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Write The Wilderness - Halfway Into the Wild

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Aug 15
2 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Jul 10
2 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Jun 28
3 min

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 19
2 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Jun 12
3 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Apr 8
3 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Feb 22
4 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Jan 26
2 min

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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derbypoetryfest

Jul 11, 2023
1 min

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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Derby Poetry Festival

Jan 18, 2023
2 min

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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