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Kate White was the winner of our inaugural pamphlet competition with Pighog Press. We had over 400 entries, and after the excitement of winning, we caught up with Kate to talk to her a little bit about how it felt to win. You can read some of her poems from the pamphlet here, and see some pictures from the night we announced our winner here. 

 400+ entries, multiple judges' discussions, a dozen shortlisted poets ... but only one winner. We were delighted to announce Kate White as the winner of the first Pighog Press / Poetry School Pamphlet competition last week at a packed event in Brighton featuring 10 of the shortlistees. Well done to Kate and all of the shortlistees - such a range of interesting work on offer!

Over the next couple of months we'll be following the process of Kate's pamphlet from editing through printing to publication. Here are a few of her winning poems to whet your appetite ...

On the 24th April, we held our second event at the Tea House Theatre to launch our Summer programme. With readings from Simon Barraclough and Robert Vas Dias, with collaborative performances from students of Chris McCabe's Collaborations course. We also recorded our first podcast from the event, with highlights from the evening. 

 Mohsen Jabbari takes online courses with the Poetry School from Zanjan, Iran, where he was born. His poems have appeared online and in print in The London Magazine, Pomegranate and Shadowtrain, among others. Besides putting together his first chapbook, he is currently doing an MA in English Literature at the University of Tehran and preparing for a PhD in Creative Writing. Here, he talks about the culture of poetry in Iran.

Multi-talented Inua Ellams has established himself as a poet, performer, playwright, graphic artist and designer. His first book was the best-selling poetry pamphlet, Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales (2005), and in 2009 his debut play, The 14th Tale (2009), won a Fringe First Award at Edinburgh Festival,  and ran at the National Theatre in 2010. His latest play was Black T-Shirt Collection. His online course for our summer term looks at the blending of poetry and plays.