🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Our friends at the National Poetry Centre would like your views! Help shape the next phase of this exciting new home for poetry in the UK, open to all 👉 forms.office.com/e/diQmRrgG7h

One week away! Manchester folk this is not one to miss 🔥

You can read more from Fady Joudah (Fady Joudah, Out-Spoken Press) in conversation with Forward Prizes on our website. forwardartsfoundation.org/in-conversatio…

🚨We're recruiting! We're looking for a super organised poetry lover to give freelance support with the 2025 Forward Poetry Prizes, primarily working on the submissions process. Remote, flexible, closing 5th January 2025! More info and how to apply here 🔗 ow.ly/WYBo50UeG7b

You can read more from Sarah Wimbush (Sarah Wimbush, @stairwellbooks) in conversation with Forward Prizes on our website. forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/miner-run…

Are you a performance poet? Or do you organise spoken word events? Submissions for the #ForwardPrizes for performed poetry are officially OPEN, and this year, live poetry event producers can also submit on behalf of their poets! Deadline = 16th March: buff.ly/4hhu6di

We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes! 📣 Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets Lisa Kelly, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien and Rommi Smith. Read more about each judge here: buff.ly/4aNnH7y

Dear Friends, After 6 years I have a new collection of poems .Mouth will be published on the 17th July 2025 by Chatto&Windus Vintage Books .It’s a book mining dark themes of war, women and violence but also with hope and redemption at its core.

This Thursday! 🔥🔥

TWO WEEKS TO GO! You have until the 16th March to submit to the 2025 #ForwardPrizes. We're accepting submissions to all 4 categories: Best Collection, Best First Collection, and Best Single Poem - Written, and Best Single Poem - Performed. Submit now 👉 buff.ly/Pj0URp1

Very excited for an evening with Forward prize-winner Jason Allen-Paisant, discussing his new book, The Possibility of Tenderness 🌱⛅️ Held at the wonderful The Little Bookshops! April 3rd, get your tickets here: thelittlebookshopleeds.co.uk/collections/ev…

ICYMI! We're excited for our Performance category to be including Deaf poets creating in British Sign Language. All entry guidance info is also available in BSL on our website: forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes…

Calling all poets! ✏️ Forward prize-winner, Marjorie Lotfi is running a course of daily 30 min workshops every morning in April. A great way to kickstart your writing practice! eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-ta…

Join us at the Forward Arts Foundation as a Marketing & Development Coordinator! Drive our growth with creative strategies and elevate our educational and cultural impact. Apply by May 12, 2025. More details in this link: buff.ly/KrmbCdV

We’re excited to announce that judge Sean O’Brien has co-translated a new book 'Eye of the Island' by Cape Verdean poet Corsino Fortes, with Daniel Hahn. 📅 Join the online launch: buff.ly/Zw1PFkt Published by @poetrytranslationcentre as part of their World Poet Series.

Tomorrow night at The Coronet Theatre! With the great Karen McCarthy Woolf and Richard Scott

It's #IndieBookshopWeek and we're so happy to be celebrating with 2x Forward Poetry Prize Shortlisted Poet Michael Pedersen! This poem is a love letter ❤️ to independent bookshops and the many ways they enrich our communities and lives!

We’re excited to announce Jerwood Foundation's return as a sponsor of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. This year, they support the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection, celebrating bold, new voices in poetry. #ForwardPrizes #JerwoodFoundation #PoetryMatters #DebutPoets

Are you a stanza stan? ✨ The charity behind Forward prizes, Forward Arts Foundation, is looking for a new Chair & Trustees. Help shape the future of poetry. Amplify diverse voices. And keep creativity thriving. 👉👉 Apply by 21 July: buff.ly/Rc5fZ9M #ArtsLeadership