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Call for Submissions: Festival!
We’re inviting all poets to share with us your work inspired by the theme “Festival”! Whether you have a poem...
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Festival Submissions Call – ‘Maytime’ by Sue Wallace-Shaddad
Festival Submissions CallWe are beyond excited to share with you our selected poets from our ‘Festival’ themed submissions call, ahead...
Festival Submissions Call – ‘Montol – Penzance Winter Solstice 2025’ by Ian Cave
Festival Submissions CallWe are beyond excited to share with you our selected poets from our ‘Festival’ themed submissions call, ahead...
Festival Submissions Call – ‘Feast Day’ by Jackie Taylor
Festival Submissions CallWe are beyond excited to share with you our selected poets from our ‘Festival’ themed submissions call, ahead...
Festival Submissions Call – ‘Isobar of Ash’ by Yvonne Salmon
Festival Submissions CallWe are beyond excited to share with you our selected poets from our ‘Festival’ themed submissions call, ahead...
Festival Submissions Call – ‘Winter Solstice: Sauna Experience’ by Holly Peters
Festival Submissions CallFollow along as we post one of the ‘Festival’ selected poems a day, and don’t forget to book...
Festival Submissions Call – ‘A Tale of Tam the Travelling Man’ by Steward Ennis
Festival Submissions CallFollow along as we post one of the ‘Festival’ selected poems a day, and don’t forget to book...