The Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry

Prose poetry is at the cutting edge of contemporary writing, freeing words from the bounds of traditional poetic grammar and bringing the magic of verse to flash fiction. In this ambitious, ground-breaking anthology, Valley Press showcases new work from a diverse range of UK writers, carefully curated by editors Anne Caldwell and Oz Hardwick.

Featuring bite-sized morsels of original writing from newly-crowned laureate Simon Armitage, Jen Hadfield, Luke Kennard, Helen Mort, George Szirtes, Kim Moore, Inua Ellams, Carrie Etter and a host of other new and established talent, this is the ideal travelling companion for readers searching for a mind-expanding literary adventure.

Author Biography

Anne Caldwell is based in West Yorkshire. She lectures in creative writing for the Open University and is undertaking a PhD in prose poetry at The University of Bolton. Anne’s current poetry collection is Painting the Spiral Staircase (Cinnamon 2016). Her work has been anthologised in the UK and Australia. Her prose poetry was shortlisted in The Rialto pamphlet competition (2017) and won second prize in Tongue and Grooves prose poetry competition, 2018. Oz Hardwick was born in Plymouth, 1960, and now lives in York. He is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently The Ringmaster’s Apprentice (2014), and The House of Ghosts and Mirrors (2017). Also in 2017, Oz co-edited The Valley Press Anthology of Yorkshire Poetry with Miles Salter. He is a Professor of Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University, and an accomplished photographer and musician.