''Poetry London'' is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles.

Profile

Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, ''Poetry London'' was founded in 1988 as a listings magazine. It now publishes poems from Britain and around the world, some originally written in English and some in English translation. The current head of the editorial team is André Naffis-Sahely. Previous poetry editors have included Colette Bryce, Pascale Petit,

Maurice Riordan Maurice Riordan (born 1953) is an Irish poet, translator, and editor. Born in Lisgoold, County Cork, his poetry collections include: ''A Word from the Loki'' (1995), a largely London-based collection which was a Poetry Book Society Choice and ...

Ahren Warner Ahren Warner (born 1986) is a British poet. Background Ahren Warner is a poet and artist. He has published four books of poetry, most recently ''Hello. Your promise has been extracted'' (Bloodaxe, 2017), a collection of poems and photographs ...

and

Martha Sprackland Martha Sprackland (born 1988) is a British writer. Background Martha Sprackland is a writer, editor and translator from Spanish, born in Barnstaple in 1988, who grew up in Ainsdale, Merseyside. Her mother is the British poet Jean Sprackland. ...

The Poetry London Prize

The magazine runs a major international poetry competition each year, in which the winner receives the Poetry London Prize for a single outstanding poem. There are also second and third prizes. All entries are single poems written in English that have not have yet been published. The first prize is currently £5000. Winners have included

Liz Berry Liz Berry (born 1980) is a British poet. She has published two pamphlets and one full-length poetry collection. Her poetry collection, ''Black Country'', was named poetry book of the year by several publications, including ''The Guardian''. E ...

, Richard Scott, and Romalyn Ante.

Contributors

Contributors have included some of the best-known poets writing in the English language. But the magazine operates an open submissions policy, and every issue carries both established and emerging poets. Each issue also has a cover portrait of one of the poets whose work it features. Past cover poets have included

Fred D'Aguiar Fred D'Aguiar (born 2 February 1960) is a British-Guyanese poet, novelist, and playwright. He is currently Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Life Fred D'Aguiar was born in London, England, in 1960 t ...

Carol Ann Duffy Dame Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955) is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, resigning in 2019. She was the first ...

Philip Gross Philip Gross (born 1952) is a poet, novelist, playwright, children's writer and academic based in England and Wales. He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Wales. Biography Philip Gross was born in 1952 at D ...

Helen Farish Helen Farish (born 1962 Cumbria) is a British poet. Life She received her B.A. from University of Durham, M.A. and Ph.D. from Oxford Brookes University. She lectured in creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University. She has been a Fellow at ...

and

Julia Copus Julia Copus FRSL (born 1969) is a British poet, biographer and children's writer. Biography Copus was born in London and grew up with three brothers, two of whom went on to become musicians. She attended The Mountbatten School, a comprehensi ...

References

External links

Poetry London sitePoetry London issues available onlineFinding aid to the Poetry London-New York records at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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