
Last year, I kept a poetics diary which I scribbled in every time I researched, wrote or edited any piece of work......
Open Your Mouth
When I first realised my writing had adopted a new taste, I was visiting my mother in her new home......
January Digital Poet-in-Residence: Jasmine Gray
Jasmine Gray is our Digital Poet-In-Residence for January....
2022 New Poets Prize: Karl Knights’ Advice for First Time Entrants
With less than two months until the 2022 New Poets Prize deadline, you may be starting to get serious with ...