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pdevonald.bsky.social
Multi award-winning poet/screenwriter | Winner Loft Books Poetry 2024 | Second Shelley Memorial 2024 | Winner FofHCS, HoH, BoN nomx2, Forward Prize nom 2023 | Winner HoH, Waltham Forest 2022 | Children's Bafta nom | Manchester UK http://www.scriptfirst.com
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Poets deserve real recognition, not pay-to-play competitions. That’s why I’m launching #TheBrokenSpinePoetryAward. But without £5,000, it won’t happen. Help fund a fee-free award with real prizes. Donate & share. 🔗 shorturl.at/G2mMo

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It’s Friday—#WordsUnsaid. Post your work exploring love’s quiet power. We’ll be here with feedback, but your voices make this space meaningful. Comment, engage, and keep it real. #BeBold #CultivatedNotOverwrought #EndOnAnImage

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Delighted to have a poem in this upcoming work from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social - my fourth anthology with this excellent publisher. So many talented poets in this volume, it really is an honour to be part of this. Huge thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social #poetry #poet #cityatnight #slimline

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Remember, Friday is #WordsUnsaid. Explore the strength of silence and subtlety. Share feedback, boost others, and help build a space for real growth beyond the noise. #StayOnTheme #ConcreteOverAbstract #EmotionNotMelodrama

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Extremely pleased to have a new poem published today. Huge thanks to Beth and everyone involved in this wonderful venture www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/ella-... #poetry #poetrylovers #poetryfairy #poetryella

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Delighted to be longlisted for the TPW Poetry Prize 2025. Huge thanks to the judge Andrew Jamison and everyone involved in this wonderful competition - and congratulations to everyone else who is longlisted including the wonderful @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetryaward

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Guidelines here! thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/01/12/s...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

🌙 "Everyone behaves badly—given the chance." —Ernest Hemingway Explore human flaws through the lens of the Jazz Age. The Eds are calling: @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

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This is such a quality book, highly recommended for all poets. Eleven of the best Australian poets share their craft by revealing the early drafts of their poems and the process towards making them award winners. If in the UK available to buy direct from the writer @rosannamcglone.bsky.social

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Delighted to have a poem in this wonderful anthology: High-Rise: Brutalist Poetry Edited by @alanparry83.bsky.social this anthology builds poetry like concrete: raw, unshakable, impossible to ignore. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poetry #brutalistpoetry www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Br...

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