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Mónica Ibarra Parle @moparle

MexTex in UK, fiction fiend, Macondista, won 2022 Mslexia Story comp, SL 2024 Bridport Prize & 2021 Wasafiri. AD Nuevo Sol & Co-ED Forward Arts (views my own).

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Mónica Ibarra Parle@moparle
1 Dec 2022
Still pinching myself that 👇is real. Thanks to the incredible @dianaevansop, a writer I so admire and respect, for selecting it and providing such a gorgeous quote, and to @Mslexia , which does such important advocacy for women writers.
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@Mslexia
1 Dec 2022
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And our 2022 Short Story Competition winner is ‘The river sticks’, by Mónica Ibarra Parle @moparle. Judge @DianaEvansOP says ‘here is a writer to watch, who should be read by many, and hopefully will be.’ mslexia.co.uk/competitions/m…
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JOIN US for a rare UK appearance by one of Mexico's greatest living writers @criveragarza in London. 22 May, Reference Point. Tickets are a steal at £8 via rsliterature.org/whats-on/cr… Also featuring exceptional British Latinx poet @BoixLeo reading from his upcoming collection.
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National Poetry Day really needs your help to give children in the UK the chance to encounter poetry.
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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
4 Feb 2025
We're so thrilled to reveal the judging panel for the 2025 #ForwardPrizes! 📣 Celebrated author Sarah Hall will be this year’s Chair of Judges, joined by poets @LisaDMKelly, Hannah Lavery, Sean O’Brien and @rommismith. Read more about each judge here: buff.ly/4aNnH7y
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So excited to see this news @FirstStory alum and @ForwardPrizes Highly Commended poet Mukahang Limbu. Sure to be a great book.
The Bookseller
@thebookseller
17 Dec 2024
Mukahang Limbu has won The@BoroughPress' non-fiction open submission competition, worth £10,000, with his memoir, Egg-Fried Rice 👇 thebookseller.com/news/mukah…
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Total, total titans @CarolineBirdUK @EllaFrears in Edinburgh talking poetry. Sunday.
Caroline Bird@CarolineBirdUK
19 Nov 2024
This Sunday in Edinburgh. Not quite sure how we’ll live up to the ‘titans’ element. I’m hoping @EllaFrears will turn up in full Greek gladiator armour…?? Please?
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Para mis compañeros hispanohablantes: highly recommend this ep of @elhilo. Campañas de miedo: desinformación y voto latino en Estados Unidos - El hilo elhilo.audio/podcast/desinfo…

Campañas de miedo: desinformación y voto latino en Estados Unidos

La industria millonaria de la desinformación, con base en mentiras y verdades a medias, genera miedo y desconfianza en el sistema electoral.

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Really chuffed to be highly commended in the 2024 Bridport Prize. My eyes are boggling reading the anthologies too - an honor to be in the company of @HeyItsAnnaDemps @byAlisonTheresa @Adam_Zed. Thanks to @BridportPrize and stellar judges inc Ross Raisin @MissLizBerry
The Bridport Prize@BridportPrize
19 Oct 2024
It's time to announce our Flash Fiction, Short Story, Poetry and Novel results! Head to bridportprize.org.uk/results… to meet our 2024 winners. 🏆 Congratulations to all! 🎉 Huge thanks to our judges, partners and everyone who entered and trusted us with their words. 🤍 #Writers
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Fantastic discussion at the #YoungPoetsSummit @ForwardPrizes @durhambookfest curated by young poets with @rachaelallen @Vanessa_Kisuule @SarahWimbush and Tife Kisuro
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If you haven't bought tickets yet, please do - you get a 20-tune mix tape of some of the best poetry published and performed in the UK today. You can watch in-person in Durham's Gala Theatre or via the livestream.
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
8 Oct 2024
The Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony 2024 is this Thursday, in Durham and online. Starts 7pm but remember, live stream ticket sales close 6pm! @GalaDurham @durhambookfest newwritingnorth.com/event/an…
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Thrilled to hear @ForwardPrizes nominated poet @SarahWimbush interviewed about her collection Strike on the @CCfunkandsoul as part of @BBC6Music's #WayWithWords festival. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00234…

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You can hear the work of @SarahWimbush and the 20 other shortlisted poets at the @ForwardPrizes ceremony Thursday 10 October in Durham or on the livestream. Get tickets here: galadurham.co.uk/galapost/an…

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@SarahWimbush's collection is published by @StairwellBooks stairwellbooks.co.uk/product…

STRIKE

It Is March 1984 and the miners’ strike has just started. By exploring both famous and previously unseen photographs through the lens of poetry, STRIKE captures the turbulence of one of the longest…

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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
23 Sep 2024
It’s here! The Forward Book of Poetry 2025, is a snapshot of the best poetry published and performed in Britain and Ireland in the past year. Congratulations to all the poets featured! forwardartsfoundation.org/bo…
“This is poetry for our times” next to a copy of The Forward Book of Poetry 2025

ALT “This is poetry for our times” next to a copy of The Forward Book of Poetry 2025

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The highlight of working at Forward is to witness the care and joy of judges like @CCfunkandsoul @jane_janeclarke @Vanessa_Kisuule @a_pirmohamed @danielsluman as they take on the herculean task of reading many-hundreds of submissions. Always restores my faith in the book biz.
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
17 Jul 2024
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The 2024 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection shortlist! Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask Kelly Michels - American Anthem Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead
The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (£5,000) Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it (Bloomsbury) Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance (Bad Betty Press) Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask (Bloodaxe Books) Kelly Michels - American Anthem (Gallery Press) Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape)

ALT The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (£5,000) Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it (Bloomsbury) Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance (Bad Betty Press) Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask (Bloodaxe Books) Kelly Michels - American Anthem (Gallery Press) Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape)

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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
17 Jul 2024
Drumroll… the shortlist for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best Collection! Rachael Allen - God Complex Victoria Chang - With My Back to the World Ella Frears - Goodlord: An Email Fady Joudah - […] Sarah Wimbush - STRIKE Congratulations to all the poets and publishers!
The Forward Prize for Best Collection (£10,000) Rachael Allen - God Complex (Faber & Faber) Victoria Chang - With My Back to the World (Corsair) Ella Frears - Goodlord (Rough Trade Books) Fady Joudah - […] (Outspoken Press) Sarah Wimbush - STRIKE (Stairwell Books)

ALT The Forward Prize for Best Collection (£10,000) Rachael Allen - God Complex (Faber & Faber) Victoria Chang - With My Back to the World (Corsair) Ella Frears - Goodlord (Rough Trade Books) Fady Joudah - […] (Outspoken Press) Sarah Wimbush - STRIKE (Stairwell Books)

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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
17 Jul 2024
The 2024 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection shortlist! Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask Kelly Michels - American Anthem Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead
The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (£5,000) Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it (Bloomsbury) Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance (Bad Betty Press) Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask (Bloodaxe Books) Kelly Michels - American Anthem (Gallery Press) Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape)

ALT The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection (£5,000) Sanah Ahsan - I cannot be good until you say it (Bloomsbury) Jasmine Cooray - Inheritance (Bad Betty Press) Marjorie Lotfi - The Wrong Person to Ask (Bloodaxe Books) Kelly Michels - American Anthem (Gallery Press) Charlotte Shevchenko Knight - Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape)

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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
17 Jul 2024
Replying to @BloomsburyBooks @badbettypress @JonathanCape @BloodaxeBooks @TheGalleryPress @kellymichels
Fantastic to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written. Thanks to all the magazine and journal editors who printed their work! Congratulations: Vasiliki Albedo Derek Chan Lisa Kelly Tife Kusoro Cindy Juyoung Ok
The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Written (£1,000) Vasiliki Albedo - 'On hearing the seismologist say there could be an 8.5R earthquake near Athens' (And Other Poems) Derek Chan - 'A Craft Talk on the Praxis of an August Afternoon' (Oxford Poetry) Lisa Kelly - 'I Wanted to Show You a Donkey in the Field Or I Want to Show You the Donkey in a Field' (Rialto) Tife Kusoro - 'the only other dark-skinned girl' (National Poetry Competition) Cindy Juyoung Ok - 'Ward of One' (Poetry London)

ALT The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Written (£1,000) Vasiliki Albedo - 'On hearing the seismologist say there could be an 8.5R earthquake near Athens' (And Other Poems) Derek Chan - 'A Craft Talk on the Praxis of an August Afternoon' (Oxford Poetry) Lisa Kelly - 'I Wanted to Show You a Donkey in the Field Or I Want to Show You the Donkey in a Field' (Rialto) Tife Kusoro - 'the only other dark-skinned girl' (National Poetry Competition) Cindy Juyoung Ok - 'Ward of One' (Poetry London)

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"What journeys haven't we traveled?/... I do not recognize frontiers/that is how I've survived my lifetimes." The incomparable @BlueBirdTail #niiayikweiparkes @ApplesAndSnakes #jawdance
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Love *every chance* I get to see @vanessa_kisuule perform, now talking octopuses, experiences that shape us and Nina Simone at #jawdance @ApplesAndSnakes
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Mónica Ibarra Parle retweeted
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes
17 Jul 2024
Waiting just few more minutes before the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlists will be announced live at #Jawdancehosted by @RichMixLondon
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