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Quick update on things

by Robin Houghton on October 16, 2016

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It’s been a tricky month so far for finding the time and inclination to blog, so I thought I’d write a quick update. I have a lovely guest post waiting in…

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Submissions windows open & poetry competition deadlines

by Robin Houghton on August 17, 2016

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Windows Just checking which magazines have re-opened their windows (must’ve been hot in there) and have found the following: The Stinging Fly is open until Aug 31st (postal submissions) or…

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At the South Downs Poetry Festival

by Robin Houghton on July 25, 2016

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When Tim Dawes came to Lewes just a few months ago to talk about his plans for a South Downs Poetry Festival, I admit I was sceptical about whether it…

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When the poetry magazines arrive…

by Robin Houghton on July 7, 2016

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… it’s always exciting, especially of course if you’ve got a poem in it. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been enjoying The Interpreter’s House issue 62, featuring an…

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A few poetry comp deadlines coming up

by Robin Houghton on May 27, 2016

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This is the post I set out to write before I got sidetracked with my last one! So enough with the musings. I just wanted to mention some poetry competition…

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The Reading List, winding up

by Robin Houghton on January 26, 2016

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First: general ‘how I’m feeling’ stuff, feel free to skip down if you’re short of time Apologies for the silence these last few days. The usual self-employed person’s dilemma of feeling like rubbish and…

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Three small press poetry competition deadlines coming up

by Robin Houghton on January 13, 2016

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Ah! Poetry competitions. Love ’em, hate ’em? It helps when you win something occasionally, admit it. Sadly, the stats are against us, but would we have it any other way?…

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Lewes & Oxford readings this week, plus poet friends’ success

by Robin Houghton on October 11, 2015

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Ah, National Poetry Day seems to be the unofficial kickstarter of the poetry season (is that ‘open season’)? Last week saw a flurry of competition results and exciting announcements: Facebook…

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On not letting the competitive instinct crush creativity | poetry submissions stats

by Robin Houghton on September 30, 2015

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OK here goes. I know some people will wonder why on earth I admit to all this in public. The reason is this: I’m sure I’m not the only person who…

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Time for some good news!

by Robin Houghton on March 17, 2015

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I always seem to be having a moan about submissions-constipation and other niggly stuff on here but I thought I ought to share some of the Big Positives for a…

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