News and Events

Winchester Poetry Prize 2023 is open!

Winchester Poetry Festival is calling on poets from around the world to submit their best, unpublished work to win £1000. The 2023 Winchester Poetry Prize judge, is multi-award winning poet and author, Zaffar Kunial. The competition closes 31 July 2023. Further...

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POETRY READING IN LONDON Sunday May 14

Dinah Livingstone, poet, translator, editor of Katabasis Books and of Sofia, is giving a poetry reading at Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London,  NW5 2RX, UK on Sunday May 14th. As usual, poets from the floor are welcome. Like many other venues Torriano...

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Poetry Reading Online: Celebration of Acumen 105

Do join us April 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm for this free inspiring event to celebrate issue 105, with readings and discussion. Selected poets and translators in the latest issue Acumen 105, from across the world, will read one poem from the issue. The event is online...

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Acumen’s Pushcart Prize Nominations

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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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