💚Winchester Poetry Festival 2025💚 We invite poetry-lovers + poetry-curious to join us: 10-12 Oct @ArcWinchester 2-9 Oct online + fringe Theme: ‘Revisiting The Classics’ 24 events inc BSL, live-streaming, relaxed, online, free entry 🎟️ https://t.co/B2VjgwOoxS @ace_national

🔮An unmissable part of #WPF25 - grab your tickets now for a poetry seance with magnificent @JTaylorTrash resurrecting the spirit of Adrienne Rich 🎟️ https://t.co/qYzWNmeQk5

😎The big Saturday of #WPF25 is a month today - and there's *so* much poetry to look forward to! Inc... @rmcfarlane63 @deadwomentweet @maryjean_chan @JTaylorTrash @MPTmagazine @naushsabah @isabellebaafi @DzifaBenson Explore the programme, book today: https://t.co/8rEmVw8Fem

💃🏾🪘WELCOME TO #WPF25 📌 Fri 10 Oct | 5:30pm | @ArcWinchester Get the poetry party started with our busy buzzy Welcome event! #Livemusic + #poetry from prominent #baul performer @papiaghoshal Classical + contemporary #dance from Abanti Chakrabarty 🎟️ https://t.co/r0nIWUWE1E

Taking place this Saturday at @unisoton_wsa for @WinchesterHods Free spots still available

ONE MONTH TODAY! 🎟️ https://t.co/r0nIWUWE1E

In case you missed it...! #HelloWinchester @winchesterbid @hantsculture @ace_southwest @ace_national @ParisSmithLLP @_UoW @WinchesterCity

❌If you're interested in breaking poetry rules - this is the workshop for you! 💻Will Harris explore homonyms and orthographic deviance in this online workshop - one month today! As part of Winchester Poetry Festival 2025 🎟️ https://t.co/o5dAy8nbhG

Chuffed to bits to be on this list, and excited to hear this fabulous bunch of poets reading @WinPoetryFest on the 12th October.

Honoured to have had my poem ‘Eden’ selected for the @WinPoetryFest Winchester Poetry Prize 2025 longlist and anthology by Fiona Benson 🌟 Nervous (and excited of course!) to share a reading of ‘Eden’ a personal and revealing poem at the prize-giving event.

This is such an honour — and to be longlisted twice…! So delighted to be on this rather exalted list, and looking forward to the event in October.

So delighted!! 💕💗💕💗@WinPoetryFest @NineArchesPress

Looking forward to the festival…

Congratulations to all who entered - we know it takes courage to place your poem in the hands of someone else. It is a privilege to receive each and every one.

🎤We look forward to meeting the longlist + announcing winners *live* at the prize-giving event at #WPF25: https://t.co/PfIXyImiF3 @AnnaMindelCrawf @rachel_jeffcoat @courtneyconrad_ @craftycrone @mschristwit @jennywcreative @estherdaponte @lesleyksharpe @jenlareine @KateClanchy1

🥁 Drum roll please... It's the Winchester Poetry Prize 2025 longlist! The 25 poems listed below are the ones our judge Fiona Benson found most impactful, out of the 2284 entered ⬇️⬇️⬇️

💻 In just a month we'll be nestled in, gleening poetry guidance from @EllaFrears in this exclusive online workshop with @Writing5chool as part of #WPF25 📌 Wed 8 Oct Ltd spots to ensure all participants feel engaged and listened to 🎟️ https://t.co/fmLKyMd4iw

🍻OPEN-MIC 📌Tues 7th Oct We gate-crash #Winchester's vibrant Poetry Platform @railwaylive as part of #WPF25 and present guest poet Hilary Davies @renardpress 🎤As always, there will be an Open Mic for local poets to share their work too! Sign up 7pm 🥰 https://t.co/ZPLA2bs9M1

📫If you're a #Winchester resident, this may have dropped through your letterbox in the week! It's thrilling to see your name in print - so thank you to Winchester City Magazine for featuring #WPF25 this month! 👀🎟️👉🏾 https://t.co/kUmGjHrthI #hellowinchester

🔥1 month today!🔥 We kick off #WPF25 with these 2 beautiful #poetry events 💻Online workshop with Julia Copus focusing on the cento 🎤Readings from @MonkeyCageLive Robin Ince at @Bookwells #Winchester Selling fast ▶️ https://t.co/nBGKgi9sfL

ONE MONTH TODAY! Tickets for this are free, so come and experiment with computer games and poetry in this brilliant session at @unisoton_wsa that complements the @PoetryDayUK theme this year! Sign up: