Wayne Holloway-Smith

Wayne Holloway-Smith is a British poet. He was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and currently lives in London.

Holloway-Smith's first poetry publication was the pamphlet Beloved, in case you've been wondering, published by Donut Press in 2011. His first book-length collection, Alarum (2017), was a Poetry Book Society Wildcard Choice for Winter 2017, and was shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize 2018 and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize in 2018.[citation needed]

The final poem in the collection – "Short" – won the Geoffrey Dearmer Award in 2016.[1] His second pamphlet, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WENDING, was published by Test Centre in 2018.[1] His poem "the posh mums are boxing in the square" won the National Poetry Competition in 2018.[2] His second full-length collection, Love minus Love, was shortlisted for the 2020 T. S. Eliot Prize[3] as well as being a Poetry Book Society Wild Card choice. His pamphlet, Lasagne, was published by Out-Spoken Press in spring 2020.[4]

Holloway-Smith is the current editor of The Poetry Review, the magazine of The Poetry Society. [5]

Holloway-Smith is also a lecturer in Literature and Creative Writing in the School of Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wayne Holloway-Smith wins the Geoffrey Dearmer prize". The Poetry Society. 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Wayne Holloway-Smith wins the National Poetry Competition for 'The posh mums are boxing in the square'". The Poetry Society. 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ Flood, Alison (17 October 2019). "TS Eliot prize unveils unsettling, captivating shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ Outspoken Press. "Lasagne by Wayne Holloway-Smith (print)".
  5. ^ Poetry Review. "Vol 113, No 3, Autumn 2023".
  6. ^ "Dr Wayne Holloway-Smith - Research Database - University of Hertfordshire".
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