Introducing Young Poets’ Stories

Introducing Young Poets’ Stories, the first publication to come out of the Young Poets’ Stories research project is published in…

Introducing Young Poet Eva Zuzic from Melbourne, Australia

Another terrific new poem by a young poet. This time it’s the turn of Eva Zuzic from Melbourne, a UNESCO City of Literature in Australia and her poem ‘Drowning’.

‘They hike you up’: the impact of social networks in the lives of young poets

They hike you up: the impact of social networks in the lives of young poets. Join our presentation at NAWE Conference Sat 11th March 9.20am online.

Introducing Young Poet Joanna Nissel

Joanna’s compact and thought-provoking poem Date Night should undoubtedly strike a chord with many readers in the way that it focuses not only on climate change but also questions how safe is it on the streets at night for someone alone.

Introducing Young Poet Efe Imoyin-Omene from Norwich

Our next young poet is Emoefeoghene Imoyin-Omene from Norwich who tells us, “because you’re cool, you can call me Efe.”…

Young Poets from around the world: introducing Ekta Somera from Durban

Ekta Somera’s poem The Sunflower gives us some much needed light and colour and also, especially in the last line,…

Introducing Kaycee Hill

This week we have another terrific new young poet to share with you. Kaycee Hill is based in Bristol where…

Young Poets from around the world 2: Kexin Huang from Nanjing

Kexin Huang is an award-winning poet. She won the 2nd prize in the 3rd International Festival of Poetry & Liquor…

Young Poets from around the world: Introducing Sindri Sparkle Freyr from Reykjavik

Sindri Sparkle Freyr is a young poet from Reykyavik UNESCO City of Literature who explores issues of identity and illustrates their work. Enjoy!

New writers for Becoming a Poet

We were overwhelmed by the response to our call for additional young writers for Becoming a Poet to be published…

Bloomsbury book

Writing opportunity for young poets aged 13- 25, who are beginning to break through into the poetry scene with some success in Slam, Spoken Word or page-based work.

Young Poets’ Stories at NATE Conference

On Saturday 12th November 2022 we will be giving a keynote lecture at Re-imagining English, Re-connecting English teachers NATE Conference 2022 at Manchester…

Piecing key themes together

We are deeply immersed in drawing out key themes from the interviews conducted over the last two years with Foyle Young Poets and mentors. All the interviews are proving to be highly thought-provoking. Our participants have given us so much rich interview data to reflect on and thematic strands are emerging for further discussion with the Advisory Board in June.

October 2021 update

Our Stage 2 interviews are now completed. A special thanks goes out to all the Young Poets in our study…

Second interviews with Young Poets

Young Poets’ Stories: second set of research interviews have begun this week.

The Foyle 2021 Launches

In March 2021, the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award for 2021 was launched. Natasha Ryan who is one…

International Women’s Day 2021: Poems

Happy International Women’s Day 2021! Today, we celebrate some of our favourite poems by women. We’re each selected a handful…

Our Picks: LGBTQ History Month

Happy LGBT History Month! To celebrate, we’re sharing our favourite LGBTQ poets past and present. What are yours? Tell us…

Writing Retreats in the Pandemic: An Update from Arvon

February is usually the month when the Foyle’s winners meet at The Hurst for an exciting, week-long writing retreat. Arvon…

Reading and writing in the Year of the Ox

As we move into the Year of the Ox, an animal symbolising hard work, intelligence and reliability, Young Poets’ Stories is celebrating its one year anniversary. To celebrate this turn of the year, Richard and Sue have been delving into the symbol of the Ox in different faiths, beliefs and in poetry. We hope the images, stories and poems will inspire your own writing.

Open the door: Jo Bell’s writing prompts

During Lockdown (version 2) Jo Bell, a former Canal Laureate and all round poetry wonder woman, published a daily writing…

Ruth Padel’s Letter to a Young Poet

On Monday this week distinguished poet Ruth Padel gave a reading in the Nottingham Poetry Festival 2020 from her new…

What happens after you win the Foyle?

Annie Katchinska first won the Foyle in 2006. In the fourteen years since, she’s had a vibrant career writing and…

Science and Poetry: Atomic poems

Experiment with writing fibs or atomic poems by using the atomic poetry generator. The generator draws on the Fibonacci sequence, found in the natural world, to determine the word count and line structure of your poem.

Piece on Pandemic by Erin Blaney

Erin Blaney is an A level student at Bilborough College in Nottingham. She wrote her Piece on Pandemic poem very recently. We think she captures in such a spare and thought-provoking way the strange uncertainties and contradictory feelings of the times that she is living through.