erbacce (The name stems from the Italian for 'weed' and rhymes with 'apache') is a radical poetry journal which seeks to publish unusual poets who may not get an airing from 'the establishment'. We are proudly independent and are in our third year; pop around and see us, we may 'discover' you.

Western Writers Centre, Galway, Ireland who host readings, courses and performances and also webspace for new poetry and prose submissions

Creators of this website. We publish plain-English and easy-use written, new media and DVD resources for education, business and health care. Please visit our site.

The Dead Good Poets Society is based in Liverpool and exists to promote poetry through performance and to encourage the development of new poets and audiences

Come and have some fun with Nat Clare & Paul Blackburn and all their pals. Enjoy some great songs, stories, poetry, video etc.

SPOKEN WORD ANTICS is an open mic without the mic. Venue REd Deer, Pitt St. Sheffield
For contact see website.

Oxford based Hammer and Tongues is the biggest promoter of Slam Poetry in the UK, making champions from everyday people, handing the power of judgement to the poets’ peers, creating a democratic cutting-edge spoken word culture, reaching out to communities, organising workshops in schools, universities and prisons, Hammer And Tongue creates “the best live poetry” events in The UK in venues that you wouldn’t expect to see poetry to a hip hop and world music backdrop.

Citizen 32 - Manchester's radical poetry magazine and promoter of performance poetry

George Wallace's website,
www.poetrybay.com, is the home of POETRYBAY an online poetry publication for the 21st century; Long Island Quarterly, a publication for poets with roots on Long Island; and other fine products of Birnham Wood Graphics

They are the probably the longest running and most famously known performance group in the North East. They have performed all over the UK and beyond, counting the Edinburgh fringe and the Prague festival as stages they’ve graced. Also, they represented the North East in the UK Slam championship in 2006, reaching the final stages.

Site dedicated to our late and much missed friend Hovis Presley

POETS ON FIRE is not about incinerating poets - much as we might secretly hope for some poets - but a place to find news and discussion about poetry 'in performance' across the UK.

Poetry Can sees its role as enabling and encouraging as many people as possible across communities to get involved in poetry activity, raising awareness and enjoyment of this powerful art form.

This site aims to provide you with all the information you need as you progress in your writing career from proof reading, critique right through to publication

The Spotlight Club is a live-writing venue in Lancaster, (UK) dedicated to bringing new and different writing, performers, readers and musicians to the stage

The home of Mucusart Publications, The Ugly Tree & Ballista magazines, purchasing information, latest releases & local poetry link listings

"A Little Poetry" is an ongoing electronic publication, updated as work is accepted so why not pop over and check us out

Apples & Snakes stretches the boundaries of poetry in education and performance.
We aim to give voice to challenging, diverse and dynamic poets whilst
encouraging the appreciation of poetry by all

Liverpool University Centre for Poetry and Science is a forum to facilitate discussion about the relationship between those two traditionally opposed subjects, poetry and science. The site provides new poetry, commentary, newly commissioned essays and interviews with leading poets and scientists.

We are Libertine Magazine, Liberating Language through Poetry and Lyrics. We are a brand new independant publication focusing solely on Poetry, Song Lyrics and the inspiration that music and literature have on these creative forms

The site is the home of The Poetry Practice, a freelance poetry consultancy run by Zeeba Ansari, offering a range of different services. The site also contains information about poetry groups, events and readings in Cornwall, and contains links to other poetry-related websites.

Aesthetica is the UK's cultural arts magazine that features contemporary writers, artists, musicians and filmmakers. It reports on what is happening in 'the arts' and publishes information and articles that stir the imagination around contemporary themes.

Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars organise the Over The Edge reading series (two of them) one monthly in Galway City Library; the other in Sheridan's Wine Bar, and work closely with the popular North Beach Nights poetry slam

Salt publishes award-winning poetry, fiction and literary criticism from around the world.
They publish 101 ways to make poems sell by Chris Hamilton-Emery

For all of poetry publisher Cinnamon Press' titles direct.

Envoi poetry journal celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2007, more on Envoi website where you can find out more about the magazine and subscribe. Subscribers to Envoi can also benefit from the new Cinnamon Press Envoi + Book Club subscription which offers three issues of the magazine (large format 92 pages) plus three brand new Cinnamon Press poetry titles - one with each issue from a choice of four or five with every issue of Envoi - all for £29 a year including p+p.

Come Strut Your Stuff is a monthly poetry and acoustic music at the Egg Café, Newington, Liverpool

Succour is a new journal of fiction and poetry, with regional editors in
London, Brighton, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin, and a distribution network
across the UK and Ireland. Succour seeks to uncover and publish work by the
best emerging talents from the UK and beyond - unpretentious, intelligent
work that engages with the great writers from the past whilst carving out
new routes for literature. Succour also publishes new work from special
guest writers, such as Barry Gifford, Martyn Waites and Matt Thorne.

Lune Fiction represents the finest in flash fiction, gaudy literature & blitz stories from Lancashire. Indeed, the mag's main purpose is to further
the cause of flash fiction, as the manacles of excess within conventional literature must be destroyed: Minimalists of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains of semantic overload! Each issue is a collection of blitz stories written by people who are from Lancaster (or not). The mag is nine to fourteen pages long, just enough to keep your brain highly entertained but not overloaded, and a new issue appears whenever there is enough decent material.

The Arvon Foundation
Whether you want to begin writing, or find more time and space for it in your busy life, Arvon offers you wide skies and guiding words from published writers in four beautiful locations. We're here for you to explore the world in words. With 87 courses on offer, you can spend a week on everything from writing poetry, plays and novels to food writing, journalism and creative non-fiction. Click on the link to find out more.

Cartwheel is one of the leading participatory arts groups in the North West. Based in Heywood, we work throughout Rochdale borough and across the region. We use a wide range of artforms to create memorable, enjoyable, high quality projects. These involve people of all ages - and from diverse backgrounds - in making exciting, innovative work, helping to build stronger, safer, healthier communities.

The Cambridge Arms is Write Out Loud's home base in Bordeaux, France. So If you are ever in Bordeaux then pop into this very welcoming pub and say hello to Paul Turpin.

Whether you're a published author, an author wanting to be published, or simply enjoy reading and writing, this is the site for you.

Horizon Review is a new online literary magazine from Salt Publishing, edited by Jane Holland. Submissions welcome.

Manchester's foremost literature night

A magazine that covers art, poetry, photography, fiction, charity shop reviews, travelogues. All submissions welcomed. Published quarterly

A site dedicated to writing about cricket - contributions about cricket are invited