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Yes, yes, nonet! Welcome to our seasonal poetry adventure!

As we come to the end of another desperate and dismal year on our beautiful planet, we at Write Out Loud, like many, have concluded that we need poetry more than ever. Poetry can't change the world - but it can give vent to feelings, share concerns, and maybe provide a salve. To inject a bit of fun, thought and reflection into the final dark and gloomy days of the year we have decided to put up one Instagram post a day, starti...

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News and Opinion

A debutant poet at a Write Out Loud Zoom night delighted his fellow poets with a fully-fledged sonnet … about poetry on Zoom. Jamie Thompson, pictured...

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“Just write, write, write, into the void. You have your unique way of telling that story. Your way of telling that story is important.”  … “I’m a slow...

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A new poetry anthology has been praised in the editorial columns of a national newspaper. Earth Prayers, edited by the former poet laureate Carol Ann ...

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Did you know that the Write Out Loud website started out as just a gig guide, emailed to poets in Bolton and the surrounding area back in 2004? In the...

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‘The Hottentot Venus’ was Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa who was displayed at freak shows around 19th century Europe. It’s not ‘wo...

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Kit Fan will be judging the £1,000 Kent & Sussex Poetry Society open poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January 2025. More details  

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Helen Mort will be judging the 2025 Rialto Nature and Place poetry competition. First prize is £1,000, and the deadline is 1 April 2025. More details

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The £1,000 Keats-Shelley prizes for essays and poems have opened for entries. The theme for this year’s prizes is ‘Exile’, to mark the bicentenary of ...

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Wendy Pratt will be judging the £300 Shepton Mallet Snowdrop festival poetry competition. The theme is 'Treasures of nature'. The deadline is 6 Januar...

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Roger McGough will be judging the £250 Arts Richmond poetry prize. The theme is 'Changes'. The deadline is 17 January 2025. More details  

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These are poems that you have to take time to, make time to read. I began by leafing through this Bloodaxe anthology – subtitled “Nourishing Poems of ...

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