by Kate Birch | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
With three first timers to IS&T – Gopal Lahiri, Anna Milan & Skendha Singh – and three poets who have been shortlisted at least once before – Peter Daniels, Beth McDonough & Andrew Turner – the Pick of the Month shortlist for...
by Kate Birch | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
The nights are closing in and it’s time to choose your Pick of the Month for October. Change is in the air and we have shortlisted two of the submissions for our National Poetry Day #Poetryforachange feature, excellent works from Jenny Hope and Angela...
by Kate Birch | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
It seems appropriate on the eve of National Poetry Day that we launch our shortlist for September 2018’s Pick of the Month particularly when two past winners, Jess Mookherjee and Antony Owen are amongst the six selected. Our shortlist this month,...
by Kate Birch | Sep 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
The long hot days of summer have drawn to a close but there is still time to take one last look back and vote for your Pick of the Month for August 2018. These shortlisted poems, wistful and reflective, with several inspired by music and one including a stop at a...
by Kate Birch | Aug 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is an emotional and powerful group of poems that makes up the shortlist for our July 2018 ‘Pick of the Month’. They will hit you hard and it will be equally hard to choose the one that affects you most. But do take the time to go through the six...
by Kate Birch | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
We have had some stunning work published on IS&T in June: Emotional, moving, curious and powerful, so much so that even putting together a long list was difficult. But we have our shortlist now and we can only ask that you some time away from the sun, the tennis...