December 2013 – Robin Houghton

28/12/2013

End of year thank yous, submissions news, plans

By Robin Houghton28/12/2013Categories: Bloggers, Books, Events, Mags & Blogs, Readings, SubmissionsTags: ambit, anthony wilson, brighton stanza, cathedrals, Elly Nobbs, happenstance, Happy New Year, isabel rogers, Jayne Stanton, Jean Tubridy, jospehine corcoran, lewes singers, lynne hjelmgaard, Meg Cox, needlewriters, nell nelson, T S Eliot readingsLeave a comment

Happy Holidays (or non-denominational winter festival, etc). Wouldn’t it be great to end the year on a ‘good news’ note? You know – I’ve suddenly been snapped up by Faber, or something – but I’ve nothing exciting to report on the submissions front, sadly: yet another no from Ambit, and a very swift no fromRead more ⟶

19/12/2013

A literary lunch, a rejection and a Robert Frost mystery

By Robin Houghton19/12/2013Categories: Angst, Books, Inspiration, Mags & Blogs, Submissions, US poetryTags: ambit, carol ann duffy, douglas dunn, liz dean, Poetry Review, Rattle magazine, rejections, robert frost, simon armitage, stopping by woods on a snowy eveningLeave a comment

Emerging from the fug of the common cold, what should greet me but a ‘no thanks’ notification from Ambit. It seemed like an automated/standard reply this time, so I think I have to give up on it for now. The last rejection I had from them felt more personal and encouraging. I think three orRead more ⟶

16/12/2013

Mimi Khalvati on editing and what to bin

By Robin Houghton16/12/2013Categories: Poet's Tips, Workshopping, WritingTags: editing, lewes, lewes live lit, mimi khalvati, poetry workshops, writing tipsLeave a comment

On Saturday I dropped back in on one of the regular workshops with Mimi Khalvati run by the excellent Lewes Live Lit here in my home town. I was lucky enough to be rewarded with a place in one of these highly popular groups about 18 months ago, and although I’ve been on a breakRead more ⟶

12/12/2013

Submissions, projects, ‘poetry corner’

By Robin Houghton12/12/2013Categories: Competitions, Events, Mags & Blogs, Submissions, WorkshoppingTags: ambit, brighton stanza, lewes, lewes news, london poems, needlewriters, projects, the london magazineLeave a comment

Sorry for the silence lately, I’ve been under the weather and only today feeling a tad more human. Then there’s been all the Christmas stuff, you know what it’s like. Anyway, here’s a quick update for now: No news yet from Ambit or Poetry Review, but I did make a submission to The London Magazine,Read more ⟶

03/12/2013

Links to useful poetry resources (publishers, magazines, competitions etc)

By Robin Houghton03/12/2013Categories: Books, Competitions, Mags & Blogs, Pamphlets, Poet's Tips, Publishing, Submissions, US poetryTags: pamphlet submissions, poetry library, poetry publishers, poetry resources, useful listsLeave a comment

I thought I’d post some links to poetry resources I’ve been bookmarking. I’m sure these are just the tip of the iceberg so if you know of anything similar to add to this list please let me know in a comment – thanks. These are mostly UK but I’ve included one good US resource also.Read more ⟶

02/12/2013

A reading, not much writing & feeling a bit humble

By Robin Houghton02/12/2013Categories: Angst, Mags & Blogs, Readings, Submissions, WorkshoppingTags: abegail morley, acceptances, ambit, emer gillespie, frogmore papers, jo hemmant, margaret beston, morphrog, Poetry Review, rejections, sarah salway, tonbridge roundelLeave a comment

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of taking part in a reading at Tunbridge Wells library, organised by the wonderful Abegail Morley and featuring also Jo Hemmant, Emer Gillespie and Margaret Beston. A lovely variety of poetry and styles, and a good size audience – there must have been more than thirty people there. Margaret runsRead more ⟶