Shortlisted for Forward Prize Best Single Poem, 2023. My pamphlet, Flamingo🦩and my debut collection, The Butterfly House 🦋 (forthcoming), pub’d by
@SerenBooks
I’m thrilled the announcement has just gone out that my debut Poetry collection, ‘The Butterfly House’ 🦋, will be published by
@SerenBooks
in October 2024. I’m relieved that’s there’s a emoji in place of 🦩! Check out all these brilliant Seren poets publishing next year, too👇.
I'm sorry to say that my breast cancer has spread to my liver so I'm now under palliative rather than curative care. It’s a total sod but Ollie and I are surrounded by love, grateful for every moment we have. Meanwhile, I'm Very Much Alive: well, teaching and up for fun times. xx
Today I had my hair buzz cut in preparation for palliative chemo which begins next week. This is what love looks like.👇Thank you
@OliverGolding
and
@dillon_jaxx
for being amazing. 💙
Something beautiful is happening:
@SerenBooks
are publishing my debut pamphlet 'Flamingo'! Much love went into the writing and production of this book and I couldn't be more proud to be part of the Seren family of poets. Pre-order here if you fancy a copy:
Over the moon 🌙 that my poem ‘Translations of Grief’ has won the Wales Poetry Award this year! Thank you more than I can say to
@poetrywales
and to the judge
@Lewispoet
for the honour. Huge congratulations to all the other poets whose poems placed or were highly commended.
Wales Poetry Award 2022 - Winners Announced! 🏆
A huge congratulations to
🌟First Award winner
@BevisKathryn
⭐️Second Award winner Stephanie Green
✨Third Award winner Kit Griffiths
💫 And to all of our Highly Commended poets
Read their poems here:
I'm 2 weeks after my final chemo 🙌 🙌🙌 and feeling so much better in myself. Working hard today on my set, supporting headliners
@ZaffarKunial
and
#MatthewHollis
for
@WinPoetryFest
on Saturday 15th October. Props to
@Jo_Bell
for the beanie of all glory!
Touched and delighted that my oddbod poem in the voice of the River Itchen has won 2nd prize in
@TheLondonMag
Poetry Prize this year! Thanks to judges
@JTaylorTrash
@MayaCPopa
and
@JCPattz
. Congrats to Robert Hamberger,
@JamiePCameron
and all the brilliant poets on the shortlist.
🏆 Presenting The London Magazine Poetry Prize Winners 2023 🏆
1st Prize: 'Funny Girl' by Robert Hamberger
2nd Prize: 'Song o' the River Itchen' by
@BevisKathryn
3rd Prize: 'Playing God' by
@JamiePCameron
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS 🎉
🧵...
This is the first time my name has featured on the cover of a poetry journal or magazine and it just happens to be for my favourite journal,
@poetrywales
💃🙌! Pre-orders are available here:
Pinching myself this morning to appear on the Manchester Poetry Competition's highly commended list in some very fine company indeed! Deep thanks to the judging panel:
@Malikabooker
@ShareClaw
and
@RuffneckRefugee
for supporting my work in this way.
It’s a completely gorgeous feeling to appear on this longlist with so many of my favourite poets and poetry friends. Huge congratulations to the winners, commended poets, and other longlist brothers and sisters! 💗 xx
I’m turned upside down and wild with delight to be taking part in
@ForwardPrizes
this year as a shortlistee alongside some incredible poets. Do you fancy coming along to the ceremony on 16th October,
@LeedsPlayhouse
, and sharing our joy? Tickets are here:
I owe such a debt of gratitude to The Poetry School for their courses and workshops over the years so it’s lovely to be able to write this five-minute read about my Forward Prize shortlisted poem: ‘My body tells me that she’s filing for divorce.’
For anyone who missed our live broadcast, we are absolutely delighted to announce the joint winners of the 2022 Mairtin Crawford Award for Poetry!!
Congratulations
@JimBMcElroy
&
@BevisKathryn
!
#BBF22
I'm hugely grateful and downright tickled pink to hear the news that one of my poems has been chosen by
@IanHumphWriter
as a winner for the
@Poetry_Society
's Members' Competition. Thanks to Ian and all involved and massive congratulations to the other five winners!
There's no easy way to share this: I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago with breast cancer. I’m feeling incredibly loved, supported and well in myself. That being said, I have some not-so-fun stuff to go through in the coming months so will be quieter, work-wise, than usual. 1/2
This happened today! So excited to be on the Wales Poetry Award shortlist with so many poets whose work I love. Thank you
@Lewispoet
@poetrywales
and
@SerenBooks
🧵A huge, huge llongyfarchiadau to all of our shortlisted poets:
• Kathryn Bevis (
@BevisKathryn
) for 'Translations of Grief'
• Guinevere Clark (
@guinevere_baubo
) for 'First Steps in Fishguard'
• Lesley Curwen (
@elcurwen
) for 'The receipt from the pound-shop speaks'
Delighted to share that
@SerenBooks
will be hosting the online launch of my new pamphlet, Flamingo, live on 23rd November, 7-8pm. Tickets are free and it would be brilliant to see you there!
The Wheel
It begins like this: in January a single stitch
slips from your needles. By Candlemas,
your paintings ...
‘The Wheel’ by Kathryn Bevis is our Friday Poem on 04/08/23. Read it here:
#TheFridayPoem
@BevisKathryn
@SerenBooks
I'm giddy and grateful to become one of 20 winning poets the
@PoetryArchive
Now! WordView 2023 Collection have chosen for broadcast this year. Celebrating with a writing day!
We made it to Orkney! Just walked along the cliff edge at the Brough of Birsay, spotting puffins and their chicks, oyster catchers a-go-go, a pair of artic terns, and some very elegant razorbills. I'll be mainly offline for the next five weeks to walk, rest and be with Ollie.🐧
'Flamingo' has been shortlisted for The Saboteur Pamphlet Award! If you’ve loved it - or simply found it profoundly relaxing like Dave - might you vote for it? Here's the Google form; they need answers for three categories only: R/Ts hugely appreciated🙏🦩
Eeek! Very Excited Indeed that my poem 'The Smuggler' has won second prize in the
@PoetsandPlayers
competition. Thanks so much
@kimmoorepoet
and congrats to the other winners. See you at the Whitworth Art Gallery, 2.30-4.00pm on 23rd April. We'd love to see you all there, too!
The winners of the 2022 competition judged by
@kimmoorepoet
: 1st prize is Isabelle Thompson, 2nd is
@BevisKathryn
and 3rd prize is
@RosieRockel
Please join us next week when Isabelle, Kathryn and Kim will read and you can hear the winning poems. Details:
#PoetryTwitter
, chuffed that
@poetrycandle
have asked me to edit their forthcoming pamphlet on Weddings. I'm looking for your favourite wedding poems. What did you choose for your wedding or what have you heard at others' weddings that you loved? Thanks so much. R/Ts appreciated.
It's a dream come true that my Orkney love poem, "Honeymooners' Ghazal," has been published in the latest issue of
@Mslexia
, alongside a beautiful analysis of it by Linda France. I feel just like the woman on the cover!
The
#ForwardPrizes
for Poetry Ceremony is
@LeedsPlayhouse
on 16 Oct. We're so excited for the eve, with 20 electrifying & exquisite readings from the poets shortlisted.
Amongst the readers are this year's Best Single Poem - written shortlistees.
Tix:
We are delighted to be able to announce that the Hampshire Poet 2020 is Kathryn Bevis
@BevisKathryn
This year we are working in partnership with
@HantsCulture
to deliver the 2020 Hampshire Poet Laureate programme.
There is joy and love in these poems of mine, despite the bleakness of their subject matter: mum’s diagnosis of primary colon cancer in 2021 and mine of secondary breast cancer in 2022. Thank you
@DrSabinaDosani
for what you say here and to
@ZoeBrigley
for sharing them today. 🙏
‘In this poem, your routine bloods have come back normal’ How brilliantly Kathryn Bevis captures the moment when life veers off course. Flamingo is about threats to the body & survival of the spirit, an exceptionally accomplished debut.
#MedHums
#SealeyChallenge
It's out! So proud my poem, 'Song o'the River Itchen' is in this beautiful issue of
@TheLondonMag
alongside incredible poems by
#RobertHamberger
(first prize) and
@JamiePCameron
(third prize). Humbled to have work published alongside so many of my other favourite poets, too.
This evening, ITV news aired this 2-minute segment about my Poetry for Wellbeing courses with
@HantsCulture
,
@hantsskills
, and
@sdnpa
. Eek! So proud of emerging poet
@Maud80
for her writing and for her part in this report. 🌻🌳🖊️🥳
In the spring of 2020,
@JTaylorTrash
formed a women's and non-binary writers' collective: The Circle. Members have come and gone, joined and rejoined, written, read, and received feedback on their work-in-progress ever since. This thread is to thank Joelle for all our successes.
A box of books is a wonderful thing, especially when they've been donated by
@PoetryDayUK
for prisoners taking part in a Poetry for Wellbeing creative writing project starting at
@WinchesterGov
on Monday! Thank you to
@OMaraBooks
and
@cerysmatthews
for this box full of potential.
The announcements keep coming in! We're delighted to reveal the shortlist for The Mairtin Crawford Award for Poetry 2022!
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 14 June inside the
@CrescentArts
! Join us across social media on the night to find out!
#BBF22
I'm so grateful to
@poetrycandle
for giving me the most joyful task of selecting and introducing their latest pamphlet, Ten Poems for a Wedding. It's a peach, even if I say so myself, and an absolute bargain at only £5.95!
And let the bells ring out! Today is publication day for Ten Poems for a Wedding, edited by
@BevisKathryn
- perfect to help celebrate the special days of those we love.
#wedding
Cover by Hilke MacIntyre
No applicants for the scholarship place on our poetry-writing retreat! If you're a poet on a low income/ benefits, please email with no more than a side of A4 outlining why you'd like it and what you think you'd get from it: kathryn
@thewritingschool
.co.uk
Chuffed to bits to hear my poem 'Matryoshka' is commended in the
@HippoetPrize
this year and nearly as thrilled there is an appropriate emoji for this:🪆! Congratulations to all the brilliant poets on the shortlisted and commended lists. Can't wait to read the winning poems.
Sometimes, the most magical thing a poem can do is to take you by the hand and show you you're not alone. Thank you to
@rozgoddard
for this one, 'Small Moon Curve'.
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the Nature and Place competition judged by
@pascalepoet
The longlist is also included on the post. Congrats to all.
Delighted to share our latest Under the Radar, The Elements Issue. Packed full of
#poetry
, short fiction and reviews. What will you discover?
Now available to purchase, hot off the press:
I love
@SerenBooks
' First Thursday events; they promote some brilliant poets and always have an excellent, eclectic open mic. I've been going along ever since they went online in 2020 so it's a great joy to be reading more fully alongside
@SammyWeaverPoem
at this one. Do join us!
This film poem is the most creatively satisfying project I've worked on. Commissioned by
@SerenBooks
, illustrated by the absurdly talented
@margaretsturton
& filmed by the creative genius
@laurentmetrich
, treat yourself to 2 mins of awesomeness (best watched in HD, full screen)!
Delighted that a quiet little poem of mine, 'This,' has won joint second prize in the Edward Thomas Poetry Competiton this year, judged by Jamie McKendrick. Congratulations to the winner, James Driver, and my second prize sister, Theresa Giffard! 🌱
I'm incredibly excited to be supporting two of my favourite contemporary poets,
@ZaffarKunial
and
#MatthewHollis
by reading at the wonderful closing headline event
@WinPoetryFest
on 15th October. Please do join us, either live or remotely!
Today I taught my first poetry-writing workshop in a prison. My God, those men can REALLY write. What an honour to hear what they had to say. Everyone that came, including staff, wrote a poem and read it out to high fives and ovations.
@WinchesterGov
@HantsCulture
@WinPoetryFest
I’m ready to share my relief and joy on finally being diagnosed as
#ActuallyAutistic
. Proud to be part of a flourishing community of late-diagnosed women. Here’s to us as we heal from misdisagnosis and misunderstanding, and learn to embrace our authentic, strong autistic selves.
Would any of you poets out there like a free home in Winchester over Easter (8th-14th April)? Perhaps you're looking for some shush to write or you're a younger poet needing a break from their parents in the uni vacation period. It comes with this handsome chap and lots of books!
Pinching myself to be launching my new
@SerenBooks
pamphlet, Flamingo, at the wonderful Poetry Pharmacy (
@emergencypoet
) on 29th October!
@EmmaPurshouse
and
@Nettie31
will be our brilliant guest readers. We'd love you to join us. Link to tickets, below🦩🍾🥂
Thrilled to be hosting the book launch for
@BevisKathryn
wonderful pamphlet Flamingo! Come and join us for
#poetry
and prosecco on October the 29th at the Poetry Pharmacy.
Thrilled to bits that my poem “Wonder Woman Questions her Status as a 70s Symbol of Female Empowerment” has scooped second place in the York Poetry Prize this year! Huge thanks to judge
@kimmoorepoet
and congratulations to all the other winners, commended and shortlisted poets.
I'm on Radio 4 today, talking about Gilbert White and reading my commissioned piece for his 300th anniversary. Very excited to be a part of this beautiful programme.
Last call! Costa Prize-winning poet and beautiful soul
#JonathanEdwards
has this to say about voting for 'Flamingo' in the
@SabotageReviews
Awards for Best Pamphlet, 2022, in the next couple of days👇The Google form is here: Thank you for all your support.
Thank you to all who sent well wishes for my and Ollie's combined 100th birthday celebrations yesterday! The day looked like this with feasting, games, endless hugs, natters and cups of tea with many of the people we love. Even the sun shone. We feel cherished and grateful.
Drum roll 🥁 excited to reveal the Primers Volume 5 shortlist & longlist; hearty congratulations to the poets. Huge thanks to all those who submitted their poems, such a rich plethora of talent, such high quality and variety.
In the pink to be giving the first in a series of Wonky Animals Collective online spotlight readings. It would be brilliant to see some of you there! Tickets are available here:
Are you a Hampshire resident who might benefit from a free, beginner-friendly, Poetry for Wellbeing course (running for 10 weeks, starting September, Wednesday mornings)? We'd love to have you along! Email
Emily-Kate.Stuart
@hampshireculturaltrust
.org.uk for info. R/Ts v welcome
It's a huge privilege and encouragement to have had a poem longlisted in this year's National Poetry Competition! Congratulations to fantastic winners
@MarvinPoet
,
@tsuiidi
, and Jack Nicholls and to all the commended and longlisted poets. What a golden night of poetry it's been.
The Saboteur Awards have just opened for nominations, including for Best Pamphlet published in the last year. If you’ve read and enjoyed Flamingo as much as Mittens has, I'd be so grateful if you'd consider nominating it!
📚📢 January Sale 📢 📚 We’re excited to announce the return of our half-price January Sale! From Friday 26th - Wednesday 31st January 2024 get 50% off all orders on the Seren website (excluding pre-orders & subscriptions). Use the code ‘JanSale24’ .
Just back from an amazing time in Belfast, reading with
@JimBMcElroy
and
@peterpegnall
to celebrate the Mairtín Crawford Award.
@DonaldsonMoyra
and
@CrescentArts
hosted us so beautifully: huge thanks to them. I met many wonderful poets and people and spotted the shop sign ever!
I feel incredibly privileged to be guest reading at
@HodgsonWrites
launch of her brilliant ‘163 Days’ alongside
@lydiarallison
Join us! Hannah’s poems have completely changed my attitudes towards living and dying so this is a really special one for me.
My oldest friend and I have planned a yoga and poetry-writing retreat in the Wye Valley to celebrate coming of spring, May 2024. While we understand it’s not an impulse buy, we offer instalment plans to help cater for different budgets. Join us if you can!
I'm thrilled to announce that Costa Prize winner and
@SerenBooks
poet Jonathan Edwards will be teaching The Writing School Online's Digital Poetry Retreat on the theme of Someone Else's Shoes: Poetic Monologue. All details here: . RTs much appreciated!
The
@WinPoetryFest
2021 programme is live and it's a peach! Starting in June, there'll be five months of hybrid poetry events, accessible to all. Pinching myself to be hosting a Poetry Salon each month and to be reading with
@PatienceAgbabi
, 9th October.
Astonished and elated to hear the news that my poem Tidal Race is on the
@LiveCanon
shortlist this year. Thank you
@arshi_mona
and the Live Canon team and congratulations to all the other poets. I can't wait to hear your poems at the anthology launch!
At The Writing School Online, we're thrilled to announce that we're hosting a digital poetry retreat on 'The Earth and Sun and the Animals’: Poetry, Place and the Natural World with Jonathan Edwards and
@Jo_Bell
, 18th-22nd April, 2022. RTs appreciated!
Thrilled one of my poems made it onto this list. What a week! Thanks so much
@soshunetwork
@brookespoetry
and congratulations to all the winning and commended poets. I’m really excited to hear all your work at the awards event. 🎉🥳🌱
We're delighted to announce the winners of this year's International Poetry Competition, judged by Will Harris. Read the winning poems on our website and join us for the awards event on 7 December to hear the poets read from their work alongside Will:
I feel very lucky to have been at
@MaryMulhol
's launch of her pamphlet this evening, What the Sheep Taught Me, published by
@LiveCanon
. I love the storytelling in these poems, their cheeky tone, vivacity, lyrical beauty and wisdom.