Projects & Commissioning

Faber and Faber, The Literary Consultancy, RADA, City Lit, Verve Festival, Bath Spa University, and Poetry School. In addition to these opportunities which constitute the Women Poets’ Prize professional grant, each successful poet will each receive a cash bursary of £1,000. [...] Poetry in Aldeburgh’s third festival of poetry, co-curated by Poetry School and poet Paul Stephenson. In November 2018, over 100 of today’s most exciting poets from across the UK came to the Suffolk coast to celebrate all things poetry with a weekend of 45 workshops, events, pop-up performances, exhibitions and poetry-themed walks and swims.. Themes included climate change, queer identity, translation, art and more, celebrating major anniversaries and fusing film with poetry and dance. [...] The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry is a major international award for poems embracing ecological themes, generously funded by the Edward Goldsmith Foundation, and facilitated by the Poetry School. The first prize is £5,000, second prize is £2,000 and third prize is £1,000. The prize is supported by a diverse programme of ecopoetry workshops, taking place all over the UK, and an ongoing series of commissioned essays offering new perspectives and insight on the ecological imperatives of our time,