In this article we speak with the 2024-5 Staffordshire Young Poet Laureate, Harry Fletcher, to discuss his aspirations for his tenure in the role. Fawn
Op-ed by Victoria Spires Upon being commended for the Ledbury Poetry Competition, and shortlisted for Aesthetica arts, poet Victoria Spires shared some wisdom about submitting
We are pleased to chat with the next poet as part of the Fawn Press pamphlet series, Yerkezhan Berkembayev, on the release of the newest
We sit down with the next pamphlet poet in our 2024 roster, Rebecca Lockwood, to get to know a little more about her upcoming release,
The submissions window for our writers development programme 2024 saw over three hundred submissions of exceptional poetry from writers from marginalised genders and under-represented backgrounds,
Salomée Lou sits down with upcoming Fawn Press pamphlet poet Leah Atherton, to talk about witches, nature as a tool for healing, queerness, and of
We sit down with Salomée Lou to discuss 5 things that can make your submission stand out. Submitting your writing can be a daunting thing
One core value dear to our hearts at Fawn Press is working towards accessibility for writers and poets from all backgrounds, and with the aim
Meet our Fawn Press submissions team, Lexia Tomlison and Salomée Lou, who will be playing a crucial role in combining efforts with Scarlett Ward to
We are delighted to announce that Fawn Press has been successful in receiving Arts Council Lottery funding to enable us to launch the first Fawn
We sit down with upcoming Fawn Press pamphlet poet Christiana Jasutan, to talk about tiny Ghibli models, hearty hot pots, and of course, her upcoming
I am delighed to announce that The Thicket is relaunching with its second issue on the theme of ‘Wintering‘, with submissions opening 1st December 2023
“Nabeela Saghir titled her pamphlet ‘Let me make you something to eat‘ and I doubt she could have found a more perfect title. There is
We are incredibly excited to celebrate the huge achievement of Devjani Bodepudi in winning the award for ‘Best Pamphlet’ at the Saboteur Awards! Her pamphlet
I have had so much fun publishing poems over the past year and a half, that I have been thinking of ways to try and
As Summer draws to a close I wanted to share my top picks of just some of the books that got me through the scorch
It has been a real privilege to read the poetry of everyone who submitted to our open call, and this has been a summer coloured
We are thrilled to announce that we have nominated Sallyanne Rock’s ‘Salt & Metal‘ and Nabeela Saghir’s ‘Let Me Make You Something To Eat‘ for
If you have an online presence of any kind and you want people to be able to find your business and your content, you need
I can’t believe how time flies, and it really has been such a fantastic first year for Fawn Press! I started this small press because
We saw a fantastic tweet made by River River books over on their twitter asking their followers the transparency of presses, and the most common
It was an absolute pleasure to speak to the ‘Red Carpet Writers’ of Barton Marina on Tuesday 10th May. I gave a short talk on
Starting from June, Fawn Press will be open to submissions of pamphlets of poetry, and will be selecting its Autumn/winter 2022 poets. You can find
It’s half way through NAPOWRIMO! We have been blown away by the amount of people getting involved on this journey. Its lovely to be in
What is Napowrimo? Created by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month (Napowrimo) is the largest literary celebration in the world. To
Sunday 27th March saw Fawn Press appear at Lichfield Festival, which took place from 24-27March. The line up varied from novelists to poets, as Lichfield
Poets create mesmerising worlds, embed meaningful themes and exude powerful messages through their work. The impact of a particular line can be embossed into the
David Anderson, or more commonly known as Pep the Poet has a forthcoming new collection of children’s poems ‘Tina the ROCKHARD Robin’ fluttering onto his
Chose from ay or all of these prompts, either as a freewrite prompt or take it and run! -You are the first flower to bud.
Whilst we have been on haitus, I owe you all an explanation! On 3rd feb I fell into A and E with some serious symptoms:
This week we will be announcing our Pamphlet Series Poets, the poets who we have signed to publish this Spring! I have been thinking for
Friday 7th January, a huddle of Poets and supporters congregated at a grade II listed building in the north of Staffordshire to celebrate not only
Describes as ‘blazing’, Joelle Taylor wins the T.S Elliot prize for poetry with her collection C+nto & Othered Poems. The Judges praised the Poet for
As 2021 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to thank every person who has helped support Fawn Press in making its
As the year draws to a close, often we find ourselves contemplating the year that has gone before, and how we might start the year
You may have heard the great news that our pre-orders are now available to purchase from our shop! Hurrah! But what IS a pre-order? Why
We are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of the Fawn Press Mentorship Scheme, in partnership with Beatfreeks, made possible by the FUEL funding. What
In an article released this week, Best Of Birmingham explores Fawn Press and our newest anthology release! “A local poet has set up a literary
This week, I was delighted to be interviewed by Jason Forrest of The Milkbar Podcast and WCR Radio. We spoke about the vitality of the
It was an honour and delight to be invited to speak on a publishing panel at The Poetry Toolkit conference, hosted by Nine Arches &
You’ve just written a brilliant, ingenious piece (or two) of poetry, and you want to share it with the world. But when you check the
It’s that time of the year where the nights are quickly closing in (just like our submission deadline ?), which can often make it harder
It was National Poetry Day last week, and I was lucky enough to be invited to visit educational institutes across the Midlands, including two primary
We often find it easy to access imagery when our primary sense is sight, but I invite you to utilise all of your other senses
This October is Black History Month here in the UK, so to celebrate we’ve collated just a small selection of poems from the minds of
You may have noticed that Fawn Press offers professional services such as commercial copywriting and editing services as well as our publishing endeavours – so
List poems are fun because they help the reader process the world in a familiar format. The repetition can really drive home a point, build
To celebrate the birth of literary legend Samuel Johnson on Saturday 18th September, Lichfield held host to an array of events including a few members
You may have seen across our Instagram, that at the end of our captions we include a short paragraph prefaced “image description” which then goes
Fawn Press is proud to be from and operate within the “Create County” Staffordshire, and it was a special day on Saturday 11th September to
You might want to approach these as freewrite exercise, setting a 3-minute timer on your phone and exploring wherever internal monologue takes you, or you
We opened up our social media platforms across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to invite our followers and fellow members of the writing community to chat
Saturday 4th September, Writing West Midlands hosted The National Writer’s Conference at The University of Birmingham, hosting a wide range of keynote speakers, panels, and
We can tell various different stories through various items. The objects we gather around us in our domestic environment often tells a story about who
We launched on the 1st September, finally unveiling the team behind Fawn Press over on social media, so get to know a little more about
