The Cheval Anthology

*drumroll please* It's been a TOUGH decision but we're delighted to announce this year's winners of the Terry Hetherington Award! 🎉 Some incredible entries, thank you to all who submitted. Time to start putting the anthology together! 📚

I started revisiting poetry collections on my shelf back in January. Everyday, I select one poem to post from each revisited collection. Can’t believe I’ve shared over 100 so far! If you want to read more poetry do check out the #mypoetrybookshelf hashtag 📚 #WritingCommunity

@JustinBigos Brian Patten's 'The Bee's Last Journey to the Rose' is beautiful 🐝🌹

@laursmae Fantastic! There's a deadline for @bbcwritersroom coming up if you haven't submitted already too!

What are you working on during lockdown? Fiction? Poetry? Scripts? Journals? Blogs? Or something else entirely? Share it with us 😀

With the awards night now moved to October, we will be contacting those selected for Cheval 13 over the next week or two (a few of you have messaged but don't worry we will be in touch very soon!). Keep your eye on your inbox and good luck! Some amazing work this year ⭐

Are you writing more or less this week? Books and writing are good company for so many of us right now.

It's #WorldPoetryDay today. All our warmest wishes to poets and poetry-lovers everywhere. 🌍❤

As is the case with many upcoming literary events, the Terry Hetherington Awards ceremony has now been postponed. In the meantime, please stay safe and well and keep writing! We will update you soon with further details of the new date and venue.

I do love the fact that Swansea is becoming a bit of a street art city. Long way to rival the likes of Dublin and Bristol but we’re making a good start.

With all this bad news on our Twitter feeds lately, brighten our day and let us know: what's been your proudest writing achievement so far? Don't be shy, we want to celebrate your successes! 🎉 #writing #WritingCommunity

@DeAnnWrites That musical flow of 'margaritas, mimosa, magic' is poetry in itself!

@ChevalAnthology Community, healing, Margaritas, Mimosa, magic.

Share five random words from your current work-in-progress. Our editors are fond of words as it goes. #WritingCommunity

@jessmaeshelley That sounds amazing, we will keep our eye out for it if ever you decide to get it published! ⭐😁

@ChevalAnthology Thank you so much! Part of my portfolio for MA/supervised by wonderful Ailbhe Darcy. It's a collection of poetry intertwined with retellings (mirroring psycho-narrative therapy) that explores the recovery process from complex PTSD. The words were from a Bluebeard retelling.😊👻

@jessmaeshelley This sounds both haunting and intriguing!

@ChevalAnthology Dream songs. Ghost wives. Lineage.

'Moonbeam and Sunbeam are lovely dolphin characters and their journey to the Arctic is epic!' 🐬🌙🐬🌞#MoonbeamsArcticAdventure by #MollyJanetHolborn #DavidMorganWilliams and #MariaMoss on the #longlist of our #CoganBiodiversityPictureBookAward2020 @YLolfa 🌊📚🌎

*looks outside* Yep, can confirm, is a writing day.

@Katie_Stockton Congratulations Katie!

So overwhelmed to have won this year’s Snoo Wilson Writing Prize... I cant believe it, honestly. ❤️❤️❤️

15 year ago today, the first issue of The Seventh Quarry was launched at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. Featured poets included Terry Hetherington, Byron Beynon, & Caroline Gill. Thanks to all the writers & artists from around the world who have been published in the magazine

There are some intriguing, wonderfully crafted first lines in this year's batch of Terry Hetherington Award entries. Your first line is crucial; it's your hook to hold your reader. What's your favourite first line in literature? Share it with us!