Rebecca Swift Foundation
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The Rebecca Swift Foundation is a UK-based charity established in support of women in poetry | Home of the #WomenPoetsPrize & #WomenPoetsNetwork
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How are magazines meant to survive? I know many of us can't afford to subscribe to the magazines that underpin our literary ecosystem as much as we value them, but if you can, do. Right now, I can, so I'm following David Morley FRSL's lead and subscribing to Butcher's Dog Publishing.
Huge congratulations to #WomenPoetsNetwork member lynnda wardle 2 ens and a why whose brilliantly titled poem was commended in the Magma Poetry Comp! Can't wait to read it! 🎉
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So delighted to be commended in the Magma Poetry Comp 23/24 in the Judges section! Thank you Magma Poetry & 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus for liking ‘spell to dismantle the patriarchy’. Congrats to the winners Leyla Çolpan Rommi Smith Clara-Laeila Laudette Looking forward to reading all!
📝Winchester Poetry Prize 2024 is open!
Judge: Clare Shaw
1st: £1000 | 2nd: £500 | 3rd: £250
🦋Introducing Kathryn Bevis Prize for best entry by #Hampshire -based poet: 1yr Writing School tuition + £150
Full details 👉🏿 winchesterpoetryfestival.org/prize
Paris Smith | The Writing School
We're super excited for tonight's #WomenPoetsNetwork webinar on How to Get Commissioned.
Tickets still available via Eventbrite, we start at 7!
tinyurl.com/56hwcwtw
Join us for our next Webinar on How to Get Comissioned. Our brilliant panel features: Jo Bell - The Poetic Licence, Lisa Mead & Dr Theresa Muñoz
Wednesday 3 April, 7pm, online
Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-mic-pra…
#poetry #commissions #womenpoets
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Between now and the 26th March your donation will be matched pound-for-pound by The Big Give - doubling your impact!
Click here for more info and to donate: buff.ly/49YU3ee
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It's #InternationalWomensDay ! So we're taking the time to thank all of the incredible women poets who collaborate, work with and support the RSF. None of it would be possible without the #WomenPoetsNetwork , who allow us to help more women poets thrive.
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Congrats to Creative Future's new Stoke-On-Trent Writer in Residence Natalie Linh Bolderston! These workshops look proper mint!
Changing beats! Seeking conversation starters. Timely culture, history, health/wellness, and trend explainers/stories. Lover of all mythology, supernatural, strange history, fitness trend stories. Can intersect with travel. ~$1/w | send to [email protected]
What a cracking programme of workshops from our friends Verve Poetry Festival! Fantastic to see nina 明雅 and Jo Bell - The Poetic Licence amongst this stellar line up.
Fancy a dreamy online workshop about gardens? Saturday March 2nd. Writers of all stages welcome (and no experience of gardening necessary!) The Writing School 🌱
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Would you like to come to FREE in-person creative writing sessions at the Baltic Art Gallery, Gateshead? I'm hosting 8 sessions, all different, so come to some, come to one, come to all if you wish. Lunch is provided by the Big River Bakery Reserve a spot here eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-creativ…
I'm reading at this brilliant online Rebecca Swift Foundation event for women poets based in the UK. Join us from 10.30-12.30pm on Sunday 18th Feb for a special open mic and a conversation about collaboration and finding community. #openmic #poetryevent tinyurl.com/WPNFeb