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I am excited to be stepping into 2022, a new year of writing. In June my second poetry pamphlet, Ovarium, will be published by The Emma Press. I found out late last year that my first full collection has been shortlisted in Live Canon’s 2021 Collection Competition, and I am now waiting to hear if it gets selected as one of the three winners. Even if it’s a near miss, the shortlisting has been very encouraging. I am also deep into the latest draft of my second novel, which is a happy and stimulating place to be.

Here’s the link to the Live Canon announcement:

https://www.livecanon.co.uk/competitions-and-opportunities/collection-competition

It’s been lovely to see my poems in two of my favourite magazines recently, Poetry Wales and Butcher’s Dog.

Buy them here:

https://poetrywales.co.uk/product/poetry-wales-56-3-spring-2021/

https://www.butchersdogmagazine.co.uk/magazineshop

I am very happy that my poem ‘Results will be with you as soon as possible’ has been commended in the 2020 Café Writers Open Poetry Competition judged by Helen Ivory. I will be reading at the winners event via Zoom on 8 February 2021.

Read the commended poem here:

Poetry Competition

I am enormously excited that my second pamphlet – working title Ovarium – will be published by the wonderful Emma Press next year. I’m very much looking forward to working with my editor, Emma Dai’an Wright, and to bringing these poems into the world.

I’m thrilled to have two poems up on the wonderful poetry site And Other Poems. Read them here:

Two Poems by Joanna Ingham

I’m so glad to have my poem ‘Extract’ in the beautiful Lighthouse journal. This issue focuses on the theme of the body. It’s available here:

http://www.gatehousepress.com/shop/anthologies/lighthouse-issue-21/

I’m thrilled to have three poems in Volume 56.1 of Poetry Wales. One of them even made it onto the back cover! The issue is thoroughly recommended and is available here:

https://poetrywales.co.uk/product/poetry-wales-56-1-summer-2020/

I am very much looking forward to reading at this Zoom event with John McCullough and Julia Webb on Thursday 3 September. Thanks to poet Jennifer Wong for curating the event and inviting me to read. Free tickets available here:

I’m very glad that my poem ‘I’d rather’ has found a home in Butcher’s Dog. Issue 13 can be purchased here:

https://www.butchersdogmagazine.co.uk/magazineshop

I’m very happy to have a poem in issue 3 of this beautiful journal. The theme this time is ‘balance’.

Copies are available here:

https://finishedcreatures.co.uk