I’m also learning what a huge range of responses a small group of people will have to a prompt. The other aspect of this is that I’m reading countless poems each day, understanding what works, understanding how a quirk of word or comma can completely change the feel of a poem. I’m not a great group person, but I’ve felt welcome, safe, and confident enough to share my work and seek feedback. I also benefit form being part of a very kind online writing group that’s associated with each course. I benefit from the discipline of daily prompts. If you follow my blog, you’ll know I’ve taken several “prompt a day” courses, created and run by Wendy Pratt. My prompt a day notebook – I’ve almost filled it this year Where do all these poetry prompts come from?Īh now this is my secret weapon. I love writing again in a way that seemed impossible at the beginning of the year. I think the greatest thing that working with poetry prompts has given me is a sense of fun and possibility. I’ve learnt that I either write something super quick, like my shortlisted 100word poem/story for Lightbox Originals winter competition, or I need to spend several weeks thinking, tweaking, revising. It’s all writing and it doesn’t all need to be seen. Often something terrible emerges too and that’s also cool. It may not be a subject I like or would consider, but once I give the words time, often something good emerges. A prompt kick starts my mind, starts the language and rhythm circling. Firstly, it’s the element of playfulness. Why do poetry prompts help ?įor me it works in two ways. Compared to the gloom and despondency I felt about my work at the start of the year, I finish the year feeling positive – about writing at least- and I put it all down to poetry prompts. I’ve been longlisted and shortlisted in several competitions, had various pieces published including one in actual print, which always feels super special, plus I’ve published an illustrated poetry zine. Ok, so that’s not entirely true – what I mean is, this year has been one of my best as a writer. In October 2012, with the arrival of our eighth issue, Popshot relaunched as ‘The Illustrated Magazine of New Writing’ firmly positioning itself as a literary magazine that champions new writing across the globe."This year has been one of my best. With the launch of Issue 7, we started talking about the introduction of short stories and flash fiction into the magazine, as well as poetry. Shortly afterwards, Prospect named Popshot as ‘the new face of British poetry’ after it became the first British poetry magazine to achieve major international distribution into 18 countries. Some favourable press swiftly followed with the magazine being picked up by Dazed & Confused, placed on The Observer’s Cool List and named as one of ‘the fresh breed of literary magazines’ by The Independent. With black pages, a sans serif typeface, and filled with vibrant illustration work, the magazine didn’t look like a poetry magazine and we were thrilled with it. Combining illustration with poetry in a neat and beautifully designed format, in April 2009 the first issue of Popshot launched, thumping its chest and quoting Adrian Mitchell’s ‘Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people’. There was a feeling that the world of poetry was driving itself into an elitist and fusty no-through road, and we wanted to do something about it. "In June 2008, the idea for a poetry and illustration magazine materialised as a result of picking through the literary shelves of the now deceased Borders. Please click here to view their open calls and submission guidelines. Academic submissions are not encouraged.” We are an arts and literature magazine but are interested in all the various fields of human endeavour: law, finance, architecture, music, science, sociology etc. “We are open to publishing work unconstrained by form, subject or genre with the proviso that it be seriously minded and accessible to a non-specialised readership, with an emphasis on contemporary arts and literature. Its aim is the promotion of the arts and literature and of advancing education in arts and literature.” The journal was conceived as an arts and literary journal specialising in artistically or educationally meritorious works of new or emerging artists and writers. The magazine launched in February 2011 to provide ‘a space for a new generation to express itself unconstrained by form, subject or genre’, and publishes fiction, essays, interviews with writers and artists, poetry, and series of artworks. “THE WHITE REVIEW is an arts and literature magazine, with triannual print and monthly online editions.
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