Hi all! I’ve been thinking about the toll that lockdown is taking on young people in particular, and about how little we get to hear…
Amanda Gorman
Hi all! As we start a tumultuous and uncertain new year, I thought it might be the right time to remind you about how important…
Hello From Iceland!
Hello from Iceland! If you’re tired of writing about all the difficulties humans are enduring around the world at the moment, it might be useful…
2020 Update
Hi all, Just a quick note to say that at the moment, thanks to lots of great submissions over the summer (thank you!!) there are…
On Equality
Hi all! Now is a good time to think and to write about equality, which I’ve discussed here before in the inspiration post about diversity.…
Foyle Young Poets’ Award
Hi all! The Poetry Society, a major publisher of great new poetry internationally, have just launched their annual poetry prize for young writers, the Foyle…
Ideas: The Future
It’s often interesting and inspiring to think about what kind of future you’d like. Are there ways you can see the world becoming better in…
Ideas: Senses
Hi again! This time, I want to talk about our senses, and how we experience the world. We tend to just write about what we…
Ideas: Diversity
Hello! I’ve decided to do a series of posts over the next little while with ideas and prompts to encourage you to continue to write…
The Foyle Young Poets Award
Every year the Poetry Society (https://poetrysociety.org.uk/), a huge UK organisation dedicated to showcasing excellent poetry, runs a competition for young poets – The Foyle Young…