Delighted to have won the Arundel Poetry Festival competition this year, with a poem about my female ancestry ❤️👵🏻inspired by a family photo featuring four generations. Huge thanks! #poetry #history #genealogy #amwriting

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Help young Gazan writer Lama to relocate and pursue her studies

My name is Lama, I am 24 years old. In September 2023, I got my degree in English Literature and Translation from the Islamic University of Gaza. Since then, my family has had to leave Gaza City, I no...

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Happy publication day to Catherine Redford and her brilliant collection THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME!!💖 Join us at the online launch tomorrow at 7pm ~ get your tickets here: buff.ly/BALW9FZ Order your copy here: buff.ly/dg4W4gn

Guest-tutoring an online creative writing class tomorrow with this sparkler of a workshop adapted from my five-week email course. Can't wait to see what prayers are offered and spells cast… 🙏✨⚡️

Secondary school teachers are kind of gods to me.

Issue 23, featuring cover art by Dea Toivonen and 9 wonderful new love poems, is out now! Find it on our website - link in bio.

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Sonnet Challenge on Young Poets Network! We challenged young poets worldwide to tackle one of the oldest forms of poetry out there: the sonnet. Head to ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk to read (and listen to!) the winners, including Saskia's '25-metre sonnet.'

Our thanks to Nov authors Andrew Plattner @laurabesley.bsky.social Lou Gallo @olgapoet.bsky.social Gitanjali Kolanad @grahammort.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social C. Christine Fair @karenc.bsky.social @postpran.bsky.social @sightlined.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/11/

So pleased you enjoyed this gem, James, and thank you for reading @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

James Montgomery@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 11mo ago

‘I eventually pretended I could see the solitary wild thing, just so we could at last drive on, trundling through dust and grandeur of the Masai Mara in our rusty van.’ A superbly written micro from @olgapoet.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🐆 fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...

This is superb, Olga! 👏

My Monday had been brightened by this! Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social #fkashfiction #microfiction #amwriting @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 11mo ago

ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...

"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...

‘We barter with the dark / to borrow an hour’ @ninearchespress.bsky.social would recommend this stunning collection by Gregory Leadbetter that takes me to a beautiful liminal space 🍁🍂🪾🍁🍂 #poetry #time #autumn

Sharing some poetic inspiration for this year’s National poetry competition 📚

Delighted to be taking part in the twin cities poetry night! 💚#poetry #ireland #coventry #community @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Exceptional collection by Natalie Whittaker -The Point Is You Are Alive 💚@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡

A delight to be guest poet at Ver poets last Friday, with Sue Wallace - Shaddad, reading from my collection Frieze, along with many new poems! @ninearchespress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading

@bathflashaward.bsky.social ☀️

Olga Dermott-Bond@olgapoet.bsky.social · last yr.

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting

A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !

Candlestick Press@candlestickpress.bsky.social · last yr.

The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets in our Christmas Tree competition: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/

Floating on air today, after being part of the Strokestown Festival and winning the International poetry competition judged by Jane Clarke! Congratulations to all shortlisted poets and thanks to organisers! 💚☘️ #poetry #Ireland #writingcommunity #competition

So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening

Candlestick Press@candlestickpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

New! Ten Poems for Wellbeing, edited by Vanessa Lampert - thoughtful poems offering moments of pleasure in uncomplicated things: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...

Lovely to visit the wonderful poetry pharmacy in Oxford Street yesterday: beautiful cafe, books and poetry medicine! #poetry #cafe #london #books @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

So delighted to be part of this very special anthology x

Just got my tickets for the wonderful Welshpool poetry festival! Can’t wait! The friendliest festival in Wales and the World, organised by the wonderful Pat Edwards ❤️ #poetry #festival #wales #poetrycommunity @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

For this weekend only, I've decided that #SycamoreSunday should be a thing – and if that's your thing, you might enjoy my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer', just published by the marvellous @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. 🌱🙏🌿 Here it is, in case you missed it the first time: atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/11/s...

Sycamore’s Prayer – Sarah Doyle

Sycamore’s Prayer .. .. Sarah Doyle is the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Poet-in-Residence. She is widely published and has won several poetry competitions, being placed in many more. Sarah’s second pam…

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Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity

Olga Dermott-Bond@olgapoet.bsky.social · 2y ago

the-coffin-works.arttickets.org.uk/the-coffin-w... delighted to be leading a creative writing workshop next month at the wonderful coffin works in Birmingham! #poetry #creative #museum

Delighted to be part of the wholesome poetry revolution, led by the wondrous @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social - what a thrill to be included in this beautiful anthology ‘becoming’ 🧡🧡🧡

☘️Absolutely delighted to be one of shortlisted poets in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Looking forward to being part of the Festival💚 ☘️ #poetry #competition #writing #ireland #festival