
beckymaywriter
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Poet. Storyteller. Words at @heroin_chic_mag @propelmagazine @InkSweatTears @PN_Review & #14Magazine
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Join us tomorrow 2.30 for a lovely, free event at Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester where you can hear poets Zaffar Kunial, Hannah Copley, Rachel Davies, Hilary Robinson and music from Chuva: wp.me/p1O6so-159

Congratulations to fellow English at Manchester Met poet Carson Wolfe on their recent publication in Frontier Poetry frontierpoetry.com/2025/02/28/car…


Congratulations to all the longlisted,commended & winning poets in the The Poetry Society #NationalPoetryCompetition Lovely to see Manchester writer Sarah-Clare Conlon on the longlist. Well done Sarah-Clare!


Look who's on the 2024 Poetry Prize list Derby Poetry Fest! Me & Who is Alice & Laurie Sansom. My first time on a shortlist....


Congratulations to Laura Strickland for her whisker filled poem in Atrium Poetry. ❤️ it

What a performance from Ayan Aden :)!



Fantastic evening Manchester Poetry Library with Tishani Doshi reading alongside English at Manchester Met students who spent part of her week long residency with her.



Still can't get over how well poet in residence Edmund Davie did with poetry on demand Hay Festival. I asked for a poem to help me & my fellow poets after rejections & within 5 minutes I had this. It's a new month. Let us go on!


PRIMERS, the excellent mentoring and publication scheme from our good friends Nine Arches Press is back! ninearchespress.com/primers ⚡️⚡️⚡️There are a number of free entries available for writers on a low income.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Deadline: midnight BST on 9th September 2025 #poetry #mentoring

Finished this last night. What an accomplishment joelle taylor! I was completely immersed throughout.


Loved being the Poet Mentor for this NWCC Project alongside Manchester Poetry Library. So impressed with the writing from the young participants in the nine partnerships between Poet in Residence, Teachers & Cultural Partners. Catch their work Manchester Poetry Library now, on till September!



My first ever offering for #TopTweetTuesday on the theme of #silence. Wrote this back in 2022 & seems like it fits the bill. Well, apart from being over 42 words. Thanks for the prompt Sue Finch (she/her)



Celebrating my MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from English at Manchester Met with fellow poets Laura Strickland & Who is Alice Feeling extremely grateful for everything this experience has given me.
