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ALT Shortlist Best Unpublished Pamphlet Jessica Boatright – Burst Rue Collinge – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Benjamin J Larner – Freakshow Hazel McMichael – Forgetting Sarah O’Connor – A Cloudburst of Women Erika Phoenix – Welcome to Post Carolina Best Single Poem Khushi Bajaj – My School has 4.4 stars on Google Maps Oli Isaac – to whom / it may / concern Imogen McHugh – After her recruitment Husna Memon – My Father Has Three Tongues Alex Mepham – The Blue Hour Erinma Ochu – How to read the atmosphere Olivia Tuck – according to the many who loved her
ALT A composite image showing three people. On the left a person with a black headscarf and glasses. In the middle a person with blue eyeshadow and dark hair tied back gazes directly into the lens. On the right, a smiling person with short blond hair sits in sunlight. Beneath are logos for the Disabled Poets Prize, ALCS, Verve Poetry Press, CRIPtic Arts and Spread the Word.
ALT Photos of four judges for the Disabled Poets Prize. Text reads: ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT! Deadline Tuesday 31 October 2023, 1pm. Disabled Poets Prize 2024 written in a gold logo.
ALT A composite image of the four Disabled Poets Prize 2024 judges. Pascale is wearing an embroidered orange top and an orange and green necklace, she has silver braided hair and is looking straight at the camera. Stephen Lightbown Image: Stephen Lightbown, a white wheelchair user, wheelchair out of shot. He is a mid forties male, with short greying hair. He is smiling, has light stubble and is wearing a brown, white and navy top with a navy collar. He is sat against a brick wall painted with neon green, pink and blue street art. Jamie Hale Image: Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of vivid red/orange photographers banner, wearing black jeans, a ribbed black turtleneck and a silver floral blazer. A shock of bright pink and orange eyeshadow brings out their green eyes. Kabir Kapoor Image: Kabir is wearing a white shirt, pale blue jeans and a light brown fedora hat. H
ALT A composite image of the four Disabled Poets Prize 2024 judges. Pascale is wearing an embroidered orange top and an orange and green necklace, she has silver braided hair and is looking straight at the camera. Stephen Lightbown Image: Stephen Lightbown, a white wheelchair user, wheelchair out of shot. He is a mid forties male, with short greying hair. He is smiling, has light stubble and is wearing a brown, white and navy top with a navy collar. He is sat against a brick wall painted with neon green, pink and blue street art. Jamie Hale Image: Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of vivid red/orange photographers banner, wearing black jeans, a ribbed black turtleneck and a silver floral blazer. A shock of bright pink and orange eyeshadow brings out their green eyes. Kabir Kapoor Image: Kabir is wearing a white shirt, pale blue jeans and a light brown fedora hat.
ALT A grid of four judges. Pascale wears an embroidered orange top and an orange and green necklace, she has silver braided hair and is looking straight at the camera. Stephen Lightbown Image: Stephen Lightbown, a white wheelchair user, wheelchair out of shot. He is a mid forties male, with short greying hair. He is smiling and wears a brown, white and navy top with a navy collar. He is sat against a brick wall painted with neon green, pink and blue street art. Jamie Hale Image: Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of a red/orange photographers banner, wearing black jeans, a ribbed black turtleneck and a silver floral blazer. A shock of bright pink and orange eyeshadow brings out their eyes. Kabir Kapoor Image: Kabir wears a white shirt, pale blue jeans and a light brown fedora hat. He is standing on a hillside sideways to the camera, looking out and gesturing to sea.
ALT A composite image of the four Disabled Poets Prize 2024 judges. Pascale is wearing an embroidered orange top and an orange and green necklace, she has silver braided hair and is looking straight at the camera. Stephen Lightbown Image: Stephen Lightbown, a white wheelchair user, wheelchair out of shot. He is a mid forties male, with short greying hair. He is smiling, has light stubble and is wearing a brown, white and navy top with a navy collar. He is sat against a brick wall painted with neon green, pink and blue street art. Jamie Hale Image: Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of vivid red/orange photographers banner, wearing black jeans, a ribbed black turtleneck and a silver floral blazer. A shock of bright pink and orange eyeshadow brings out their green eyes. Kabir Kapoor Image: Kabir is wearing a white shirt, pale blue jeans and a light brown fedora hat. He is
ALT Pascale is wearing an embroidered orange top and an orange and green necklace, she has silver braided hair and is looking straight at the camera. Stephen Lightbown Image: Stephen Lightbown, a white wheelchair user, wheelchair out of shot. He is a mid forties male, with short greying hair. He is smiling, has light stubble and is wearing a brown, white and navy top with a navy collar. He is sat against a brick wall painted with neon green, pink and blue street art. Jamie Hale Image: Jamie Hale, a white person with red hair and beard looks directly towards the camera with a confident smile. They sit in their electric wheelchair in front of vivid red/orange photographers banner, wearing black jeans, a ribbed black turtleneck and a silver floral blazer. A shock of bright pink and orange eyeshadow brings out their green eyes. Kabir Kapoor Image: Kabir is wearing a white shirt, pale blue jeans and a light brown fedora hat. He is standing high up on a hillside, sideways to the camera, looking