“As you see, back then it was such a man’s world. Thank heavens for finding Sylvia Plath, whom I read over and over. Things only got more complicated when I began coming out.”
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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.
‘Music and Light’: an interview with Paul Henry (extended version) Poetry Wales 55.2 Winter 19/20
Read Jonathan Edwards’ exclusive interview with Paul Henry.
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…
Announcement: Poetry Wales is open for submissions until March 2020
With our latest issue due to arrive at Poetry Wales HQ any day now, we’ve reopened for submissions in preparation for issue 56.1. Please read our new submission guidelines in full before sending your poems; our guidelines have been updated to reflect our new payment structure and the kind (and volume) of poems we accept….
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.
Poetry Wales is going on tour!
Poetry Wales is going on tour to meet the wonderful community of poetry readers and writers across the country. Come find us!
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.