Earlier this summer, we put out an open call for proposals for a micro commission, a short digital piece of work. We were delighted by the response, proposals arrived in…
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Call It Ours, by Desree – a StAnza Micro Commission ] ]Artist’s Statement: “From’Dulce et decorum est’ to’I can’t breathe’, Call It Ours takes the viewer on a journey. Panning…
Homefound, by Catherine Wilson: A StAnza Micro Commission ] ]Homefound celebrates how far a poem can travel even when we can’t. During lockdown, 30 participants from 13 countries across the…
When I think of my mother, by Jinling Wu: a StAnza Micro Commission ] ]Jinling Wu produced this film poem with reference to Asian cinema aesthetics as a film about…
Camera, lights, action! Filming Yourself – a StAnza Guide for Poets ] Most of us have probably seen more poets reading online over lockdown than in the previous several years….
Good afternoon from a sunny and breezy Fife. We hope your memories of this year’s StAnza festival have helped sustain you through the past difficult months. We have archived our webpages…
For our latest top tip, we approached Deborah Moffatt, a prize winning poet writing in Gaelic and English who took part in our Gaelic Poetry Showcase at this year’s festival….
Continuing with our top tips for writing good poems from poets who took part at this year’s festival, we can now share videos from Gerry Cambridge, Anthony Anaxagorou and Jen…
]We’re delighted to be working with the poet Catherine Wilson who is creating a special crowd-sourced poem for StAnza, with your help! You can listen to her explain it in…
Our workshop with Polly Atkin has proved very popular, we had 10 emails within a couple of hours of sending out the newsletter, however the good news is that we…
]Selecting photographs from the festival to share is usually a post-festival highlight for us. This year it has been a bittersweet experience, remembering those wonderful poets, events and moments from…
