Editor Jonathan Edwards interviews Zoë Skoulding, former Poetry Wales editor and shortlisted poet in Literature Wales’ Wales Book of the Year 2020.
Category: Poems

WBOTY 2020 Shortlist Poets: Interview with Jeremy Over
Editor Jonathan Edwards interviews Jeremy Over, shortlisted poet for Wales Book of the Year 2020.

5 tips for new writers from underrepresented backgrounds
Are you a new writer looking to publish your poems? Here are 5 tips to become a published poet.

Poetry Wales launches Stay-at-Home Special Issue
“One thing Poetry Wales can give is poems, and what we can all, at the moment, let in safely – through this screen here and into our hearts – are words.”

Free Access to Poetry Wales Digital Archive until April 23rd
Free resource for individuals, schools and universities, in light of recent library closures.

Wales Poetry Award Finalists Announced & Poetry Wales Party at Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival 2019
Katherine Stansfield announces the Wales Poetry Award finalists live at Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival, followed by the Poetry Wales launch party celebrating Jonathan Edwards’s first issue as editor.
Audio: clare e. potter ‘Poams’ Poetry Wales 55.2 Winter 19/20
Listen to the clare e. potter’s reading of ‘Poams’, published in the new Poetry Wales Volume 55 Number 2. Subscribe today to receive your copy. clare e. potter’s spilling histories (Cinnamon Press, 2006) will be followed by A Certain Darkness. A bilingual poet and performer, clare has translated for the National Poet of Wales, was…

Inaugural Wales Poetry Award: The Shortlist
We are honoured to announce the shortlist for Wales Poetry Award 2019. Download and read the winning poems on our website.

How to publish your poem: 5 steps to becoming a published poet
Looking to get published? Here are five simple steps to becoming a published poet.