Looking for some prompts for creativity? Here you’ll find not one, not two but three suggestions! Find out more about (1) Resolve to Make it New, (2) The Art of Energy…
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]Today we’d like to give a shout out about some exciting things which will be new for StAnza 2021 – and yes, there’s quite a lot of new stuff. We’ve…
]We are delighted to be partnering Dig It! in this great paid commission opportunity for a poet based in Scotland. This is a call out for applications by 21 January….
Life may be in lockdown once again, but we have just the thing to distract and delight you for the coming days! You may remember back in July when we…
]Good morning, and my very best wishes for 2021. I hope it proves kinder to us all than the year just past. January has opened here with several days of…
In the wake of the enticing preview of next year’s festival, StAnza is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Festival Director, Lucy Burnett. Working with the current team,…
Festival Director Vacancy We are looking for a creative, dynamic and hard-working person with a passion for poetry to take up the freelance role of Director of StAnza, Scotland’s annual…
The evenings are drawing in and the nights are getting longer, which can only mean one thing: Book Week Scotland is almost upon us! This year the annual celebration of…
Happy National Poetry Day! ]The cultural sector has been hit extremely hard by Covid-19 so we’re delighted to be sharing some good news today. We have been successful in obtaining…
We asked eight poets from this year’s festival for their top tip for writing good poems. The variety of ways in how they approached this, both in terms of the…
In these uncertain times, during which physical contact is strictly forbidden, planning a visit to a festival in which poetry and spoken word comes alive seem near impossible to attend….
