I Wrote a Poem – it Won a Prize – I Went on a Boat…

Towards the end of last year I started sending poems off to magazines and competitions – the silence was deafening, and silence in the world of poetry amounts to ‘no thank you.’ It was nothing I wasn’t used to, rejection is a fact of life for any writer.

Now, I’m pleased to say, things have started to look up. I’ve recently had acceptances from both Strix and Snakeskin (link below) and to my great surprise and delight my poem Skomm (you can read it below – just scroll down) has been awarded f...