Category: Jean Atkin’s poetry

Jean Atkin's poetry

Coast to Coast to Coast win!

I am thrilled to bits to be one of this year’s winners in Maria Isakova Bennett‘s Individual Poet Journal Prize. It’s an honour to share this win alongside wonderful poets Will Kemp and Sarah Westcott. In 2017, Maria launched the handmade poetry journal Coast to Coast to Coast, publishing work by over 120 writers in more than 1200 hand-stitched journals. My submission ‘Not Far From Ragged … Continue reading Coast to Coast to Coast win!

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Jean Atkin's poetry, Poet in Residence

A month to write in Latvia

I’m writing on my last afternoon, certain that after I get home tomorrow, the waters of chaos will close over my head and I’ll never quite get back to this moment. What a brilliant time I’ve had here in the International Writers’ and Translators’ House. It’s been so friendly, and I’ve found Latvia and Ventspils continually fascinating. And I’ve written around 40 poems. They mainly … Continue reading A month to write in Latvia

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