Acumen has nominated the following poems, published in Acumen during 2022, for the 2023 Pushcart edition and Prize: ‘St Cuthbert and the Otters’ by Neil Curry ‘The Landscape of My Heart’ by L.B. Jørgensen ‘Rose Garden’ by Dinah Livingstone 'Shovelling' by Niall...
News and Events
Launch of Acumen 104
We are delighted to be joining with the Camden Project to launch Acumen 104. On: 27 Sept, Camden, London. See below & https://www.acumen-poetry.co.uk/events/ for details.
Lagos-London Poetry Competition
The Poetry Translation Centre (UK) and Book Buzz Foundation (Nigeria) have announced a new international development programme for young Nigerian and Nigerian-heritage poets in Lagos and London. The programme will launch with an international poetry competition to...
Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry – free to enter
Morrab Library in Penzance has launched the 'Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry' which is open until 30th September. It is free to enter, open internationally and has a category for children. The competition has no theme and will be judged by two multi-award winning...
New status for Acumen
As you might have read in the editorial, Acumen has now become Independently Funded. We have a few Friends and Sponsors who are backing the magazine and in the coming months we aim to have an Acumen International Poetry Competition and also Friends of Acumen whereby...
Teignmouth Poetry Festival & Competition
TEIGNMOUTH POETRY COMPETITION & FESTIVAL Are are delighted to announce the winners and commended poems for the 2022 poetry competition. Teignmouth Poetry (Mini) Festival from South Devon, – 28th/29th May 2022. Do please look it up and enjoy the weekend. Acumen...
Results from Torbay Poetry Festival’s Open Poetry Competitions
TORBAY OPEN POETRY COMPETITION Ist Prize On Driving my Mother Home ... Giles Goodland 2nd Prize What is Beautiful I do not Know Rosie Jackson 3rd Prize The Hares of Birkenau Wendy Klein Highly Commended: Pub at the End of the Road Jennie...
Short Story Competition for the over 60’s
News of an excellent new competition which friends in writerly circles may find interesting. November will see the launch of Exeter's first literary festival. In conjunction with it is a short story competition (very short - just 1000 words). All entry fees will go to...
Torbay Festival of Poetry October 18th – 22nd.
Welcome to this year’s Torbay Festival of Poetry and introducing our exciting guest poets. Many poets have come to Torbay to find inspiration and this year we are celebrating their faith in the beautiful environment by introducing their poetry. As usual, our popular...
New Book by Acumen author, Paul Surman
Paul Surman's first collection has just been published by Oversteps Books, it is called Places, and contains three poems that have previously been published in Acumen. Paul Surman’s first collection takes us to real and imaginary places, celebrating both the natural...
i.m. Thomas Ország-Land
It is with sadness that Acumen reports the death of Thomas Ország-Land earlier this year. Thomas was an assiduous translator and promotor of modern Hungarian poets like Miklós Radnóti, György Faludy, Hannah Senesh (see Andrew Knight’s praise of his translation in...
Teignmouth Poetry Festival: Booking now open
Booking is now open for all the Festival events via Teignmouth Pavilions 01626 249049 or www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk . Good news is there are still a few places left on workshops. There's still time to enter the Teignmouth Festival competition - enter online or by...