Orbis 200: ‘All the best to you, and to Orbis!’
(Glyn Maxwell; shortlisted for Best Collection in the Forward Prize)


‘Best wishes for the journal – and congratulations
on such a successful magazine over the years’
(Joy Harjo, United States Poet Laureate)

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Single issue: £6.00 (Overseas: £12/€14/$16); Subs: £20/4 pa (Overseas: £45/€50/$60)

Associate Editor (Book Reviews): Maria Isakova-Bennett

Reviews by: Philip Dunkerley; David Harmer; Jenny Hockey;
Jennifer McGowan; D.A.Prince; Andrew Taylor

Please note with new collections, press release in first instance –
not review copies.

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Front cover artwork: ‘Chora 32’ by Matthew Smith

Back cover, detail from image:  matthew-smith.co.uk

Twinkle, twinkle… a whole host of stars within, in fact, what Chris Parsons

describes as a Constellation. Which you may enjoy watching along with

Mara Adamitz Scrupe, night/ cabin/ lakeside, tho maybe no Painted Angels

despite Matthew Smith telling you about them.

Down to earth… these days, you can understand J. Burke asking

Where did all theporpoises go? while Ellen Zhang makes the most of

Waiting for Those Pink River Dolphins. Endangered species include us of course,

the Dispossessed, as Phil Walsh reminds us, trying not to think about

Spindle, Thread and Shears (Ali Rowland). But be consoled by John Zedolik

and his reassuring, No Bother. All the more so, if like Aidan Fadden,

you want to embark on The Search For OK. You’ll find it here all right –

indeed; better than OK

Featured Writer: Gemma Parker

Southern Spring; Cicadas; Before the Storm; How to get through it

Poems from

Aidan Fadden,The Search For OK; S Kimbrough McLendon, Owl Courting;
Tolu Ogunlesi,
Meeting; Mara Adamitz Scrupe, night/ cabin/ lakeside;

Chiara Salomon, Palìrroia; John Zedolik, No Bother

Prose from Lani O’Hanlon, Written in milk;

Gemma Parker, Femme-Maison; Mark Reece, Escape

Translation: Ranald Barnicot, Naevius v. The Metelli 

Past Master: Philip Dunkerley on Miguel Hernández  

Orbis 205 Contributors also include
Pratibha Castle; A.C. Clarke; John Irving Clarke;
Jill Eulalie Dawson; Bill Dodd; Jenny Hamlett; Robin Helweg-Larsen;
Tony Horitz; Annette Iles; Ben Keatinge; Kathy Miles; Lindy Newns;
Mark Paffard; Jenna Plewes; Jean Prior; Elva Robins; Paul Saville;
Terry Sherwood; Christopher Southgate; Miriam Sulhunt;
Peter Sutton; Paul Truan; Judith Wilkinson; Lesa Walker  


  1. MAY 31st

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2023

Prizes: 250, 75, 50 guineas

plus 1 year’s subs

(winner, 2 years’ subs)

Publication in The Frogmore Papers 

Shortlist: copies of selected Frogmore Press publications

Results announced early July

Fee: £4.  Length: 40 lines  

Adjudicator: Helena Nelson

SEND SAE: 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ

www.frogmorepress.co.uk/frogmore-poetry-prize/

The Plough Prize for Poetry 2023

INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

Judge: Imtiaz Dharker

Now in its 20th year,
the Plough Prize for Poetry is an international open competition
for a poem up to 40 lines on any subject

Deadline 31st March 2023

Online Entry fee: £5.00 per poem; Postal Entry fee: £6.00 per poem:
The Plough Prize, The Plough Arts Centre, 9-11 Fore Street, Torrington EX38 8HQ

https://www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/competitions

 

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October 31st
Southport Writers’ Circle Annual Short Story Competition 2022
www.swconline.co.uk

 

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October 31
The Bedford Competition

www.bedfordwritingcompetition.co.uk

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October 21

Sonnet or Not 2022

www.cannonpoets.org.uk


Cannon Poets invite poems of 14 lines.
First Prize £500
Judge: Paul Francis
Details on website
www.cannonpoets.org.uk
or send SAE: Hon. Sec. Cannon Poets, 22, Margaret Grove, Birmingham, B17 9JH
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November 14th
2022 Café Writers Open Poetry Competition

www.cafewriters.org.uk

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August 31
THE INTERNATIONAL WILLESDEN HERALD SHORT STORY COMPETITION
www.willesdenherald.com

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July 31

* Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2022

11 – 17s

https://foyleyoungpoets.org/

July 31

* Ironbridge Festival of the Imagination Open Poetry Competition

ironbridgepoetrycomp@gmail.com

https://ironbridgefestival.co.uk/poetry-comp/

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