Tower Poetry
Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry. The Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes, launched in 2000, offer young people a major opportunity to write poetry.
ABC Tales
Read and write stories. Discussion forum about stories and poems, start a conversation with fellow readers about the latest book, article or poem that you've read, chat with others, share your experiences with your fellow authors or would-be-authors.
Akerbeltz
Collection of Scottish Gaelic resources, including a dictionary of idioms and expressions, notes on grammar, selections of traditional rhymes and riddles, and information on names and surnames. Presented in Gaelic, with English translations available for much of the content.
Apples and Snakes
London-based performance poetry organisation with a programme of events.
BBC Poetry
Visual and audio poetry, poet in residence, reviews, author and book information.
Bloodaxe Books
Major poetry publisher site with reviews, interviews and features. The British Council Literature Department produces a series of tapes of contemporary poets in partnership with Bloodaxe Books.
Booktrust Prizes
Information on all the literary prizes in the UK including the prizes Booktrust administer: Booker Prize, Kurt Maschler Award, Smarties Prize, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Orange Prize, Commonwealth Writers Prize and Sainsbury's Baby Book Award.
Bridport Prize
The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing competition for poetry and short stories. The closing date for entries which may either be sent by post or online is 30th June. The Bridport Prize is one of the top prizes of its kind in terms of both prestige and prize money. It has been the first step in the careers of many established poets and novelists. The prize money now totals £10,000.
Carcanet
Poetry publishers with books and author information.
Complete Review
Reviews of books that have recently been published, re-published, are in the news, or archives. With indices by author, title, genre and national origin. Links to other relevant sites, including book review and publishers' sites.
Contemporary UK writers
British Council web site in association with Booktrust featuring 450 UK writers with 20 new entries being added per month. Biographies, bibliographies, prizes, critical reviews, and British Council events.
Electronic Culture
Canadian and international poetry sites and hypertext writing in poetry
English Service Collection
Complete works online - plays, poetry, fiction, short fiction and criticism.
Guardian Poetry
Guardian newspaper poetry site.
Independent Radio Drama
How to write radio drama, an internet play and information.
Literary Consultancy
Details of how to send in poems and stories for professional evaluation for a fee.
Literature and Creative Writing
The British Council's comprehensive directory of short courses and summer schools in the UK.
Literature Online
Subscription service with full texts of classical literature and some contemporary poetry, includes access to ABELL (full text of over 90 literary periodicals) and literary reference works, audio poems, author biographies, bibliographies and reviews.
Magma
Poetry magazine with subscription and contents online.
Mslexia
Magazine 'for women who write'.
P N Review
Carcanet's long-running critical journal.
The Poetry House
Comprehensive poetry guide. St Andrews University has launched an online guide to poetry through the ages and from around the world. The website documents the historical progression of poetry in seven global regions including Africa and south-east Asia. The website provides information on various eras of poetry, such as Renaissance, Romantic and Victorian poetry, as well as enabling visitors to delve into the realms of African, Asian and Australian poetry.
Poem Hunter
Poems from different poets all around the world. All indexed. Plus links
Poems on the Underground
Read the current Poems on the Underground selection online at the Poetry Society web site.
Poet in the City
Poet in the City is a philanthropy charity committed to attracting new audiences to poetry, making new connections for poetry and raising money to support poetry education. Poet in the City specialises in organising high-profile poetry events with leading corporate sponsors and creative partners.
Poetry Archive
Poetry archive for out of copyright poetry - full text.
The Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive, introduced by UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, offers a comprehensive online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. In addition to the recordings there are live readings, a guided tour of the web site, and teacher and student resources.
Poetry Bookshop online
This is an online niche poetry bookseller which makes all the poetry books in print in the UK available online.
Poetry Book Society
Membership organisation and specialist book club for British and Irish poetry.
Poetry Ireland
The national organisation for poetry in Ireland serving all 32 counties. Acts as a resource and information point for everything to do with Irish poetry.
Poetry Kit
Packed with resource for poets, including a handy list of ezines.
Poetry Library
Information on collections and new developments as well as poetry events.
Poetry London
Poetry magazine with samples and listings online.
Poets of London
Group hosting workshops, discussions and other events in the capital.
Poetry Magic
Resource centre for writing poetry.
Poetry Society
Membership organisation supporting British poets. Good resources online, including sample pages from Poetry Review.
The Poetry Trust
The Poetry Trust is an arts organisation which runs a festival of international contemporary poetry at Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast ) and promotes the reading, writing and enjoyment of poetry to a wide variety of children and adults.
Poetry Worm
This site includes the Poetry Worm archives.
Poetrymagazines.org.uk
A free access site to the full-text digital library of 20th and 21st century English poetry magazines from the Poetry Library collection.
Poettext
Poetry information, reviews, events and a bookshop.
Reg Brewer Website
This website documents the poetry of Reg Brewer.
Route Online
Combines music and Flash-based e-texts (including fiction and poetry).
SALIDAA
SALIDAA (South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive) is an online digital archive containing a substantial body of work produced by South Asian writers, artists, performers and musicians in England from 1947 to the present. The literature collection includes a wide variety of materials such as excerpts of fiction, poetry and plays, manuscripts and writers’ notes.
Scottish Poetry Library
The library catalogue plus details on publications, services, membership and events. There is a Young Scottish Poetry Library section with recommended titles, events and links.
Scriberazone
Magazine for poetry, raps, short stories, lyrics, slams, and other scribblings.
Shot from the Lip
The Shot from the Lip Season offers a taster of spoken word highlights from 4 March to 27 April 2007 throughout London.
Stand
Fiction and poetry, with subscription details online.
UNESCO Poetry
World poetry directory (although the UK selection is quite limited). Includes festivals, prizes, magazines and organisations.
University of Toronto Online Poetry
Over 2,000 out of copyright poems online.
WATCH File
Writers, Artists, and their Copyright Holders (WATCH) is a database of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom.
Words Words Words
'Words Words Words' is a literary e-zine published online every quarter. The website contains articles, fiction, short stories, poems and links to further resources. Submissions for publication online are accepted from writers around the globe.
Young Book Trust
The website for Book Trust, the national organisation for the promotion of books and reading. Author information, prizes, booklists by age, annual 100 books.
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