Links

Antiphon : Online magazine I edit with Rosemary Badcoe: antiphon.org.uk

Antiphon blog: the blog we use to support Antiphon: antiphonblog.wordpress.com/

Bank Street Arts: Arts centre where I was resident artist and where we now run poetry workshops (with Angelina Ayers) and occasional poetry events: http://www.bankstreetarts.com/

Bank Street Poetry Cafe workshops: http://bankstreetpoets.blogspot.com/

Chris Jones: excellent poet living in Sheffield, keen on collaborative and public art work (also a tutor on Sheffield Hallam’s MA). Check out his collection The Safe House: http://www.chris-jones.org.uk/

David Harmer, children’s writer and poet, and MA Writing tutor. http://www.davidharmer.com/index.html

Deconstructive Wasteland, Local Poet Ben Wilkinson’s blog. Amusing and clued up on the poetry scene, despite rather overblown title. Some very original poems. His first pamphlet The Sparks has a really original voice.

http://deconstructivewasteland.blogspot.com/2008/04/spoken-word-sheffield.html

Grace Dieu Writers: Writers’ group who commended “The Cake Plate”: http://beehive.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=10451 

Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau: a third prize for a comic poem here: http://www.jbwb.co.uk/nwp.htm

The Poetry Business Excellent workshops and poetry mag The North. Run by the poets Ann and Peter Sansom, who really know their stuff.

http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/

Ladder Writers  A rather unique concept, as far as I know, of writing competitions and community based on a points system for contributions. I joiedn up to see what it leads to. Although it’s only just getting off the ground, you might give it a try if you’re into writing competitions with a slightly different flavour. http://ladderwriters.com/index.shtml

Liz Cashdan: a local poet, with a range of styles and approaches to work, who also teaches writing and offers workshops: http://www.lizcashdan.co.uk/

Millenium Galleries, Sheffield: Fine museums and galleries with some great exhibitions: I gave a reading here

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/millennium.asp

City of Derby Poetry competition (I won 3rd prize)

http://www.cityofderbywritingcompetition.org.uk/index.html

National Galleries of ScotlandCompetition: I won Special Merit

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/education/competition/6:3740/5913/

Now Then: Sheffield Free magazine, I’ve published poems and reviews in.

http://www.nowthensheffield.com/

River Wolton’s “The Purpose of Your Visit”: Very good collection. River Wolton is also Derbyshire Poet Laureate.

http://www.riverwolton.co.uk/

http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/the_purpose_of_your_visit_i019864.aspx

Rob Hindle, excellent Sheffield poet, with really strong work in local topics and history:

http://robhindle.wordpress.com/

Sheffield Hallam University: Research Institute I’m a member of

http://www3.shu.ac.uk/c3ri/Details.cfm?Action=DetailsOfStaff&StaffID=73&InstID=CCRC 

Three Sticks: research project on writing for children I’m carrying out with David Harmer: http://childrenswriting.wordpress.com/

Words: Short story mag, publishing my first short story

http://www.wordsmag.com/

Poetry magazines and anthologies where I’ve published or have work forthcoming:

Decanto: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/masquepublishing/decanto.html

Envoi (I also was runner up in their competition): http://www.cinnamonpress.com/envoi/index.htm

Monkey Kettle: http://www.monkeykettle.co.uk/about.html

Norwich Writers’ Anthology: http://www.norwichwriters.org.uk/

Obsessed with Pipework: http://www.flarestack.co.uk/obsessedwithpipework.htm

Orbis: http://kudoswriting.wordpress.com/welcome-to-kudos/

Other Poetry: http://www.otherpoetry.com/

Poetry Nottingham: http://nottinghampoetrysociety.wordpress.com/pni/

Read This (zine and website):http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21444815

Skin Deep (Anthology of poems on tattoos): http://www.readthismagazine.co.uk/onenightstanzas/?p=601

The Frogmore Papers: http://www.frogmorepress.co.uk/

The Interpreter’s House: http://www.interpretershouse.org.uk/

The New Writer: http://www.thenewwriter.com/index.htm

The North: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/index.php/the-north

The Ugly Tree(issue 15): http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/issue.asp?id=671

Wasfiri: http://www.wasafiri.org/

Weyfarers: http://www.weyfarers.com/