Resident Poet Peter Devonald Summary of 2026 so far...

"2026 has already been an incredibly prolific and rewarding year for Peter so far, we are thrilled to share a summary of his latest poetry and prose achievements, including several new award nominations, shortlists, and publications in wonderful anthologies. Here is a look at what he’s been up to:"

Summary of 2026 so far

POETRY/ PROSE AWARDS

·       2026 Grief & The Grocery Store commended (final 5) Bermondsey and Beyond Poetry

·       2026 The Dance Pushcart Nominated through SHINE ed Samantha Terrell

·       2026 Continuance shortlisted The Latin Programme Poetry Prize VI

·       2026 Pharmākos honourable mention The Creative Writing Academy of Greece

·       2026 One Brick Short honourable mention Dark Poets Dark Humour Prize

·       2026To The Waters And The Wild and In The Hushed Custody of Night – shortlisted The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize 2026

·       2026 Quintessence shortlisted Hammond House International Literary Prize

·       2026 Withdrawal From Snow And Ice – Honourable Mention Dark Poets Prize

ANTHOLOGIES/ PUBLICATIONS

·       2026 By Candlelight The Spectator Poetry ed Hugo Williams

·       2026The Mind Palace Acumen 115 Editor Danielle Hope

·       2026The Sound She Makes, Home. At Dawn Outposts Issue 2 Editor Clare Morris

·       2026 Dear Mr Orwell These poems kill fascists Ed. Fin Hall

·       2026There is Within Us Eternal Spring The Spectator Poetry ed Hugo Williams

·       2026 A Bouquet of Spring The Spectator Poetry ed Hugo Williams

·      20261973, Strike Shoulder to Shoulder, Poetry anthology marking 100th Anniversary of the General Strike Selected and edited by Alan McGuire

·       2026 The Therapy Room For Those Who Despair - Sunday Mornings at the River

Ed. Rebecca Rijsdijk

·       2026 History of the World According to Ghosts The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry, part of The Broken Spine’s Slimlines series. ed. Alan Parry

·       2026 Fairy at the Bottom of the Garden, Fata and Three Haiku Muses of Mythology: Fae Fables Storm Dragon Publishing (SDP) Ed Draco Amethystus

·       2026 Voyage Au Bout De La Nuit Fun Lovin Liminals Issue Two

·       2026 The Matrix and The Sound of Depression July 2026 issue​ Seventh Quarry Poetry

·       2026 The Shadow Line Printed Resistance Anthology 01: Erase - arts council funded - Backlash Press Cic. Editor Gretchen Heffernan

·       2026 The House at the End of the World The Alchemy Spoon Issue 18 Ed. Roger Bloor, Mary Mulholland

·       2026 Liberty is Servitude Poetry Scotland: Gallus Ed. Andy Jackson

·       2026 Anhedonia Mental Health Poetry anthology Rough Diamond Ed. Charlotte Cosgrove

·       2026 Childhood For Sale/ Sold Buzzin Bards 2026 Poetry Anthology

·       2026 Winter’s First-born Snow The Spectator Poetry ed Hugo Williams – 5th March

·       2026 Eulogy For The Dying Full House Literary Issue One 2026 - Head editor - Leia

·       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 Sunrise Symphonies The Spectator Poetry ed Hugo Williams – published 18th Feb

·       2026 The Cherry Orchard The Spectator ed Hugo Williams – published 11th February

·       2026 Apocalypse Please Haze: Counterculture Poetry - Broken Spine

·       2026 Of Course We, published Bournemouth Journal Issue 3

·       2026 Song Of The Olive Tree, There Are No Great War Poems Any More and Another World Peaceweavers Anthology Swan Media Editor: Rebecca Lowe 

·       2026 Aglow In April published SHINE, Issue 6 (Spring)

·       2026 The Cat Who Would Be King published in The Cat Poetry Book anthology by Rough Diamond Poems Editor Charlotte Cosgrove

·       2026 Uneducated Me The Echoes We Make published Quillkeepers Press Edited by Stephanie Lamb, EIC

·       2026 Father IS&T Published February 8th. Editors Helen Ivory, Kate Birch

·       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

POETRY ZINES

·       2026-2022 - published in Haus-A-Rest every month from July 2022-Present

·       2026 Missing Mona Lisa’s Smile and When We Heard The News The Poetry Lighthouse

·       ​2026 No Frogs Need to Die Underbelly Press Issue 7. Editor Lucy Huddleston

·       2026 The Lives We Lived Before​ Tap into Poetry​ Ed. Emily

·       2026 The Day Before You Forget It All Completely  Sunday Poetry Series special extension Editor Susan Richardson

·       2026 In a Land of Ghosts, Anticipatory Grief and Grief Is A Medicine, Waiting The Candyman's Trumpet Grief Issue. Ed Jack Caradoct

·       2026 To a Michael Nyman Soundtrack Moonrot Journal

·       2026 The Professor Sighs, The Book Bag X Write Here, Right Now: Unwhispered Legacy Anthology Ed. Paul Short (also known as Paul Writes Poems).

·       2026 Ghosts Of Winter and Tomorrow, Transformed The Candyman's Trumpet Issue no.7 Winter/New Year Ed Jack Caradoct

·       2026 Sensitive Old Skin, Reveries & Epilogue, Perhaps Starbeck Orion Issue #12

·       2026 The Dream and Breaking News Haiku Tribute for Renee Good Ed Fin Hall

POETRY IN EXHIBITIONS/ GALLERIES

·       2026 Embrace Vibrant Summer on display in the Sale Festival's Poetry Trail

MEDIA WORK

·       Interview on poetry, catharsis, inspirations and advise. Interview with Dawn Wilson for the SPARREW Newsletter May 2026