Finished Creatures Poetry Magazine

Happy publication day! Finished Creatures issue nine - trespass. Thank you to the sixty contributors, and all who sent work in. 💙🕊️ x

So pleased to be a part of this. What a line up. Already read my copy from cover to cover. So beautifully produced. Multiple kinds of intrusions explored in multiple, stimulating, provocative & moving ways.

A copy of Finished Creatures, issue nine – trespass. A bookmark protrudes between pages at the top, and a buff-coloured envelope with treasury tag is partly visible.

A thrill to receive Finished Creatures and see my poem 'Buddleia in the blood' in the company of many poets I admire. Jan Heritage's signature treasury tag envelope, and the thoughtful placement of a bookmark in each writer's page, is so classy. I can't wait to dive in! @finishedpoetry.bsky.social

Issue nine - trespass - just published. Brand new work from sixty excellent poets. 💙🕊️
Please check the website for order details x

Today - Sunday - is the final day of our current submissions window. We've received over 300 poems in just seven days, but there's still a smidge of time if you've something burning a hole in your poetry pocket.

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Thank you to all poets who sent work for issue nine, Trespass. A privilege to read, with some hard - and exciting - choices to make. All responses have been sent (do email if you haven't heard). Now for some design & print alchemy. 🕊️x

It's been simmering for a while and launch is imminent.... my new handmade limited edition #poetry pamphlet Yo-Yo - details (and you can even pre-order!) here: py.pl/OXwyk

Im judging this years @cafewriters.bsky.social poetry competition - its now open so send me your best poems. www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-... #poetrycompetition

So … the window for issue nine is now closed - thank you to all who submitted - and now for the reading! 📚 Aiming to get back to all poets by mid-October xx 🕊️

Just 10 days to go: the submissions window for issue nine - Trespass - closes on 31st August. Please see the website for details and guidelines. x 🕊️🍉

Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look.

🚨 Haia Mohammed on @bbclondon.bsky.social nNews yesterday from Gⓐza on hoping to take up her Goldsmiths scholarship in September & the biometric visa block.

🚨 Please amplify & write your MP to encourage the govt to see sense.

Letter template: bit.ly/44SLnX9

One week in to the August window for issue nine, and already there are many exciting submissions - thank you x
The theme is Trespass: check the website for more information and guidance - feel free to stray!
Plus - a big thanks to the poetry community here on Bluesky for such a great welcome. x 💚🕊️

Submission FAQ — Bad Lilies Guidelines to submit to Bad Lilies

📣 Our submission window is now OPEN for the month of August. Get your blooms to us while the sun is shining! badlilies.uk/submit

Submissions are now open for issue nine. The theme is Trespass: rights and wrongs; encroachment and colonisation; faults and forgiveness. Please see the website (link in bio) for information and guidelines. Window closes August 31st. 🕊 xx

News: issue nine of Finished Creatures opens for submissions tomorrow - for the month of August. The theme is Trespass: verb and noun; sin and action; rights and wrongs. Please see the website for more information. xx