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.
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