by Nick Stone | Jun 30, 2017 | Blogs, Mike Mackmin's Blog
‘i think i want to write about race’ really thats really cool can you do that arent you white o so you decided to go full american then will you send me your poems i think thats a good move for you are they going to be performance poems i thought you hated that sort...
by Nick Stone | Jun 9, 2017 | Staff and Guest blogs
It was a great privilege to spend a day at Wicken Fen, near Ely, in the company of Professor Nick Davies, who has grown to love this undrained, species-rich Fen after studying it daily for more than 30 years. Nick is an expert on the behaviour of cuckoos and how they...
by Nick Stone | Apr 27, 2017 | News
We have now received the results of the Nature and Place Poetry Competition back from Kathleen Jamie and are delighted to announce that the winners are: 1st Prize of £1000 – ‘Marsh thistle’ by Jemma Borg 2nd Prize of £500 – ‘Harold Wilson Rows Towards Bishop Rock’ by...
by Nick Stone | Mar 3, 2017 | Blogs
We don’t tend to often get decent photos of launches, however Jon Stone took a fair few really good shots including some of the Bowie-oke. and we thought it might be nice to share some of them. We’ve tried to find one of everybody from the pictures we...
by Nick Stone | Feb 18, 2017 | News
January, though it might be a month for resolute and joyous new beginnings is also, for self- employed persons like myself, the month when the Inland Revenue threatens punishment if you don’t submit your Tax Return. It’s possibly this shadow that makes the...
by Nick Stone | Jan 27, 2017 | Blogs, Competitions, News
We are delighted to announce that Sean Wai Keung has won The Rialto’s first Open Pamphlet Competition. Hannah Lowe, our judge, says: “I loved these poems for their simultaneous sense of puzzlement and wisdom about the world, and specifically the things Sean Wai Keung...
by Nick Stone | Jan 20, 2017 | Staff and Guest blogs
‘Our latest blog is by Breda Wall Ryan who was a prize winner in the 2013 Nature Poetry competition. Breda writes of her experience on the week-long course generously donated by Tŷ Newydd’. Naturally I was thrilled when my poem ‘The Inkling’ was awarded third place in...
by Nick Stone | Apr 26, 2016 | News
I thought that as it’s April I’d put a photo of primroses at the head of this Newsletter. So I went up to the coast to the place I thought I’d get a good picture, along the cliffs east of Cromer (yes, contrary to the famous Noel Coward quote, there...
by Nick Stone | Sep 29, 2015 | News
The Rialto Editor Development Programme – Jan-Sept, 2016 Closing deadline: Friday 20th November 2015 Do you really enjoy reading poetry? Are you interested in running a poetry magazine? Running from Jan – Sept 2016, applications are open now for the EDP; a chance to...
by Nick Stone | May 27, 2015 | News
There’s something of a frisson going on about the fact that a ‘discovered’ new poem by Larkin turns out to be one that was written by another poet living in Hull, Frank Redpath. Here’s a Frank Redpath poem for those of you that don’t have...
by Nick Stone | May 14, 2015 | News
We have now received the results of the Nature Poetry Competition back from Simon Armitage and are delighted to announce that the winners are: 1st Prize of £1000 – ‘The Cow-Pat’ by Nigel Prentice 2nd Prize of £500 – ‘Gulls’ Bones’ by Jerome Luc Martin 3rd Prize of A...
by Nick Stone | May 14, 2015 | News
Below is a copy of the long list, alphabetical by surname. Thanks to everyone who entered the competition, your response has been very heartening. We had over 3,000 entries in total. After Light Rain – Josephine Abbott Estate Management – Patricia Ace It’s...