@aoifepoconnor
Poet and Producer based in Derby. Founder of Salty/She Speaks and co-Director of Derby Poetry Festival. Trustee, Women's Football Fan, enjoy a convo about social-political themes, arts and theatre. Unapologetically Queer & LGBTQIA+. Wanna be friends?
Great post by @benmacpherson1.bsky.social highlighting why (and where) you should see poetry at #EdFringe! It may be the smallest section of the programme, but it's the mightiest!
bmacpherson.substack.com/p/join-the-1...
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, but I can say it has been a wonderful and rewarding experience.
We're not just looking for poets or poetry lovers, but people with a broad range of skills that will help contribute to our delivery.
Some of you are aware that I serve as a Trustee (and now Vice-Chair) for Forward (Forward Arts Foundation). Annually, we deliver the @forwardprizes.bsky.social and @poetrydayuk.bsky.social plus many other activities.
We’re recruiting: Chair & Trustees.
forwardartsfoundation.org/about-us/wor...
Good morning! We've begun accepting entries for our first debut chapbook competition for UK and RoI poets! We love a wide range of poetries and are eager to find and support new voices, esp those often marginalised in publishing! Full details: foxandstarbooks.org Please share!
a graphic that says "the braag will be open for submissions of poetry, prose and micro-chapbooks June 15th - July 31st"
It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚
Would love to read your poems for 2025’s @oxfordpoetry.bsky.social prize! Looking forward to it.
Yessss go for the masters! So amazing 😍
As a freelancer, I feel like any publication I write for should give me a lifetime digital subscription so that I can always access my work. I have written for places where I literally cannot read my own articles due to paywalls.
There is still 17 hours left to donate! 💓
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Here is a small gift of encouragement and thanks. Here is Frank O'Hara on the transformative power of poetry!
And remember, every donation you give will be matched and *doubled* by @biggive.bsky.social
Photo: ©1965 by Renate Ponsold.