Poetry School

Poetry School is a national arts organisation, registered charity and adult education centre providing creative writing tuition, with teaching centres throughout England as well as online courses and downloadable activities. It was founded in 1997 by poets Mimi Khalvati, Jane Duran and Pascale Petit. Poetry School offers an accredited Master's degree in Writing Poetry, delivered in both London and Newcastle, in collaboration with Newcastle University.[1] Online courses are delivered via CAMPUS, a social network dedicated to poetry.

In 2018 the Poetry School moved to new premises at Dock Offices, Canada Water, London, from their previous offices on Lambeth Walk.

The Poetry School's annual Books of the Year list is released in December, and celebrates noteworthy books and pamphlets of poetry published during the year.[2][3]

Poetry School works with a number of partner organisations to deliver a range of projects, including the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry, the Primers mentorship scheme, and, from 2018, a new poetry award and mentorship programme, The Women Poets' Prize, in memory of The Literary Consultancy co-founder Rebecca Swift.[4] The Women Poets' Prize offers three female-identifying poets a programme of support and creative professional development opportunities in collaboration with seven partner organisations, including, in addition to Poetry School, Faber and Faber, Bath Spa University, The Literary Consultancy, RADA, City Lit and Verve Festival.

Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry

Poetry School runs the Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry (formerly the Resurgence Prize), a major international award for poems embracing ecological themes, with a first prize of £5,000.[5]

The Resurgence Prize was founded in 2014 by poet Andrew Motion and actress and activist Joanna Lumley.[6] The Ginkgo Prize was established in 2018 with funding from the Edward Goldsmith Foundation to commemorate the poet Teddy Goldsmith on the 25th annniversary of the publication of his book The Way.[7][8]

Winners of the Ginkgo Prize
1st: Jemma Borg, "Unripe"
2nd: Teresa Dzieglewicz, "If you’re married, why do you call her Teresa?"
3rd: Linda France, "In the Physic Garden"

Winners of the Resurgence Prize

Laurel Prize

In November 2019 poet laureate Simon Armitage announced that he would donate his salary as poet laureate to create a new prize for a collection of poems "with nature and the environment at their heart". The prize is to be run by the Poetry School. The first award is to be announced on 23 May 2020 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the judges being Armitage, Robert Macfarlane, and Moniza Alzi. Armitage has said that the prize should "be part of the discourse and awareness about our current environmental predicament".[13][14]

Primers

Primers is an annual mentoring and publication scheme organised by Poetry School and Nine Arches Press. It provides a unique opportunity for talented poets to find publication and receive a programme of supportive feedback, mentoring and promotion.[15][16]

Previous winners
  • 2018 – Lewis Buxton, Victoria Richards, Amelia Louli
  • 2017 – Romalyn Ante, Aviva Dautch, Sarala Estruch
  • 2016 – Cynthia Miller, Ben Bransfield, Marvin Thompson
  • 2015 – Geraldine Clarkson, Lucy Ingrams, Katie Griffiths, Maureen Cullen

References
  1. "Writing Poetry MA - Postgraduate - Newcastle University". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. Onwuemezi, Natasha (2016-12-22). "Poetry School names its Books of the Year". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  3. Robinson, Rebecca (2016-12-21). "The Poetry Business Sweep the Board in The Poetry School's Books of the Year". Inpress Books. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. Onwuemezi, Natasha (2018-05-21). "Foundation and poetry award launches in memory of Rebecca Swift". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  5. Firth, Niall (2018-08-23). "Endangered bees and climate nightmares find a new voice in poetry". New Scientist. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  6. "Prize Founders". Resurgence Poetry Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. "Ginkgo Prize 2019 Open for Entries!". Poetry School. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. "Patrons". Ginkgo Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. "Poems: 2018 winners". Ginkgo Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. "2017 Awards". Resurgence Poetry Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  11. "2016 Awards". Resurgence Poetry Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  12. "2015 Winner". Resurgence Poetry Prize. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  13. Flood, Alison (21 November 2019). "Simon Armitage: 'Nature has come back to the centre of poetry'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  14. Singh, Anita (21 November 2019). "Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to fund new 'eco-poetry' prize". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. "An Exciting Collaboration Between Nine Arches Press and The Poetry School Will Be Celebrated in Trowbridge". Literature Works SW - Nurturing literature development activity in South West England. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  16. "Nine Arches Press celebrates ten years of publishing in the Midlands". www.artscouncil.org.uk. Arts Council England. 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

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