Join host Polly Atkin for an online open mic event. Have you managed to write something in response to this morning’s prompt from the Festival Director or during today’s writing workshop? Got a poem responding in some way to this year’s festival focus / title which you can’t wait to share? Always been keen to feature in some way at StAnza but it’s just too far to travel…? StAnza’s first open mic of the year will be hosted live on Zoom, free to all to participate in from the comfort of your living room. Register to read in advance by emailing stanza@stanzapoetry.org on the day – places will become available from 2pm, and you will need to register at least 2 hours before the event start time.

Polly Atkin lives in Grasmere, in the English Lake District. Her second collection, Much With Body, was a PBS Winter 2021 recommendation and a Laurel Prize longlistee.