Can you believe the festival is this week? We sure can't!  Book your tickets so you don't miss out on this year's events! The festival takes place between the 2nd and 6th of October. Book tickets now! Link in Bio #derby #derbypoetryfestival #poetry #poetryworkshops

Just 2 days until our collab with brilliant Derby Poetry Festival 💖 Join us at the Old Bell Hotel for sensational poetry & performance from legends Jemima Foxtrot Joshua Idehen Georgina Wilding plus live band. Tickets: derbypoetryfestival.com/events/dpf-x-b…

Listen I have been hired as the official mascot of the festival for 2024. Come and say hello.

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Join the epic collaboration between Derby Poetry Festival & Bad Betty Press from 7pm at The Old Bell Hotel for Joshua Idehen Jemima Foxtrot Georgina Wilding with poems from the 2024 Associate #Poets Conor Perrott Simon Marshall & Flo Cornall

🎉 Celebrate #NationalPoetryDay and join us at Derby Poetry Festival this weekend! Could you be the 2024 Slam Champion at The Poetry Slam or enjoy John Tams and special guests, followed by a Poetry & Performance Night at The Wardwick.   Find out more here: bit.ly/DMDerbyPoetryF…

Very proud of our former Publishing at Derby student Conor Perrott who gave an incredible performance as one of the Associate Poets at Derby Poetry Festival last night 💜

The Derby Poetry Festival Slam was AMAZING!! Brilliant performance poets with such varied styles. Honoured to have been voted Champion by the panel of awe-inspiring judges! Derby Poetry Festival

Today is packed with #poetry activity for #derbypoetryfestival2024  Join us at 1 pm for a Workshop with Jasmine Gardosi A 2:30 pm performance from #JohnTams Headline event at 7 pm with Roger Robinson Mary Jean Chan Jasmine Gardosi Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan  Tickets in Bio

Last show of the year! Peggy's Skylight Jazz Club 6pm £10 💫 Caleb 💫 Maria Ferguson (Abbott) 🐼 💫 GOBS Collective Hongwei Bao (he/him) 💫 Mark Gallie 💫 catmilkcatmilkcatmilk 💫 @repeatbeatpoet Hosted by Bridie Squires and Jake Wild-Acre Hall peggysskylight.co.uk/events/bad-bet…

Have you seen?🔍  Derby Poetry Festival Prize for Poetry is Back! Judged by @kimmoorepoet DPF Prize for Poetry 2024 is a national poetry competition.  D/L: 25th Nov '24 at 11.59 pm Details & Entries in Bio  #poetryprize #poetrycompetition #poetry #derbypoetryfestival

🔍Eyes on the Prize🔎 The Derby Poetry Festival 2024 Prize for Poetry is back, closing on the 25th Nov, so be sure to send us your poems by then!  Judged by @kimmoorepoet 60 line max. No Theme.  derbypoetryfestival.com/2024-poetry-pr… #poetrycompetition #poetrysubmission #poetryprize

SUBSIDISED TOURING BURSARY We're back with another year of our subsidised touring bursary, hoping to support a Midlands made tour to partner venues and beyond. This is a £10k bursary to support already made work touring in 2025 Find out more and apply ingoodcompany.uk/news/subsidise…

CASTING CALL/PAID OPPORTUNITY Seeking 2 actors for an R&D process for Bwoy Dem. Male, 40+, Black Male, 18-25, Mixed-race Arts Council funded with ITC/Equity Rates. All details on the poster below. Please R/T, SHARE, LIKE, COMMENT. Any questions please get in touch!

DPF Prize for Poetry 2024 – closing soon! Judged by Kim Moore, up to 60 lines, a national poetry competition seeking unpublished poems Closing today at 11.59 pm 18+ £10 for up to 3 poems + £4 for every poem after Link in Bio #derbypoetryfestival #poetryprize #poetrycompetition

The 2025 #ForwardPrizes has launched! We are now accepting submissions for all categories. Publishers, journals, competitions, event producers and performance poets - deadline is 16th March! 📅 🔗 Entry terms and how to submit here: buff.ly/3BTX8AR

How is the writing going? We're looking forward to reading your poems!

Just over TWO WEEKS LEFT to get your poems into our annual poetry competition! Deadline - 31st Jan 2025. Judge's Prize this year is judged by Amy Acre Two categories as always. More info and to enter: magmapoetry.com/competition/