ACE funded project for bi+ poets run by @helen_bowell. BI+ LINES, the world's first bi+ poetry anthology out with LGBTQ+ publisher @fourteenpoems.
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She's here!!! Pre-order the first bi+ anthology: fourteenpoems.com/shop/bi-li…
Thrilled to reveal the cover of our latest anthology edited by @helen_bowell/@Bi_Poets. Themed around inbetweenness, these poems look at how we can use poetry to express our desires, fears, and hopes. So excited for you to read these 40+ poets! Preorder via bio link!
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ALT The cover of Bi+ Lines, an anthology of contemporary Bi+ poets. The book is in the colours of the bi flag, with the colour purple, red and blue flowing across the front
ALT The list of poets featured in the anthology bi+ lines. Each name is either blue, red or purple.
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The Magma 2024/25 Poetry Competition is open for entries in both categories and the deadline is 31st Jan 2025.
So get your poems in for:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines - judged by @amyacrepoet
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
magmapoetry.com/competition/
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Loving seeing copies of @troycabida’s ‘Symmetric of Bone’ popping up on the feed! 💎 ❤️. If you’re yet to pre-order there’s a 30% sale ahead of release day on Monday. Click the link, use the code BONE at checkout, and sparkle with that poetry discount. ✨
fourteenpoems.com/shop/symme…
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🌈QUEER WRITERS! We're opening for submissions on 1st-15th December 2024. Send us your most innovative and boundary-bending work on any topic. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, reviews, hybrid and visual work all welcome. PLEASE read our submission guidelines before sending!!! 🌈
Happy Bi+ Visibility Day! It's exactly one year since I unwrapped my first copies of Bi+ Lines, and since we launched the book at @QueerBritain. Here's to more bi+ poets meeting up, swapping poems and finding joy in the years to come 🎂
ALT Happy bi+ visibility day!
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Happy Bi Visibility Day! Sharing this poem from Holly Moberley to mark the occasion, taken from our anthology Bi+ Lines (edited by @helen_bowell). Grab a copy for your favourite bisexual on the link below! And keep up to date by following @Bi_Poets!
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fourteenpoems.com/shop/bi-li…
It's the moment you've all been waiting for... Helen Spills Her Project Management Secrets in a public, 25 page evaluation of Bi+ Lines. Those who know me will not be surprised to hear this.
Also: I'm speaking at Bi Pride on Saturday!
More details here: helenbowell.co.uk/post/bi-li…
Still a few days left to submit to this!
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LGBTQ+ and ally organisations! Do you want a FREE copy of Bi+ Lines (the world's first bi+ poetry anthology) to add to your library/give to your clients?
We've asked buyers to pay it forward - and now it's time to share the books with you, no strings. DM me + tag people below📚
ALT Book cover for Bi+ Lines: an anthology of contemporary bi+ poets.
Please note there are only a limited number of books on offer so act quick!
If anyone wants to pay more copies forward, buy a copy via @fourteenpoems and add in the order notes 'pay it forward': fourteenpoems.com/shop/bi-li…
Hope you enjoy!
Today’s read is the Bi+ Lines anthology from @fourteenpoems edited by @helen_bowell - it arrived in fittingly delicious packaging too 💜✨
Did you take part in Bi+ Lines? Or have you been part of another bi+ space? Laura is still looking for participants in her research project! Get in touch below and be part of a growing field researching bisexuality ⬇️
I am researching bi+ identity in my MSc dissertation and I'm looking for bi+ people who have participated in any of the @Bi_Poets workshops who would be willing to chat to me for a little bit
Email [email protected] or send me a DM if you'd like to take part
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I am researching bi+ identity in my MSc dissertation and I'm looking for bi+ people who have participated in any of the @Bi_Poets workshops who would be willing to chat to me for a little bit
Email [email protected] or send me a DM if you'd like to take part
Absolutely loved seeing Rich's dog-eared, annotated copy of Bi+ Lines and to hear someone speak so passionately about a poem I love so much too 🥰 Such an enormous joy to see this book living beyond the project!
ALT Screenshot from the Instagram live, showing Ben and Rich holding up annotated pages from Bi+ Lines
Watch @warer read his Issue 13 poem dedicated to early 00s reality star Danny from the Real World, and talk coming out + how reality TV offered a roadmap of sorts - until it didn’t. Plus a 2nd poem + a 3rd fave from Bi+ Lines (@Bi_Poets) by @roryosul. ⬇️
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Bi+ Poets retweeted
The Bi+ Lines project has been such a joy to be a part of and Helen Bowell (@helen_bowell) is a dream to work with. Thanks to the poets who sent us work - and thanks to you all for supporting it so much! It goes to show there is a space + need for such a book.
That's a wrap!
Last night we held the final Bi+ Lines launch @QueerLitUK / @SocialRefugeMCR celebrating the world's first bi+ poetry anthology, and bringing this 18 month project to a close.
Big thanks to poet @EffGriff and #BSLinterpreter @InterpreterRuss (pictured)...
ALT Fee Griffin and BSL interpreter Russell Andrews on stage performing.
ALT Queer Lit sign: Europe's largest LGBTQ+ bookshop
Bi+ Poets retweeted
It was unbelievable life affirming to be a part of this!
Thank you again to all our partners, especially the amazing @fourteenpoems our publisher! That's the end of the official, funded Bi+ Lines - but I'll keep sharing bi+ poetry news here, and there's info on self-organised bi+ poetry groups on my website ✨ See you out there!
ALT Helen smiling and waving the book on stage