Poetry Competition with great prizes

What’s on my mind? Facebook asked me. Well, how to tell people about the Torbay Open Poetry Competition and its prizes. I dislike using extravagant words and OTT phrases. Yet the prizes are worth winning: first prize: £700 PLUS a free ticket to everything at...

New Guest Poems

Posted on Fathers Day Though these two poems are not specifically about Fathers, they both mention the role Fathers played in the poets’ lives.  Do read them and send in your comments.

WE NEED NEWS FROM YOU

  If you have a poem in Acumen 85, or are a regular contributor to the magazine, please send us any readings or workshops you may be giving between now and the end of September and they will be posted in the Events listing for those months. If you win a...

Gill McEvoy wins pamphlet prize

Acumen poet Gill McEvoy’s latest pamphlet ‘The First Telling’ has won the Michael Marks Award for the best pamphlet in 2016. The pamphlet is published by Happenstance.  She is a writer, poet, gardener. Love trees, birds, plants, insects, dogs and...

Congratulations to Fred Johnson

We would like to congratulate the Acumen poet Fred Johnson on being awarded a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship for 2016.  We always enjoy his poetry and look forward to reading his Poems.