Member Jonathan Totman has jointly won the 2018 IOTA SHOT Pamphlet Award. His debut pamphlet, Explosives Licence, will be published by Templar Poetry in the coming months, with a launch on June 3rd at Keats House in Hampstead. The title poem will also appear in the anthology Best New British and Irish Poets 2018 (Eyewear Publishing). Jonathan is giving a reading at Needlewriters in Lewes, East Sussex, next month.
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Paul Stephenson Wins Paper Swans Press Pamphlet Competition
Paul Stephenson has won the Paper Swans Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition with ‘Selfie with Waterlilies’. The competition was judged by Jill Munro and you can read her report on the Paper Swans Press website
. We are looking forward to reading the published pamphlet!
Member Jonathan Totman’s entry, entitled ‘Explosives Licence’, was also highly commended in the competition.
Magazine publications for Highgate Poets
Highgate Poets have been enjoying some success placing poems in magazines this summer:
Member Frances Galleymore has two poems in the summer issue of Orbis (176): Sleepwalking and The Orangery.
Member Jonathan Totman’s poem Hellenic has been published in the latest issue of Envoi.
Anne Ballard’s poem SKI-ers will appear in the September issue of Acumen.
Annemarie Cooper’s poem Scarlet Rose will appear in the autumn issue of The Fenland Reed.
Congratulations all!
The Fenland Reed Issue 2 is Published
The Fenland Reed 
is a magazine for new writing co-edited by member Jonathan Totman together with fellow poet Mary Livingstone. The second issue features new poetry from member Norbert Hirschhorn, as well as former members Sarah Doyle and Paul Stephenson. Check out the website for more information and details of how to get your hands on a copy!
Jonathan Totman published in Brittle Star
Member Jonathan Totman’s poem “Explosives Licence” has been published in Brittle Star, issue 37. This latest issue marks the magazine’s 15th birthday.
The Fenland Reed launched
Cover photo by, and copyright of, Jo WilsonThe first issue of Jonathan Totman’s new poetry and prose magazine, The Fenland Reed, is published this month. It features work by two Highgate Poets, Sarah Doyle and Annemarie Cooper, as well as poems and stories by writers from Fenland and across the UK. You can read a sample of poems on the magazine’s website, where you can also order copies and subscribe. Submissions are now open for Issue 2 on the theme “Lost and Found” – see the website for details.
Jonathan Totman wins third prize in McLellan Poetry Competition
McLellan Arts Festival, Isle of Arran
Member Jonathan Totman’s poem Ghost has won third prize in the McLellan Poetry Competition, judged by Simon Armitage. The competition attracted over 1400 entries from all over the world. You can read Jonathan’s poem and the other prizewinning entries here.
Jonathan Totman published in Obsessed with Pipework
Member Jonathan Totman’s three-part sequence The Actor has been published in this month’s edition of the poetry magazine Obsessed with Pipework.
Jonathan Totman launches new literary magazine, The Fenland Reed
Member Jonathan Totman, recently appointed Fenland Poet Laureate, has launched a new literary magazine, The Fenland Reed. Visit the magazine’s website for more information and details of how to submit (you don’t have to live in Fenland in order to do so!). You can also read more about Jonathan’s vision for the magazine on his blog.
Jonathan Totman wins Fenland Poet Laureate Award
Member Jonathan Totman has won the Fenland Poet Laureate Award with his poem Wicken Fen. Jonathan, who now lives in Cambridgeshire, will spend a year promoting the local poetry scene and facilitating events across the region. You can read more about the award here and at Jonathan’s new website.