Anne Stewart
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Anne Stewart is a British poet, and also a reviewer, and provider of services to poets and poetry organisations.
In 2003, she was awarded an MA with Distinction from Creative Writing programme at Sheffield Hallam University
. In 2005, was selected in the anthology "Ten Hallam Poets" published by Mews Press. The anthology attracted high praise from poets Don Paterson, Julia Darling, Helen Dunmore.
She had a Commended Poem at the 2005 Wigtown Poetry Competition. She was the winner of the 2008 Bridport Prize
with a 'nice little sonnet', Still Water, Orange, Apple, Tea".
Judge, David Harsent, said of it "…what marks it out is the way this emotional commonplace is adapted to language … no line lacked a surprise … I liked its briskness – celebratory, but never cloying – and liked too, the fine-tuning: … a tone of voice that promotes brevity … where the notes in question sing and tease and intrigue … "
In 2005, she founded poetry p f, website. She is the Administrator and web editor for Second Light Network, and co-edited, with Dilys Wood, Issue 1 to 4 of their biannual journal of women's poetry and writing about poetry, ARTEMISpoetry.
She has read at various literary festivals and is in the programme of the Torbay 10th Anniversary festival, 2010. Her first collection of poetry is The Janus Hour (Oversteps Books, 2010).
She was the judge for the Havant Literary Festival, Hampshire in 2009. She is a member of the Poetry Society
. and their Kent North West Stanza Rep.
Life
She has a 25 year career in Accounting, Project Management, Training & Mentoring, IT & Systems Development. She lives in Kent with partner, Richard Stern, an architectural technician.In 2003, she was awarded an MA with Distinction from Creative Writing programme at Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University is a higher education institution in South Yorkshire, England, based on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road in...
. In 2005, was selected in the anthology "Ten Hallam Poets" published by Mews Press. The anthology attracted high praise from poets Don Paterson, Julia Darling, Helen Dunmore.
She had a Commended Poem at the 2005 Wigtown Poetry Competition. She was the winner of the 2008 Bridport Prize
Bridport prize
The Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition was founded in 1973 and has steadily grown in stature and prestige. Today many thousands of entries are received from over 80 countries. In many cases a win in the Bridport Prize has led to further successes and helped to launch new...
with a 'nice little sonnet', Still Water, Orange, Apple, Tea".
Judge, David Harsent, said of it "…what marks it out is the way this emotional commonplace is adapted to language … no line lacked a surprise … I liked its briskness – celebratory, but never cloying – and liked too, the fine-tuning: … a tone of voice that promotes brevity … where the notes in question sing and tease and intrigue … "
In 2005, she founded poetry p f, website. She is the Administrator and web editor for Second Light Network, and co-edited, with Dilys Wood, Issue 1 to 4 of their biannual journal of women's poetry and writing about poetry, ARTEMISpoetry.
She has read at various literary festivals and is in the programme of the Torbay 10th Anniversary festival, 2010. Her first collection of poetry is The Janus Hour (Oversteps Books, 2010).
She was the judge for the Havant Literary Festival, Hampshire in 2009. She is a member of the Poetry Society
Poetry Society
The Poetry Society is a membership organisation, open to all, whose stated aim is "to promote the study, use and enjoyment of poetry".The Society was founded in London in February 1909 as the Poetry Recital Society, becoming the Poetry Society in 1912...
. and their Kent North West Stanza Rep.
Work
Anthologies
- "Ten Hallam Poets", National Association of Writers in Education, 2005
- "Ten Hallam Poets" (eds Steven Earnshaw, E A Markham & Sean O'Brien), 2005, Mews Press