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The Winners of the 2024 Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize
For the second year in a row, Derby Poetry Festival held the Derby Poetry Festival Prize for Poetry. We called out to writers, poets, and...
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May 67 min read
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Write The Wilderness - Halfway Into the Wild
We’re about halfway through our Write the Wilderness walks, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund made possible thanks to...
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Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Full derby Poetry Festival 2024 line-up announced
We've already given you a cheeky taster of what you can expect from this year's festival when we revealed the poets who are going to be...
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Jul 10, 20242 min read
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Derby Poetry Festival 2024 Headline event Poets Revealed
We're edging ever closer to Derby Poetry Festival 2024, which runs from October 2nd - 6th, and we think it's set to be the best one yet....
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Jun 28, 20243 min read
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Introducing the 2024 Associate Poets
Earlier in the year we opened applications for the Associate Poet roles for Derby Poetry Festival 2024. We had a massive, humbling...
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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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5 Tips for redrafting a poem
Reaching the end of the first draft of a poem can feel like an amazing achievement. Those words that have been running around your head...
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Jun 12, 20243 min read
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Derby Poetry Festival secures Funding for 2024 from Arts Council England, The National Heritage Lottery Fund and The National Forest Small Arts Grant.
Derby Poetry Festival CIC is delighted to announce that we have successfully secured project grant funding from Arts Council England to...
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Apr 8, 20243 min read
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Here are The Winners of the 2023 Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize
When we launched the inaugural Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize in October 2023, a call to writers, poets and spoken word artists to...
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Feb 22, 20244 min read
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Announcing the Shortlisted Poets for the 2023 Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize
In October 2023, Derby Poetry Festival announced the inaugural Derby Poetry Festival Poetry Prize. Open to submissions nationwide, we...
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Jan 26, 20242 min read
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Introducing the Associate poets
In March we put a call out for our first ever Associate Poets. Now, we are finally excited to announce them. Congratulations to Sonia...
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Jul 11, 20231 min read
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5 Years of Derby Poetry Festival
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing project grant funding from Arts Council England to support Derby...
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Jan 18, 20232 min read
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