Poetry London
Poetry London is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles.
Profile
[edit]Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, Poetry London was founded in 1988[1] 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, Ahren Warner and Martha Sprackland.
The Poetry London Prize
[edit]The magazine runs a major international poetry competition each year, in which the winner receives the Poetry London Prize for a single outstanding poem.[2] 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, Richard Scott, and Romalyn Ante.
| Year | Winner | Title of Poem |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Liz Berry | "Bird" |
| 2013 | Niall Campbell | "The Letter Always Arrives at its Destination" |
| 2014 | Jon Stone | "Nightjar" |
| 2015 | Geraldine Clarkson | "His Wife in the Corner" |
| 2016 | Jon Stone | "The Self-Made Man" |
| 2017 | Richard Scott | "Crocodile" |
| 2018 | Romalyn Ante | "Names" |
| 2019 | Roger Bloor | "The Ghost of Molly Leigh Pleads, Yes Cries for Exemplarie Justice Against the Arbitrarie, Un-exampled Injustice of Her Accusers" |
| 2020 | Eleanor Penny | "Winter, a biography"[3] |
| 2021 | Nick Makoha | "Hollywood Africans"[4] |
Contributors
[edit]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, Carol Ann Duffy, Philip Gross, Helen Farish and Julia Copus.
References
[edit]- ^ Elise Blanchard. "London-Based Lit Mags". The Review Review. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ National Poetry Library UK. "Poetry London Prize". Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Poetry London Prize 2020: 1st PRIZE". Poetry London (97). Autumn 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Booker, Malika (2021). "Poetry London Prize 2021: Judge's Report". Poetry London. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Poetry London site
- Poetry London issues available online
- Finding aid to the Poetry London-New York records at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.