our current resident creatives
As artists, Nichola and Jenna are deeply passionate about creative exploration through visual arts and literary works. With this in mind, they sought to provide writers the same opportunities to showcase their talents within the zine as visual artists, leading to the creation of the Writer’s Residency program.
Each month, our resident creatives are invited to contribute fresh and innovative work inspired by the current theme. we will alos have guest residents who will work alongside our current residents, Peter Devonald, Resident Poet, and Michaela Hall, Resident Arts Writer.
We encourage you to explore the latest content, and if you’re interested in participating, we welcome you to reach out via our submission form."
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BA (Hon) is a Fine Art graduate of Newcastle University based in Gateshead. Michaela is a writer interested in the context of contemporary art and the creative industries in everyday life and socio-politics of the twenty first century. Michaela is also an artist whose work spans painting, collage installation and drawing with a love for colour, vibrancy and texture.
https://www.instagram.com/michaela_hall_artist/
Peter Devonald is a multi-award-winning poet/ screenwriter, Poet in Residence Haus-a-Rest and published in hundreds of journals including six Broken Spine anthologies, Abridged, Alchemy Spoon, Door Is A Jar, Dreich and London Grip. Winner Broken Spine Readers’ Choice Award 2025, Loft Books Best Poem 2025, Waltham Forest 2022, Heart Of Heatons 2023 & 2021, joint winner FofHCS, runner-up Shelley Memorial and N2tS 2024. Finalist Tickled Pink ekphrastic, commended Bermondsey and Beyond 2025, Hippocrates and Passionfruit Review, shortlisted OxCanalFest 2024, Saveas & Allingham 2023. Nominated Forward Prize, two BestOfNet. 50+ film awards, former senior judge/ mentor Peter Ustinov Awards (iemmys) and Children’s Bafta nominated.
Facebook: @pdevonald BSky: @pdevonald.bsky.social
Instagram: @peterdevonald
POETRY AWARDS 2025/26
2026 The Dance Pushcart Nominated through SHINE ed Samantha Terrell
• 2025 A Beginning, Sanctified, A Liar Who Always Speaks The Truth Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope Finalist in the American Writing Awards
• 2025 Nature's Quiet Reconstruction shortlisted as highly recommended The Poetry Cafe National Poetry Day Competition
• 2025 Im Abendrot (At Sunset) Special Mention in Whispering Wisdom Poetry
• 2025 God is an Armadillo Shortlisted Wells Festival of Literature’s Open Poetry
• 2025 I Am (Just a Story Written by Other People) Longlisted New Writers Poetry Comp
• 2025 The Costume Party Honourable Mention Small Space, Deep Impact — Dark Poets
• 2025 Age Is Just A Number commended Waltham Forest Age UK Poetry Competition
• 2025 Spring Sorrow commended 3rd Flash Fiction contest Wildfire Words/Frosted Fire
• 2025 Ennui à Nuit shortlisted Perpendicular Poetry Prize
selection of ANTHOLOGIES/ PUBLICATIONS 2025/26
• 2026 Anatomy Of Genius: ‘Berth Marks’ My Ear Is Full of Milk – a Laurel & Hardy Anthology - Broken Sleep Books. Editor Aaron Kent and Simon Barraclough
• 2026 The Matrix and The Sound of Depression July 2026 issue Seventh Quarry Poetry
• 2026 Of Course We, published Bournemouth Journal Issue 3.
• 2026 Aglow In April published SHINE, Issue 6 (Spring)
• 2026 Uneducated Me The Echoes We Make published Quillkeepers Press Edited by Stephanie Lamb, EIC.
• 2026 Pandora's Box February 2026 issue The Seventh Quarry Poetry Magazine
• 2026 Rain Will Fall & Protest Song published in Poems for Protest anthology by Rough Diamond Poems Editor Charlotte Cosgrove
• 2025 Marc Chagall’s America Windows, In The End We All Become Stories Stained Glass Quarterly Vol. 120, No. 2, Summer Reading insert.
• 2025 Poetry In The Twenty-First Century published in 100 poems for the 21st Century Anthology by Rough Diamond Poems Editor Charlotte Cosgrove
• 2025 I am the Eighties The Fig Tree Coal Mining Special. Printed anthology published by Seventh Quarry Poetry Press. Autumn 2025. Editor Timothy Fellows
• 2025 The Dance, Blue Yonder published SHINE, Issue 4 (September)
• 2025 Spring’s Imperfect Knife Abridged 0-106 ‘Umbra Sumus’ Ed. Gregory Mccartney
• 2025 Forbidden Fruit The Alchemy Spoon Issue 15 Ed. Roger Bloor, Mary Mulholland
• 2025 In Search Of Albion Rites & Trials: Coming-of-Age Poetry - Broken Spine
• 2025 Civilisation, The Change-Up, The Language Of Hate, Scapegoat – anthology publication by Caparison books and Culture Matters. Editor Alan Morrison
• 2025 The World Can Never Be Enough - Beautiful Little Fools anthology - Broken Spine
• 2025 The Leftovers, Dragons Sleep With One Eye Open, The Eyes Of The Dragon - Rise of the Badger and the Great Shrubbery Black Eyes Publishing UK. Ed Peter Lay
• 2025 Notes On Paradise Poets for Peace — Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace Anthology, published by Buster Bodhi Press. Chair: M. Palowski Moore. Ed: Kathy Cotton
• 2025 My Mother The Rainforest Bards Across The Pond
• 2025 No One Lives Here Anymore High-Rise Broken Spine. Edited by Alan Parry.
• 2025 Tiny Butterfly Effect – SkySurfing, a children’s poetry anthology. Editor Jonathan Humble. Dirigible Balloon – in bookshops. Profits go to Juvenile Arthritis Research
selection of POETRY ZINES 202526
• 2026-2022 - published in Haus-A-Rest every month from July 2022-Present
• 2026 Ghosts Of Winter and Tomorrow, Transformed The Candyman's Trumpet Issue no.7 Winter/New Year
• 2025 Gateway to Another Life Published December 13th Full House Literary
• 2025 Autumn Soul Underbelly Press Issue 5. Editor Lucy Huddleston
• 2025 14 Ways to Deal with Love The Hooghly Review Poetry Special. Ed Sanjeev Sethi
• 2025 For the Love of War, Silence Corrupted, Cassandra Syndrome Wildfire Words Ukraine
• 2025 In The Darkest Woods Haiku FreshOut published Ed. Eric Lohman
• 2025 Five Haiku: morning shadows sing, a broken branch falls, cold moon knows too much, jilted Christmas tree, and cherry blossom blooms, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. ed. DJ Tyrer
• 2025 Blue Water Serenade publication Tiny Seed Literary Journal’s Water issue April
• 2025 I am the Eighties The Fig Tree Coal Mining Special Second Issue ed Timothy Fellows
• 2025 Glimpsed From The Train, Ghosts Are Worried, Dreams Of Paradise - Lancaster Litfest 'World Into Worlds' Poetry Map
• 2025 The World Directed by David Lynch – New Verse Review's special David Lynch tribute
• 2025 Three Cut Up Ready Made Poems VoidSpace Zine Ed. Katy
• 2025 Seven Haiku published in Wildfire Words: Spring Haiku Feature
• 2025 Unknown Poems published in Poietics of error. Huge thanks to Marie Molins.