ANTHOLOGIES
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CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND? — the VOLE Spring Anthology 2025
ANTHOLOGIES
AUTUMN MAKES ME SING — The VOLE Autumn Anthology 2024
Neil Leadbeater reviews 'Autumn Makes Me Sing'
"... Kathryn Southworth remarks in her introduction that ‘whilst poetry is not history or biography, it bears witness to both’ This remark rings true for the poems in this anthology, none more so than the very powerful poem that won first prize, Janet Hatherley's ‘The light in his eyes’...
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Reading the anthology I was particularly struck by the nmber of poems written on unusual subjects. Sharron Green’s ‘10 Things a Crime Scene Cleaner Should Know’, Tina Cole’s poem about bottle tags, Christian Ward’s poem about a collector of doorknobs, Terry Jones on the subject of compost, Susan Jordan’s poem about Jane Austen being sculpted and Heather Moulson’s poem in which she imagines objects in a pantry that display human feeling. The inclusion of these poems, which differ markedly from the usual run of tried and tested preoccupations, makes for refreshing reading and is, for me, one of the highlights of this anthology.
— Neil Leadbeater in Littoral (Issue 32)
Neil Leadbeater is an author, poet, essayist and critic living in Edinburgh. His latest publications are 'Italian Air / Radiant Days' (poetry) and 'Falling Rain' (short stories), both published by Cyberwit.net (Allahabad, India).
"... Kathryn Southworth remarks in her introduction that ‘whilst poetry is not history or biography, it bears witness to both’ This remark rings true for the poems in this anthology, none more so than the very powerful poem that won first prize, Janet Hatherley's ‘The light in his eyes’...
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Reading the anthology I was particularly struck by the nmber of poems written on unusual subjects. Sharron Green’s ‘10 Things a Crime Scene Cleaner Should Know’, Tina Cole’s poem about bottle tags, Christian Ward’s poem about a collector of doorknobs, Terry Jones on the subject of compost, Susan Jordan’s poem about Jane Austen being sculpted and Heather Moulson’s poem in which she imagines objects in a pantry that display human feeling. The inclusion of these poems, which differ markedly from the usual run of tried and tested preoccupations, makes for refreshing reading and is, for me, one of the highlights of this anthology.
— Neil Leadbeater in Littoral (Issue 32)
Neil Leadbeater is an author, poet, essayist and critic living in Edinburgh. His latest publications are 'Italian Air / Radiant Days' (poetry) and 'Falling Rain' (short stories), both published by Cyberwit.net (Allahabad, India).
Spring 2024
GREEN FUSES
Competition Anthologies 2018 – 2024
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2023
WASHED WITH NOON
Poems from the VOLE Summer Competition 2023
2023
POETRY IS NOT DEAD
Poems from the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize 2023
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Contributors:
Chloe Balcomb; Roger Bloor; Alice Bridgwood; Richard Carpenter; Ian Chamberlain; Tina Cole; Ted Gooda; Chris Hardy; Patrick Holloway; Patricia Kerrison; Tim Kiely; Gerald Killingworth; Philip Lawder; Sarah Macleod; Diane Melanie; Joan Michelson; Mary Mulholland; Nicholas Rooney; Clare Starling; Julia Stothard; Anne Symons; Laura Theis; Rod Whitworth; Simon Williams; Judith Wozniak Launched online on May 31st.
ISBN: 978-1913329-90-7 |
2022
FIREFLIES AND FLAMES
Poems from the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize 2022
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Contributors:
Veronica Aaronson, Sheila Aldous, Basil Aurelian, Deirdra Barr, David Bottomley, Astral Brown, Philip Burton, Richard Carpenter, Emma Connolly, Marilyn Daish, Kerry Darbishire, Sarah Easter Collins, Janet Dean, Michael Farry, Richard Hawtree, Nicola Heaney, Maeve Henry, Camila Hernandez, Eve Jackson, Simran Kalra, Aldona Kapacinskaite, Nigel Kent, Gerald Killingworth, Simon Maddrell, Pauline May, Jane McLaughlin, Tom McMillan, Joan Michelson, Heather Moulson, Katharine Perry, Helen Pizzey, David Punter, Jessica Rogan, Greta Ross, Maggie Sawkins, Fiona Sinclair Julia Stothard, Laura Theis, Simon Tindale, Tony Watts, Jules Whiting, Rod Whitworth, Richard Williams, Glen Wilson This anthology was launched on 9th May 2022 with over 20 of the contributors reading their poems and a judge's report from Konstandinos Mahoney,
ISBN: 978-1-913329-78-5
235 x 153mm, 80 pages RRP £10.00 |
HORSES OF A DIFFERENT COLOUR
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WHAT THE MOON WAS TOLD
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ISBN 978-1-913329-12-9 Paperback 157 x 230mm 80 pages RRP £10.00 |
Contributors:
Ranald Barnicot; Darren J. Beaney; Trisha Broomfield; Mark Cassidy; A.C. Clarke;Miriam Craig;Michael Andrew Cutchey; Marilyn Daish; Janet Dean Knight; David Duncombe; Tony Earnshaw; Michael Farry; Mo Galliccio; Sharron Green; Alex Hales; Janet Hatherley; Richard hawtree; Lizzie Holden; Eve Jackson; Callum James; Isuri Jayasinghe; Charles Johnston; Martin Jones; Terry Jones; Nigel Kent; Tim Kiely; Philip Lawder; Jeremy Loynes; Jackie Morris; Heather Moulson; Kate Murray; Anthony Pinching; Helen Pizzey; Jenna Plewes; Ray Pool; David Punter; Shirley Redpath; Fiona Sinclair; Belinda Singleton; Greg Smith; Angus Strachan; Peter Taylor; Tim Taylor; Laura Theis; Georgina Titmus; Karen Tobias-Green; Mark Totterdell; Nico Volkerts; Sue Wallace-Shaddad; Richard Woolmer; Damon Young. |
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FAIR PLAY — Poems for William Shakespeare on the occasion of his CDLVIIth Birthday
edited by Janice Dempsey
Contributors: Timothy Adès; M E Baker Muir; Claudia Court; Dónall Dempsey; Georgia Hilton; Jeremy Loynes; Jenna Plewes; Barry Smith; Laura Theis; Richard Williams; Simon Williams; John Wheeler
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WHAT NEXT? edited by Janice Dempsey
The anthology of the Dempsey & Windle Summer Competition 2020
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2019
Alternative Truths
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The anthology of the winners and shortlisted poems from the Single Poem category of the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize 2019, with poems by Dawn Gorman (winner of the Pamphlet Category); Fiona Cartwright (1st Prize); Terry Jones; (2nd Prize); Steven Jackson (3rd Prize); Marilyn Francis; Eve Jackson; Damon Young; Jeremy Loynes; Said Majdalawi; Jenna Plewes; Derek Adams; Jules Whiting; Sue Moules; Nico Volkerts; Fiona Sinclair; Lee Holloway; Nigel Kent; Jeff Skinner; Dennis Tomlinson; Geoffrey Pimlott; Joan Mitchell; Tony Earnshaw; M. E. Muir; Michael Farry; Ben Ray; Kathryn Southworth; Kirsten Bett; Paul Jeffcutt; Ben Sears; Trisha Broomfield; Ray Pool; Margaret Wilmot; Carole Bromley; Wendy Manning; Karen Izod; Ayelet McKenzie; Carly Hind; John Bevan; Imogen Russell Williams; Shirley Redpath; Katie Haworth; Iona May; Anthony Watts.
Edited by Janice Dempsey with a foreword by Anna Saunders. ISBN 978-1-907435-88-1
80 pages, 156 x 245mm, RRP £9.00 Now £6.00 postage free UK ONLY |
2018
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What the Elephant Said to the Peacock |
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A pamphlet anthology of 20 poems submitted by Surrey poets to our National Poetry Day competition: it was launched on the day, Thursday 4th October in Waterstones Bookshop, Guildford High Street. We're very grateful to Waterstones for their gift of a £25.00 book voucher to the winner of the competition, and for allowing our event to take place on the shop floor. The winner was Belinda Singleton and runners-up were Kitty Coles and Ian McLachlan.
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ISBN: 978-1-907435-66-8 Perfect-bound paperback 153mm x 234mm, 106 pages |
This is the sixth annual Dempsey & Windle anthology of poems by competition winners and invited contributors. This year's long-listed and winning poems from the Brian Dempsey Memorial Competition comprise the first section of 44 poems and the second section consists of 13 poems by "guest poets"
Contributors: Derek Adams; Bryan Baker; Wanda Barford; Trisha Broomfield; Anika Carpenter; Selma Carvalho; Arthur de Lisle; Amy Deakin; Said El Majdalawi; Hilary Evans; Wendy Falla; Clifford Forde; Robbie Frazer; Charlotte Harker; Richard Hawtree; Georgia Hilton; Patrick Holloway; Martin Jones; Terry Jones; Nigel Kent; Bernard Kops; Andy B J Low, Jeremy Loynes; Valerie Lynch; Konstandinos Mahoney; Elizabeth McHale, Ayelet McKenzie; Joan Michelson; Heather Moulson; Mark G Pennington; Alan Pepin; Nicky Phillips; Geoffrey Pimlott; Jenna Plewes; Ray Pool; Caro Reeves; Rachel Reeves; Marka Rifat; Greta Ross; David Russomano; Chrys Salt MBE; June Sanders; Abbie Saunders; Nadia Saward; Richard Sellwood; Jac Shortland; Fiona Sinclair; John Smith; Anthony Spice, Maria Stephenson; Kathleen Strafford; Duncan Taylor; Georgina Titmus; Gareth Toms; Peter Viggers; Alan Waddell. 
The launch of "What the Elephant Said to the Peacock" was on July 9th 2018. 30 contributors read to the audience: over 50 people came and we thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
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