SARAH DOYLE, POET

• Keats-Shelley Essay Prize, 2020 – runner-up
• Against the Grain, 2019 – shortlisted
• Cafe Writers, 2019 – highly commended
• Waltham Forest Poets' competition, 2019 – commended
• Mslexia Poetry Competition, 2019 – longlisted
• Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize, 2019 – joint runner-up
• Wolverhampton Literature Festival (WoLF) poetry competition, 2019 – winner
• Holland Park Press, 'Brexit in Poetry' competition, 2019 – winner
• The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry, 2018 – highly commended
• Forward Prizes for Poetry, 2018 (industry prize; nominated by "The Fenland Reed") – highly commended, Best Single Poem category (for "The woman who married an alchemist")
• Primers (Poetry School / Nine Arches Press), 2018 – longlist
• WoLF Poetry Prize, 2018 – shortlist (two poems)
• The Winchester Poetry Prize, 2017 – commended
• The Frogmore Prize, 2017 – shortlist
• Poetry on the Lake, 2017 – highly commended
• York Mix, 2017 – shortlist
• Cafe Writers' Poetry Competition, 2016 – commended
• Cannon Poets' Sonnet or Not, 2016 – highly commended (one further poem commended)
• Live Canon Poetry Competition, 2016 – shortlist
• Winchester Poetry Prize, 2016 – commended
• York Mix, 2016 – highly commended
• Mslexia, 2015 – finalist
• William Blake Poetry Prize, 2015 – winner
• Culpepper’s Remedy art-themed poetry competition, 2014 – shortlist (two poems)
• The New Writer’s Fairy Tale Sonnet competition, 2014 – runner-up
• ‘SaveAs Writers’ Shakespeare-themed competition, 2013 – runner-up, short fiction category
• Poetry Kit stories-themed poetry competition, 2013 – highly commended
• Poetry on the Lake (formal category), 2013 – highly commended
• Poetry on the Lake (formal category), 2012 – runner-up
• Tyrangle Poetry competition, 2013 – shortlist (x 2)
• Perform Poetry’s Seasons-themed competition, 2012 – highly commended
• Perform Poetry’s ‘Revisited’ competition, 2012 – runner-up
• Ware Poets’ Open, 2012 – commended
• Cannon Poets’ ‘Sonnet or Not’, 2012 – commended
• Forty Hall poetry postcard competition, 2012 – winner
• Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Prize, 2011 – winner
• BAZ Theatre Company poet-in-residence – shortlist (x 2 of 10)
• Poetry on the Lake (formal category), 2009 – shortlist

Journal, magazine and webzine publications include: 

• Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal
• Ink, Sweat and Tears
• The Deck Hand
• Anthropocene Poetry
• Finished Creatures
• Perverse Poetry
• The Lonely Crowd
• The Maine Review (US)
• Morning Star
• Mslexia
• Words for the Wild
• The Poetry Society’s Poetry News
• Reach Poetry, Indigo Dreams Press
• Black Bough Poetry
• Three Drops from a Cauldron
• Atrium Poetry
• Algebra of Owls
• Bonnie's Crew
• The Poetry Shed
• The Fenland Reed (several issues)
• The Frogmore Papers
• The British Fantasy Society's Fantasy Con souvenir book (2016, 2017, 2018)
• And Other Poems online poetry journal
• The New Writer
• Prole
• Orbis
• Wordland print journal and e-journal (several issues)
• Sein und Werden
• The Dawntreader, Indigo Dreams Press (three issues)
• London Grip
• The Frame Blog
• Unspoken Water
• Dark Horizons
• The British Fantasy Society’s Journal
• The Cannon’s Mouth

Anthology publications include: 

• Witches, Warriors, Workers – Culture Matters, 2020
• Humanagerie (as co-editor) – Eibonvale Press, 2018
• Multiverse – Shoreline of Infinity, 2018
• The Ginkgo Prize competition anthology, 2018
• The Forward Book of Poetry 2019 – Faber & Faber, 2018
• Words for the Wild, 2018
• Volta – Salo Press, 2018
• #MeToo – Fairacre Press, 2018
• Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Prize Anthology, 2018
• Somewhere to keep the rain – Winchester Poetry Prize anthology, 2017
• Bedford Square 10 – Ward Wood Publishing, 2017
• Best of British – Paper Swans Press, 2017
• Midwinter – Three Drops Press, 2016
• Tailfins and Sealskins – Three Drops Press, 2016
• Liminal Time, Liminal Space – Between the Lines (USA), 2016
• Live Canon competition anthology, 2016
• Samhain – Three Drops Press, 2016
• Salt on the Coals – Winchester Poetry Prize anthology, 2016
• Watcher of the Skies – The Emma Press, 2016
• Something Remains – Alchemy Press, 2016
• Falling Out of the Sky – The Emma Press, 2015
• Hands and Wings – White Rat Press, 2015
• Wherever You Roam– Pankhearst Press, 2015
• This Body I Live In – Pankhearst Press, 2015
• Lughnasadh – Three Drops from a Cauldron, 2015
• Samhain – Three Drops from a Cauldron, 2015
• Petals in the Pan – Kind of a Hurricane Press (US), 2015
• Twice Upon a Time – Kind of a Hurricane Press (US), 2015
• British Fantasy Society’s FantasyCon Souvenir Book, 2015
• Hildegard: Visions and Inspirations – Wyvern Press, 2014
• Midnight Skies: Exmoor in Verse – Charmed Hole Publications, 2013
• Darwin, Ware Poets, 2012
• Ware Poets’ competition anthology, 2012
• Bestiario – Poetry on the Lake competition anthology, 2012

• The Faversham Literary Festival
• The Torbay Poetry Festival
• John Hegley’s Poetry and Music Cabaret
• William Morris Gallery
• Worthing Museum (as guest of the Big Blake Project)
• Reading Art Conference, Birmingham and Midland Institute
• Ware Poets
• Poetry in the Crypt, Islington
• Poetry on the Lake festival, Orta, Italy
• St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham (as guest of the Pre-Raphaelite Society)
• Salisbury House Poets
• Torriano Poets
• Camden Poets
• Winchmore Hill Festival
• Fourth Friday at The Poetry Café
• Enfield Literary Festival
• Ver Poets
• Greenacre Literary Festival
• Capel Manor Summer Arts Festival
• Various library readings
• Various anthology and journal launches

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I act as co-judge (with Serena Trowbridge) of the annual Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Prize; was sole judge of the Alexandra Park Library poetry competition 2012; and was a member of the judging panel of the north London heat of Poetry by Heart, 2016.