As a judge, I always ask myself the following questions when selecting the winners: What haunts you? What stands out? What poem made you forget you were a judge and ignited your curiosity, your admiration, your appreciation? Then, I make my decisions.

Poetry London has announced the appointment of Isabelle Baafi as its new Assistant Editor. Isabelle Baafi is a writer, poet, editor, and critic from London.

We are excited to announce the line-up for our Summer 2021 Online Readings, to celebrate the launch of the magazine’s latest issue, the first under the editorship of André Naffis-Sahely. For this online event, we will be joined by Sarah [...]

The Board of Poetry London has elected Astrid Alben as Chair of Trustees, succeeding Sophia Blackwell. The appointment took effect on 22 March, 2021. Astrid Alben is a poet, editor and translator. Most recently she was the acting CEO and [...]

Poetry London has announced the appointment of André Naffis-Sahely as its new Poetry Editor. A leading poet and translator in his own right, Naffis-Sahely arrives with a bold, outward-looking artistic vision for the magazine, building on its enduring priorities and commitment [...]

Dear Contributor, This is a courtesy letter to inform you of a new and exciting project at Poetry London. As a contributor to Poetry London, we thought that you would be pleased to know that as we approach the landmark [...]

We are excited to announce the line-up for our Autumn 2020 Readings. For this online event, we will be joined by Romalyn Ante, Layla Benitez-James, Hannah Lowe, Canisia Lubrin, Togara Muzanenhamo, sam sax, and the winners of the Poetry London Prize [...]

  Poetry London seeks new non-executive members to join the Board of Trustees, to advise and support the magazine to achieve its artistic vision. We are looking for individuals with skills in the following areas: fundraising legal and copyright finance [...]

PL: Dai, as Reviews Editor of Poetry London, how do you approach the editorial process for each issue and how do you make decisions about which books should be reviewed? DG: I start thinking about each issue with a couple [...]

Thursday 13 February, 7pm Join us for the first Poetry London reading of the new decade! The launch of the Spring issue features live readings from Rishi Dastidar, Emily Hasler, Martha Kapos and Joe Dunthorne. Come along to hear some of the magazine’s most distinguished contributors reading [...]

PL: Martha, this is your first issue as editor of the magazine. How did you approach selecting poems for the issue? MS: A combination of things, for this first go. I launched myself into the submissions pile, for one, gathering [...]

Martha Sprackland: Well, this will be fun, I think! I’d like to start off by congratulating you again on your triumph – well done! I know the judge, Sasha Dugdale, was impressed by the winners, and it’s exciting that we’ll [...]

Wednesday 23 October, 7pm The very special launch of the Autumn issue of Poetry London features live readings from Lucy Mercer, Mona Arshi, Clore Prize judge Sasha Dugdale and the three winners of the 2019 Prize, and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. Please join us to hear some [...]

Wednesday 12 June – 7pm The launch of the Summer issue of Poetry London features live readings from Timothy Donnelly, Karen McCarthy-Woolf, Abigail Parry and Jack Underwood. The evening will be hosted by the magazine’s Poetry Co-Editor, Martha Kapos. This [...]

Watch readings from the Summer 2018 launch by Rebecca Tamás and Dom Bury Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate the publication of the 2018 summer issue of Poetry London, with one of America’s greatest living poets, Alice [...]