Julian Bishop’s poem Lobster has been announced as runner-up for The Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry, judged by Mimi Khalvati and Alys Fowler.
Formerly known as the Resurgence Prize, The Gingko Prize is a major international award for poems embracing ecological themes.
He has won a ten-day residency at Cill Rialaig Arts Centre in western Ireland.
Congratulations Julian!
Hour of Writes is a project dedicated to making sure a moment of inspiration becomes a piece of writing. Members are given a short prompt each week, to which they have an hour to respond in any manner or form they want. The following weekend, each entrant is given the work of three others to mark, and a judge selects the winners.
For last weeks theme, Attack and Receive, Jack Cooper selected a winner and two runners-up. You can read his Editorial and the relevant entries on Hour of Writes, as a registered member or guest.
You can find Jack on Twitter: @JackCooper666
Julian has been published by The Writers’ Cafe Magazine, for their 11th Issue “Into the Trees”.
You can read Sonnet Ash, and many other poems, here.
Congratulations Julian!
Jack Cooper’s poem Mappa Mundi, Hereford Cathedral has been selected by judge Mario Petrucci for the Segora Poetry Competition 2018 shortlist.
To note, Jack does not live in Labafut Riviere, France. He only wishes Segora’s administrative error could be true!
Jenny has had four of her poems published in the latest issue of BlazeVOX18, the online journal featuring poetry, fiction, text art, visual poetry, and creative non-fiction from authors around the world.
You can read Jenny’s poems here.
Congratulations from the rest of the Highgate Poets!
Valentina’s poem With the First Cockerel has been selected to be published in The Fabler magazine – a literary outlet founded by an expatriate living in Moscow.
The poem is part of the Flashbacks collection about her childhood memories, and hence features Russian cultural references. Childhood is one of the closest and dearest themes to the poet, upon which she embarked after reading Seamus Heaney.
Congratulations Valentina!
Norbert’s latest collection has been published by Holland Park Press. The collection is titled Stone. Bread. Salt. and you can purchase it on the Holland Park Press website.
‘As I approach my ninth decade of life I am aware of the need to share with my descendants the wisdom, texts and lessons handed down by our ancestors of all religions. The poems in this collection reflect this aim and necessity.’
Congratulations Norbert!
The Seven Voices project asks seven creatives based in Oxford to respond to a weekly prompt. Each week you can expect to read poetry and prose, listen to striking soundscapes, and watch experimental video art.
Jack will be writing poetry and prose for the duration of the project, which you can follow at sevenvoices.weebly.com. Hover over the Seven Voices menu button, and select TT18 to view the current cohort’s work.