PRESS COVERAGE
The Guardian – ‘Poem inspired by New York mugging wins top prize in National Poetry Competition’
Poetry News – “Turning a memory around in my hands like a snow globe …’ Poetry News talks to Imogen Wade’
The Madrid Review – ‘Between Life and Change: Imogen Wade on the Spiritual Urgency of Poetry in Girl, Swooning’
Poetry London – ‘On Girlhood: from Hello Kitty to the Virgin Mary‘
BBC Radio 4 – Woman’s Hour
BBC Global News Podcast – Happy Pod
Write Out Loud – ‘Lyricism of an abduction: Imogen Wade’s ‘The Time I Was Mugged in New York City’ wins National Poetry Competition’
BBC News – ‘Woman who won National Poetry Competition recalls ‘blanking out’’
BBC Essex Radio – Upload with Rob Jelly
The Spectator – ‘The Poetry Society has betrayed poetry’
Private Eye – ‘Prose and Cons?’, Issue 1621; Letters, Issue 1622
PERIODICALS
The Poetry Review – ‘Fire safety’, ‘The Time I Was Mugged in New York City’
Poetry London – ‘Philosophy‘
Poetry Wales – ‘January Night in Hospital Accommodation’, ‘Family Tree’, ‘Post-nightmare mango’
The London Magazine – ‘Message’, ‘Umbilical’, ‘Dormitory’
Amsterdam Quarterly – ‘Wildfire’
Basket Magazine – ‘The Perils of Teledentistry’
Macrina Magazine – ‘Incurvatus In Se’
PN Review – ‘Meditations on Intimacy’, ‘Pilates Workout Monologue’, ‘Horror’
Seashells Magazine – ‘Argos’, ‘Messages from Heaven’, ‘Leaving Cornwall’ – read here
PERVERSE – ‘Nothing Porn’, ‘The Mushroom Picker‘
The Ekphrastic Review – ‘Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, St Ives’
Tummy Ache – ‘Beckwith & Sons’ – buy Vol. 2 here
East of the North – ‘Snow Child’, ‘Triptych in Motion’
ANTHOLOGIES
Bi+ Lines: An Anthology of Contemporary Bi+ Poets – ‘bipolar’ – buy here
AWARDS
National Poetry Competition – First Prize, Longlisted – ‘The Time I Was Mugged in New York City’, ‘MADAME SETS SAIL’
Troubadour International Poetry Prize – First Prize – ‘Poem About Love’
Montreal International Poetry Competition – Finalist – ‘Argos’
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition – Finalist – ‘Pale Moon’
New Poets Prize (The Poetry Business) – Runner-Up – Fire safety pamphlet
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award – Commended – ‘Neighbours’
The Moth Poetry Prize – Highly Commended – ‘J’
E.H.P. Barnard Poetry Prize – First Prize, Highly Commended, Commended – ‘Cornish Celtic Way’, ‘I Meet My Bucket List, He Is a Man With Tattoos’, ‘New Life’
Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition – First Prize, Commended x2 – ‘I Sat With My Grandmother’, ‘I never thought that it would be like this’, ‘Wishing for Snow’
Plough Poetry Prize – Highly Commended x2 – ‘Letter to my Bipolar’, ‘Tennis Lesson’
Wells Festival of Literature Poetry Competition – Shortlisted – ‘Summer Meditations’
Winchester Poetry Prize – Commended – ‘Camping’
YPN Performance Poem challenge – Winner – ‘The Storyteller’
YPN Poets in Vogue challenge – Second Prize – ‘Non sine sole iris’
Frosted Fire Press Single-Poem Competition – Highly Commended – ‘Oxygen’
AUB International Poetry Prize – Longlisted – ‘Hold On’
Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition – Longlisted
ARTIST COLLABORATIONS
Poem Atlas – About Time – a collection of poem-tattoos, designed by Astra Papachristodoulou – buy here
Dzvinka Hayda – Weaver of Stories – my poem ‘The Storyteller’ was included in Dzvinka’s exhibit catalogue at the Ukranian Museum-Archives
FUNDING
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) Grant – ‘A Poet’s First Novel’ – Arts Council England
COMMUNITY ARTS
Harlow Open Poetry Competition Judge – my hometown’s inaugural poetry competition, organised by Essex Libraries, Harlow Creates, Harlow Museum, and Harlow Council
Harlow Poetry Workshops – for adults, families, children, and home educators in Harlow Library, Harlow Playhouse, and Harlow Museum
READINGS
‘Transitions’ Poetry Evening – Paper Moon Bookshop, Guildford
National Poetry Competition Awards – Guildhall, London
Ware Poets Poetry Evening – Southern Maltings, Hertfordshire
Poets in Vogue Party – House of St. Barnabas, London
Bi+ Lines Anthology Launch – The Queery Bookshop, Brighton
Tummy Ache Magazine Launch Party – The Gallery Cafe, London