During January I’ve been experimenting with dioramas and playing with the idea of paper theatres, mixing and matching found text and characters, and wondering how I’d send these out to people – posted ephemera. Some of them are tri-folds, with tiny words on silk thread,… Read more
All posts by “Sarah-Jane Crowson”
Newsletter
Today – one new banner (with owl!) & I’ve built a new newsletter, which will shout-out one poet/artist, two funding opportunities and three journals, plus some paper giveaways. You can subscribe to my newsletter below.
Ekphrastic Competition with Rare Swan Press
As a co-judge of an Ekphrastic competition (the image above as a starting point), what I wasn’t suspecting was the sheer quality of entries. And that’s not just the shortlisted entries. All the poetry I read that had been written in response to the image… Read more
Stories from the eyes of an owl
One of my favourite projects this year came late and was a crazy zine-like collaboration. Although chapbooks and poetry publications can be tricky for visual poets, it was a joy to work with Rare Swan Press on a hybrid project; the owl stories of the… Read more
Thrush Journal November 2021
And how happy I am to be in Thrush Journal this November. Alongside some amazing poetry from amazing poets. https://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/november-2021-sarah-jane-crowson.html That’s all the alt-constellations out, waltzing through the world. I wish them well.
On jointly winning the Black Bough micro poem Autumn/Halloween competition
I’ve never won a poetry competition before. I’ve been shortlisted quite a bit but never won anything. So it was amazing and lovely to win this competition, from Black Bough Press, who are one of the nicest small presses around and showcase work from new… Read more
And a librarian for Halloween
Here she is, a strange, booklost creature, dreaming of stars: And you can download her on this link. If you credit me that’s lovely, but I don’t mind if you don’t. It’s an Autumn present.
Memoria for reflection
I was thrilled today to be asked by Dr Lynne Taylerson if they might use one of my images to support a module on reflective practice for the Education and Training Foundation as part of support for an exciting new programme to encourage practitioner development.… Read more
Displaced
a collaboration with Jesse Anger
Tentacular Magazine
I’m so proud to have work in the latest issue of Tentacular Magazine, which offers a wonderful mixture of poetry, art, and articles.