Leeds Poetry Festival

It's finally here! 😱 Check out the full Leeds Poetry Festival 2023 Programme now! leedspoetryfestival.com/programme

Here are the competitors for our Roundhouse Poetry Slam heat! This is the first time that the iconic slam has visited Leeds, and we can't wait to show 'em what we're about 🎤 Our guest judges are @thebrownhijabi, @Vanessa_Kisuule, and @kerdonk 🤩 eventbrite.co.uk/e/roundhouse-p…

We open for submissions tomorrow 😳 the theme for issue three is RETURN wildhuntmag.com/submissions

There is still time to submit your poems to the 2024 Leeds Peace Poetry Prize, the subject of which is 'Fire'. The judges are Emily Zobel Marshall and Matt Howard. leedspeacepoetry.com

Gutter's submission window is now open! We're accepting fiction, poetry, essays, and anything of the written word that doesn't neatly fit into form or genre. Deadline for submissions is a month from today, March 16th. Get in! guttermag.co.uk/submit

LGBTQ+ writers in the North, we want to hear your stories! The Tempest Prize welcomes fiction, poetry and memoir, on any subject or theme, from new and established writers. The winner will receive £1000 and mentoring from @AMcMillanPoet. Deadline 28 Mar: newwritingnorth.com/northern-write…

Cumbrian writers! Let's gather (online)! We'll be talking barriers/opportunities presented by being a writer in Cumbria - and what we can do about them. Come along if you have OPINIONS 👀 or just want to hang out/network /chat! Mon 4 March @arts_cumbria eventbrite.co.uk/e/cumbria-arts…

The @RoundhouseLDN Poetry Slam is one of the most iconic annual events on the UK poetry scene. We're over the moon about the fact that, for the first time ever, the iconic slam is staging regional heats in Leeds. And not only that – they've partnered with LIVEwire to produce it.

Visit the Miners' Strike exhibition @NCMME and then join me for an inspiring poetry workshop - all welcome, even if you've never written poetry before! @poetrybusiness @BloodaxeBooks @StairwellBooks @SerenBooks 🖤 to book: ncm.org.uk/whats-on/strik…

Here's a thread of interesting submission calls for creative writing this next month... 1/14

Getting ready to submit your poems to PRIMERS? There are insights and tips from selecting editor @halekatie at our #blog. Take a read to help guide you: buff.ly/44xs3LP Full criteria here: buff.ly/36HVXB2 And good luck!

One Month to Go | Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Everybody has a story to tell. Submit yours to our prize today, for a chance to win £5,000 prize money, an Arvon course, subscriptions to @grantamag @mslexia and more. Enter by 31 August: bit.ly/2LFd289

📢 END OF MONTH SUBMISSIONS ALERT 📢 30 calls for #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art closing today/tomorrow incl. @theparisreview @magmapoetry @PoetrySociety @MagazineSpelt @WinPoetryFest @VarunaWriters @badbettypress @impossiblearch & more. Don't miss out! angelatcarr.wordpress.com/2023/07/02/poe…

Such an incredible week and we had the amazing @dawnkilner capture it beautifully 📸❤️

🎉 Calling all emerging spoken word artists 🎉 Future Voices is now open for applications. We're seeking 40 voices who will be commissioned to develop a 1 min poetic film. The new works will be showcased in 2024. Apply by 7 Aug More info: bit.ly/40-poets

'The Poetry Supertram' visited @LeftBankLeeds for the final act of @PoetryLeeds 2023. A wondrously efficient way to take tour through the history of Leeds, as presented by poets Ian Harker, Irene Lofthouse, Joe Williams & William Thirsk-Gaskill.

More literary delights at @PoetryLeeds @LeftBankLeeds courtesy of @nasimrasl @timtimcheng and @roshnigallagher tonight, followed by a conversation with festival organiser Poppy Lee Jennings. A wonderful event. #poetry #spokenword #leeds

An absolute dream to perform with @JessMurrain & @MollyNaylor at @PoetryLeeds @LeftBankLeeds last night. Thanks everyone who came out for poetry on a Saturday night ❤️❤️❤️

Lovely to hear @katiescribbles read from her book 'White Ghosts', before an audience Q&A, at @PoetryLeeds @LeftBankLeeds on the final day of the festival.

On the final day of @PoetryLeeds, @Degna Stone & @IanHumphWriter read beautifully and discussed what it means to 'Live In Defiance' and to navigate the complexities of life, all whilst bathing in a sunlit @LeftBankLeeds

Get urself online or even to @LeftBankLeeds tomorrow 6-7pm as I'll be reading from Escape Room & in conversation with Jack Collins !! @PoetryLeeds eventbrite.co.uk/e/escape-room-…