People, it's time to vote! Make sure you take part in the closing stage of Write Out Loud's poetry competition to aid the NHS
There are just a few days left to vote for the People’s Choice award in Write Out Loud’s Beyond the Storm poetry competition in aid of NHS Charities Together’s Covid-19 urgent appeal. Make sure you don't miss out! Six poems have been picked out by our award-winning judge Andrew McMillan from the 2,381 entries we received. The top six poets, in alphabetical order, are: Deborah Ballantyne (‘Newly Qualified’); Ruth Beddow (‘Dung...
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News and Opinion
Congratulations to the six shortlisted poets who will be appearing in the Write Out Loud Beyond the Storm competition anthology. They are, in alphabet...
30th Jul 2020 3:43 pm
Emerging actors Noah Olaoye, Rhiannon Clements, and Jacob Butler are studying at or graduates from ALRA North drama school in Wigan. Write Out Loud is...
21st Jul 2020 11:08 am
Write Out Loud is grateful for the support of BBC Casualty producer Dafydd Llewellyn and actors Gabriella Leon, Kirsty Mitchell and Olivia D'Lima, all...
21st Jul 2020 6:55 pm
You can now pre-order a copy of Write Out Loud's Beyond the Storm competition anthology of 100 poems about the pandemic and beyond. It will be a recor...
28th Jul 2020 12:38 pm
The troubled National Poetry Library at London’s Southbank Centre is not due to reopen until at least April 2021, according to a protest letter from s...
2nd Aug 2020 12:00 am
The award-winning poet John Burnside has told about his time being close to death on a Covid-19 ward, having hallucinations about bats, and the joy of...
3rd Aug 2020 5:06 pm
During the coronavirus shutdown Write Out Loud is looking back at some wonderful live poetry moments over the last few years … and re-running some of ...
3rd Aug 2020 2:43 pm
The force of nature that is poet and writer Jackie Hagan performed her show Some People Have Too Many Legs at Manchester’s Contact theatre to an adori...
30th Jul 2020 8:45 am
A university has paid tribute to a former creative writing MA student and innovative poet who died at the age of 29 last year, by inaugurating an awar...
28th Jul 2020 4:15 pm
Seven poets have won this year’s Bread and Roses poetry awards, organised by arts website Culture Matters. The seven are: Jane Burn (‘Handbook for 202...
31st Jul 2020 12:00 am
Twelve per cent of the population have migraines, and that’s about 500,000 of you, based upon our current readership in print and online. I hope none ...
3rd Aug 2020 12:00 am
Jonathan Humble lives in Cumbria, and is an observant cheerleader for the natural world. This meticulously crafted collection is suffused with a love ...
31st Jul 2020 7:06 pm
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