summoning friends
                      (one two   five)
celebrate those fugitive tones

~ Jessica Wilkinson, from ‘Music Room’


We’re pleased to announce the Red Room Poetry Fellowship shortlist for 2019. 

This shortlist is a luminous reflection of the calibre of creative individuals that we’ve worked with over the past 16 years. A selection of their commissioned poems can be explored below.

Our 2019 Fellowship shortlised poets are:

A sincere thanks to all our poets for the time and energy invested in crafting considered applications. The panel has pored over these poetic aspirations and achievements at length. 

The Red Room Poetry Fellow will be announced 3 April 2019.