Rachel Carney

New blog post! A review of 'Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets' createdtoread.com/a-review-of-... with recommendations of other books on this theme published by @serenbooks.bsky.social & @lucentdreaming.bsky.social #poetry @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Thanks! I was trying to remember which years it was - I think it was 2019 and 2021 but I'd need to go away and look up the information somewhere.

I've been shortlisted twice, and am still incredibly pleased to have made it that far.

Bridport Prize starter pack @bridportprize.bsky.social with winners & shortlisted writers including
@kitdewaal.com @dreenawriting.co.uk @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @esloudon.bsky.social Please follow & repost the pack & tell me if you want to be included #booksky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

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AND absolutely stunned by this heartbreaking poem by @aldugmore.bsky.social - see final pic for info on where the words come from for this poem...

Really pleased to have my 'Multiple Choice' poem published in the latest issue of @poetrywales.bsky.social magazine (composed out of texts written by visitors in response to the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social interactive poetry display that I organized in 2022)

Writing Neurodiversity - processing lived experience through poetry, 10 weekly Tuesday evening workshops starting 27th January. Delivered by Rachel Carney. Cardiff University centre for lifelong learning. Image of poet, and image of ideas coming out of a box.

New blog post! I'll be delivering this course along with four other #creativewriting courses next year! createdtoread.com/an-online-cr... "Writing Neurodiversity: Processing Lived Experience through Poetry" will run on Tuesday evenings from 27th January...

Enjoyed hearing @wendycaitlin.bsky.social read from 'Portrait in Mustard' last week @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social
@serenbooks.bsky.social #thesealeychallenge
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Submissions are now open for issue nine. The theme is Trespass: rights and wrongs; encroachment and colonisation; faults and forgiveness. Please see the website (link in bio) for information and guidelines. Window closes August 31st. 🕊 xx

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Writing Neurodiversity - processing lived experience through poetry, 10 weekly Tuesday evening workshops starting 27th January. Delivered by Rachel Carney. Cardiff University centre for lifelong learning. Image of poet, and image of ideas coming out of a box.

New blog post! I'll be delivering this course along with four other #creativewriting courses next year! createdtoread.com/an-online-cr... "Writing Neurodiversity: Processing Lived Experience through Poetry" will run on Tuesday evenings from 27th January...

Hay Castle was looking lovely in the sunshine yesterday. And I may have accidentally bought a few novels. Summer resolution is to actually read all the books I have bought in the last six months or so.... I'm not doing the Sealey Challenge properly this August, but I will be reading A LOT. 🌞 📚 📖

We look like we're practicing for Goldilocks and the three chairs or something...

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New blog post! 'Poem Under Construction No.1' has now been constructed... 👷🏗️📝Read my reflections on the construction process & listen to the poem here: createdtoread.com/poem-under-c... #ekphrasis #poetry

We’re delighted to see Abeer Ameer on the shortlist for the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Best Single Poem – Written! 🎉 Her poem ‘At Least’ was first published by @modronmagazine.bsky.social.

A fab week full of poetry & wildlife at Totleigh Barton - fantastic discussions & prompts from tutors @pascalepetit.bsky.social & Will Harris, & guest reader @ellafrears.bsky.social
@arvonfoundation.bsky.social

Really excited to have my poem 'Kaleideneurodivergescope' published in the latest issue of @streetcakemag.bsky.social

I’ve looped back to play with time in what I’m thinking of as a sequel to #Erato @serenbooks.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social

I'm giving a poetry reading, and leading a short workshop, in CHELTENHAM tomorrow (Sunday) evening. Open mic, too. I'd love to see you there. Info:

buzzwordspoetry.blogspot.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Sometimes, a whole Mediterranean village would turn out to try and get the duvet back in its cover.

(Art: Sewing the Sail by Joaquín Sorolla, 1896)

As Artistic Director of Winchester Poetry Festival in letting you know our programme is now LIVE! 🧵

www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on

Reading in the shade by the brook: 'Eurydice in The Ruined House' by @annasaund.bsky.social It re-imagines the Eurydice & Orpheus myth in some intriguing ways. Almost wish I could live in a cold cave deep underground today.
@indigodreamspub.bsky.social #myth #poetry #ekphrasis

This conversation between Jack Underwood and Kaveh Akbar in The Poetry Review I think gets to the heart of what #poetry can do:
"a poem can be a kind of communal meeting place..."
#poetryreview #poetrycommunity

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Here's my meta-ekphrastic surreal poem in the latest issue of Dust Magazine...

Black and white photo of open notebook and pen on a wooden table in a white daylit room. Overlay text reads: Publishing Your Work - July 2025; Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com

It's here! Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in July 2025. Best of luck & pls share!

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