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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

4 months

I think it might be time to roll this out again and remind people that poems written by women aren’t ‘diaries’ and can feature narrators that aren’t them🫢

Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

me after explaining again that using ‘I’ in a poem doesn’t mean it’s me

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

So I just signed a contract with @brokensleep for my debut pamphlet next year 😱and I am in disbelief. I can’t imagine what my dad would have said had he been here to see it ❤️Thank you @GodzillaKent and @charliebaylis6 I am so excited for it to become a reality #poetrybook

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Stunned and so excited to find out (on a flying 36 hour visit to London no less) that I’ve been shortlisted for this incredible prize with such brilliant poets 🥲😭🌟

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

1 year

📯 Shortlist Announcement 📯 We are delighted to now be able to share the shortlisted poets for The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2023 🎉 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners to be announced later in the week... Thanks again to our judges @JTaylorTrash @JCPattz @MayaCPopa

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

These arbitrary age limit competitions keep coming and it is so discouraging 😞 what honestly is the difference (artistic merit wise) between a 40 year old writer and one who just turned 41?

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

I am bursting with pride cause I got a first class honours / distinction for my MA thesis 😯 thanks so much to @Quirke_Liz @EnglishUCC for her flawless supervision 🤩✨🎉

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

27 days

So proud I can finally announce I have been shortlisted for The Brotherton Poetry Prize! Really looking forward to the event and to meeting the other shortlisted poets and brilliant judging panel ✨

University of Leeds Poetry Centre

@UniLeedsPoetry

9 months

Brotherton Poetry Prize 2023 - all the details are here

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 months

So, so excited to have won this amazing prize! Huge thanks to @CuirtFestival and to Elaine Feeney for judging and for her kind words. I can’t wait for April! x

Cúirt Festival

@CuirtFestival

3 months

Delighted to announce the winners of The Cúirt New Writing Prize 2024. 2024 Short Fiction Winner - Emily Iseult Duggans 2024 Poetry Winner - @lucy_holme 2024 Irish Winner - Hannah Ní Chonghaile This prize is kindly sponsored by @Tigh_Neachtain in memory of Lena McGuire.

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

@DannyDutch I am so tired I am absolutely weak with laughter and destroyed by this joke today 🥲

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

10 months

forgive me I do understand they’re just trying to be nice but there really is nothing worse than being told to ‘keep writing’ in a rejection oh okay I was going to stop💀

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

This has been quite the week so far…Can’t believe I can actually share this news today but my as yet untitled pamphlet which explores themes of sea and womanhood will be published by @GodzillaKent with @brokensleep forthcoming August 2022 🎉🙏✨ 😭 #PoetryCommunity

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 month

Not you again 👀 #RejectionErasure

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

4 months

Delighted to have two poems in the new issue of @TheLondonMag one of which is my shortlisted poem from their Poetry Prize 2023 ✨

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

4 months

Our February/March 2024 issue is now available for pre-order 🌿 Cover image by Martin Lau, winner of our Cover Competition 2023 Order here:

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

9 months

Happy Monday signing the contract with @brokensleep for my nonfiction collection of essays out Sep 2024 ✨ The book will contain essays featured in @bansheelit @PoetryBrum Southword @MunLitCentre @ThePigsBack1 & @AnnieJournal amongst others & I can’t wait to see it take shape 📖

Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

11 months

Excited to say that my as yet untitled collection of nonfiction prose will be published by @brokensleep in September 2024. Thanks to @GodzillaKent @CatAllynC & the team I am delighted to find a home for my work once again with such an innovative & supportive press. 💛

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Look out for my poem which will be featured as the May winner of the New Irish Writing section in Saturday’s @Independent_ie Thanks to Ciaran Carty for this amazing opportunity I am so excited to share it 🙏✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

6 months

Can still hardly believe it but I have three poems in this issue. Thanks to the editors for including my work 💙

PN Review

@PN_Review

6 months

PN Review 274 is here! Let's take a look inside...

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Every poet has to emerge from somewhere…grateful to @brokensleep for their innovation and faith in new writers and will be proud to be part of their stable next year 🎉🙏 @EnglishUCC

Lucy Holme shortlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2021! - Creative Writing at UCC

UCC MA in Creative Writing: be curious about literature; pursue creative excellence; develop your writing in a university context. MA, PhD and flexi options

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

11 months

Excited to say that my as yet untitled collection of nonfiction prose will be published by @brokensleep in September 2024. Thanks to @GodzillaKent @CatAllynC & the team I am delighted to find a home for my work once again with such an innovative & supportive press. 💛

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

The most exciting poetry acceptance was really worth the wait…it calls for Champagne tonight🍾😭🎉

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

The dream journal acceptance I have been waiting for 🙏😭 💖

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Can finally reveal the cover for my debut pamphlet Temporary Stasis…🎉 I am so excited to be published by the visionary team at @brokensleep Thank you to @GodzillaKent for such intuitive editorial suggestions and of course the fantastic design aesthetics 🌊⚓️🛳

Broken Sleep Books

@brokensleep

2 years

COVER REVEAL: Temporary Stasis is the debut pamphlet from the brilliant @lucy_holme . Shorlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh Award, Temporary Stasis is a spellbinding introduction to Lucy Holme's incredible poetics. 31/08/2022

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 months

Excited to have a poem in this issue (my first in PIR) Thanks so much to brilliant guest editor @maryodonnell03 for including my work🙏

Poetry Ireland

@poetryireland

2 months

COVER REVEAL for Poetry Ireland Review Issue 142 - The Blackbird of Glanmore (based on the Seamus Heaney poem), an etching by visual artist & printmaker Geraldine O’Reilly. We are absolutely thrilled to have worked with Geraldine on Issue 142.

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Today’s the day 🎉 my poem ‘I’ll Take my time’ is in @ReviewIndo and also online - with a second poem ‘Piano Practice’ dedicated to my father ❤️

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Unbelievably honoured to be a part of this issue 💚

The Stinging Fly

@stingingfly

2 years

COVER REVEAL: Delighted to share the cover for our upcoming All New Writers issue. Artwork is by @PhilipMossArt | Graphic Design is by @eimeargavin |

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

10 months

Just sinking in that I’ll be teaching undergrads on the BA @EnglishUCC next term. It’s like a dream. Studying my MA there was one of the best choices I ever made & now I’m going to be sharing my love of poetry thanks to the best & most supportive team✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Dublin bound for @stingingfly launch to read my poem White Worm 🎙️ Proud to be part of this issue thank you @elyodlac for including it 🎉✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

8 months

Grateful to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize by @anthro_poetry thanks to @GodzillaKent for picking it & to @charliebaylis6 & Laia Sales Merino. It’s particularly lovely as it was written for my dad & today is four years since he died. Poetry is great like that sometimes x

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

It’s like a dream 💭 to let you know that pre-orders are now open for my debut pamphlet Temporary Stasis. The whole process of working with @GodzillaKent and @brokensleep has been truly extraordinary and I can’t wait to hold the book in my hands 📖💙🌊

Broken Sleep Books

@brokensleep

2 years

PREORDER: In this brilliant debut, Lucy Holme considers the personal & political, the intimate & universal, the meditative & mythic. This book is testament to Holme's remarkable ability to balance, in a single page, the intimate & the epic. @lucy_holme

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 months

Still can’t quite believe I’m going to be reading my winning poem here on the 23rd April! So excited 🌸

Cúirt Festival

@CuirtFestival

2 months

FREE EVENTS! Come along to one of our incredible Free Events at Cúirt 2024, some events are "Free but Ticketed" so make sure to secure your ticket today! Full Programme here: #cuirt2024 #freeevents

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Just found out my (slightly modified for space) pamphlet was shortlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh award! I didn’t win overall but I am stunned and so grateful to have had my collection recognised by such a prestigious award 😭😭 @kavanaghcentre #irishpoetry

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

Excited to have four poems accepted by @TheLondonMag the first two appearing in the June/July Issue. Thank you to Lucy & the team I can’t wait to see the artwork for the next issue ✨ Below is current issue artwork by @ChristianaSpens

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@lucy_holme

19 days

So incredibly sad to hear of the passing of Kathryn Bevis. I was fortunate to spend the evening with her @TheLondonMag poetry prize event last year and she was the epitome of class, wit and generosity. I am so grateful to have met her and will always remember her x

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

That’s it! My poetry thesis is finally submitted 😭😭😭 I can’t believe it. What an amazing year and how fortunate I am to have had the brilliant @Quirke_Liz as a supervisor ✨🙏🎉

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Please follow the newest literary journal about to be launched onto the scene @the4facedliar shared artistic endeavour of four @MunLitCentre mentorship fellows @hollowaywriter2 @sbrophy85 @RosieMor29 and yours truly 📖🖊📚✨submissions opening soon watch this space #IrishLitMags

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

Thank you @artscouncil_ie for the Agility Award to keep developing & researching my current poetic project I’m so grateful ✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

4 months

Finally got my copy @TheLondonMag 🌟 Here are both poems in the February / March issue including my 2023 Poetry Prize shortlisted poem, with thanks to the editors 🙏

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Oh wow!! So excited today to have a poem accepted by @JanusLiterary to feature in their January ‘23 issue. I almost didn’t submit because I didn’t want to be disappointed! 🥹 Thank you Janice and the team you have made my week 🙏✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

4 months

First new acceptance of the year and this one’s been a tough nut to crack✨⭐️ 🤩

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

5 months

Was so happy to have four poems published over two issues of @TheLondonMag this year & excited for two more forthcoming in 2024 including my shortlisted poem from The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2023. Thanks to the editors 🙏✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

So pleased to have come 3rd in the @MunLitCentre Southword subscriber’s poetry competition! Can’t wait to read @JamieOHallo108 & Eoin Cahill’s poems & well done also to the brilliant @LaurenODonovanW for her 2nd prize in the flash fiction comp & to the other prizewinners 🎉✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

It’s @stingingfly book post day 💛 Can’t wait to dig into this beautiful tome. I’m so proud to be included in the contents page ✨

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@lucy_holme

2 years

It is publication day for this little labour of love, Temporary Stasis. I still have some signed copies to sell & if anyone would like a review copy please DM me 🌊✨⚓️ *I am in front of my ‘girl in blue’ from Nice’s Cours Saleya flea market 💙

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

23 days

Made my very first critical review pitch to a poetry journal I respect and admire and it was accepted 🥳✨

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@lucy_holme

1 year

The first two of four poems I have coming this year in @TheLondonMag are in the next issue. Thank you to editor Lucy & the team. I can’t wait to read it 🌺

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

1 year

New issue coming soon... 🌊 June/July 2023

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Well it’s finally here.. @iambapoet wave eight is now live featuring fourteen amazing poets and me! You can find it below. Happy listening 🎧 ⛰🍁 🌊🐴 #Poetry

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@lucy_holme

3 months

changing my poem drafts from Cambria to Garamond just to feel something ❤️

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@lucy_holme

10 months

I have two poems in the new issue of @TheLondonMag which is available to pre-order now.🍃🍑🍷 Thanks so much to @JamiePCameron and the team what a gorgeous cover as well 🤩

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

10 months

🌿 Pre-order our August - September 2023 issue NOW 🌿 Cover image: Carla Perezvas Pre-order here ➡️

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@lucy_holme

2 years

A personalised rejection from a top-tier journal with great feedback and a request for further work has made my day today - message I guess is keep going especially when it feels embarrassing to even try✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

So excited to have a poem in the new issue of @poetrywales truly a dream publication thanks so much to @ZoeBrigley and the team Link to pre-order is below 💗

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Just thinking about how in a poetry workshop this past week my poetry was deemed too prosey and in a fiction workshop my prose was too poety 🤯 #prosety

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Ever since I was at Uni and worked at @WaterstonesMCR I wanted to do an event there so I was delighted to read today at @WaterstonesCrk with such talented poets as @Dean_Browne11 & Keith Payne. Thanks to John Breen for organising and to everyone for coming along 🌊💙

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@lucy_holme

1 month

Am so pleased to have a poem in the latest issue of the incomparable @bansheelit but this post is to say read this poem by @AimeeGodfrey_ Thanks to Aimee for writing it and to @JessicaTraynor6 for selecting it I’ve been thinking about it all day ❤️

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@lucy_holme

2 years

I love how expertly you are pulled into this sonnet by @dlseuss and how she conceived of it, one minute along for the ride the next minute cast off and left dumbstruck by the raw power of the final lines 🖤

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@lucy_holme

11 months

So delighted to be a runner up in this competition! Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers and I can’t wait to read everyone’s essays in upcoming issues of Southword ✨

Munster Literature Centre

@MunLitCentre

11 months

We're delighted to announce the results of the Southword Literary Essay Competition - huge congrats to Eleanor Ariadne Shaw on her winning essay 'Amidst Fierce Flames', which will be published in Southword 45. You can see the full list of runners up here:

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Proud doesn’t cover it! Such a brilliant list of contributors to be in amongst. I can’t wait until the 24th ✨ Thanks so much to @elyodlac & Lisa McInerney for including my work ✨

The Stinging Fly

@stingingfly

2 years

Our All New Writers Issue - in which we welcome 47 wonderful writers we haven't published before! Making its way into shops and out to all our subscribers next week. Order it now.

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Had such an amazing time last night celebrating the in person launch of Temporary Stasis with fantastic friends and family I love this brilliant city #CorkCity #PoetryEvents 🌊✨

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Delighted to have a piece written during my MA at @EnglishUCC forthcoming in @wildcourtpoetry very soon - especially this week when I just found out I got a distinction for my first term’s work 🤩

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@lucy_holme

3 years

Sharing bad and good news at once - for balance 🥲 So although I’m so gutted not to have been selected for @poetryireland introductions 2021 I am excited to have been accepted on the MA in creative writing at @EnglishUCC staying busy, focused and improving all the time ✨

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@lucy_holme

18 days

Just to mark the occasion here’s my poem I read at the Brotherton Poetry Prize Award last night also published in @TheLondonMag . Congratulations again the winner @dillon_jaxx and thanks to @JohnWhale4 and all at the poetry centre @UniversityLeeds

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Birthday brunch ☺️💐☀️ p.s no rejections today pls and thank you 🙏

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@lucy_holme

4 months

So proud to have two poems in this issue. Thanks again to the editorial team. If you liked the one below do check out the other which was shortlisted for the @TheLondonMag poetry prize 2023 with huge gratitude to @JTaylorTrash @MayaCPopa & @JCPattz 🦭🏊 🦭

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

4 months

Sharing a Cigarette on West 47th Street by @lucy_holme , from our February/March 2024 issue, out TOMORROW. Pre-order here:

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@lucy_holme

9 months

Really needed this lovely news today! Delighted my Paris-themed Anne Carson inspired poem made the list thanksso much @JanusLiterary 🙏❤️💋

Janus Literary - on hiatus

@JanusLiterary

9 months

Our team has made its nominations for the 2024 Best of the Net. Congratulations to each of these talented writers/poets. @EliotLi2 @quotes_52 @STurner4077 @laughingyeti @JaredPovanda @avramargariti @LouiseNorgate @lucy_holme @gretchenfilart @Susmitatweets

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@lucy_holme

3 years

Absolutely over the moon to receive an acceptance from @PoetryBusMag for a poem I love, about a subject which has obsessed me. Actually cried. Today has been a really good day 😭❤️✨

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Oh I guess I’m not in The magazine that just came out that my submission for still just says ‘received’😭😭😭 *looks back fondly at my bravado and optimism of August ‘21

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@lucy_holme

3 years

Still reading the mesmerising first issue of @wrongdoingmag Here is my poem ‘If I were D H Lawrence’ nestled in amongst some seriously beautiful work 🥀✨❤️

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@lucy_holme

1 year

So great to see my book on the shelves amongst poets I so admire at my local @WaterstonesCrk . The Illustrated Woman is one of my favourite new collections as well @HelenMort 🖤

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@lucy_holme

1 year

So excited to be included in this amazing new issue with my lyric essay on travel & memory. Thanks to Naush Sabah for her editorial precision 🙏✨

Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal

@PoetryBrum

1 year

🐎PBLJ9 COVER REVEAL🐎 Image is The Birmingham Horse Fair, dated 1841-49 Preorder now!

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@lucy_holme

3 years

Your writing journey is just that...your own. There’s no point comparing your arc with others as they are not you with your unique set of constraints, circumstances, experiences and goals but gee is it hard to remember at times when everyone else seems to be winning 😫

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4 months

Bit harsh 🥺

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@lucy_holme

2 months

feeling a bit tired tonight but trying hard to fight against the tedious slumber of ageing™️

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Really proud that my poem written after artist Helen Chadwick will feature in issue 79 of @theinterpreter6 thank you to Georgi & Lou I can’t wait to read the whole issue ✨

theinterpretershouse

@theinterpreter6

1 year

We received some wonderful submissions for issue 79, thank you! We should have gotten back to all our submitters now but if by chance you haven't heard from us please double check your spam folder and then email us.

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2 years

Impossible to think it’s been 3 years since my dad died but he is always here in some quiet way or another ✨ Sharing ‘Between your lungs I lie’ which I read @naush_sabah @GodzillaKent & @theeabsentee event @Cheltpoetfest and which marked the start of my journey with @brokensleep

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Such an amazing array of talent at the @stingingfly Issue 47 contributor zoom tonight it was a joy to hear everyone talk about their pieces and describe their writing processes. You must read this issue it just gets better every time I open it ✨

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@lucy_holme

2 years

Oh no the unthinkable happened and I got a huge poetry rejection ON MY BIRTHDAY…I obviously didn’t signpost it enough that today was supposed to be special 🎈 ps it was extremely nice and I was shortlisted but still 🥲

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@lucy_holme

1 month

Congratulations to the brilliant poets on the @thelondonmagazine shortlist! Was happy to be longlisted this year. Best of luck to all 🌟

The London Magazine

@TheLondonMag

1 month

We are delighted to share the writers shortlisted for The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024 🎉 Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced later in the week...

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3 years

@KarinaLongworth Not even the most shocking brother sister reveal IMO..I still remember how I felt when I discovered Gary Oldman’s sister was Big Mo from Eastenders 🤯

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@lucy_holme

1 year

Received a copy of @stingingfly that I didn’t order. It’s full of incredible fiction, nonfiction & poetry (including my own poem☺️) If anyone wants it just like and comment on this post and I will pick somebody at random by the end of the week to post it to (Uk & Ireland only) 🧡

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@lucy_holme

7 months

Great launch last night for Issue 6 of @TheWaxedLemon @josieannarua & @DerekFlynn03 always throw such welcoming events. Lovely to catch up with @mollytwomey1 @FionaEnnis3 & Ger Duffy & to read alongside @LaurenODonovanW & meet some of the brilliant contributors ✨

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@lucy_holme

7 months

So unbelievably proud to be in this issue of The Pig’s Back with my essay ‘Blue Diagonals’. Huge thanks to @dean_fee_ & @Emily_S_Cooper for providing such a careful and considerate editorial experience 🐷

The Pig's Back

@ThePigsBack1

7 months

We're pleased to announce Issue Four of The Pig's Back. Featuring writing from @lucy_holme , Ella Gaynor, Eamon McGuinness, @shanepaulmurphy , Nathan O'Donnell, @Saypa and @K_Scanlan_ . Now available for pre-order. Link below! 🐷

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Excited to receive an acceptance from @TheWellReview for my short essay on the body which will be published next year thank you to Sarah Byrne ✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Double acceptance tweet! 🎉 A poem of mine will feature in @AcropolisJourn Issue 2 along with some of my talented older brother’s photography - it’s his first publication and he’s over the moon 🌙 *he isn’t on social media but his name is James and I am so proud of him ✨❤️ 🌝

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

6 months

So proud and excited about this ❤️

The Pig's Back

@ThePigsBack1

6 months

Issue 4 has arrived back from the printers and it's beautiful! Winging its way to subscribers and pre-orders now.🐷 Featuring writing from Lucy Holme, Ella Gaynor, Eamon McGuinness, Shane Murphy, Nathan O'Donnell, Sarah Pazur and Kathryn Scanlan. 🐖Link to order below!

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

9 months

We all love this stunning piece ‘The Three Graces’ by @deirdrefrostart and are so proud she agreed for us to use it as Issue Two’s cover of @the4facedliar Can’t wait for you all to read the new issue coming soon 🍂

The Four Faced Liar

@the4facedliar

9 months

Excited to reveal our Issue Two cover by @deirdrefrostart . A prolific visual artist living & working in Cork, Deirdre Frost’s critically lauded recent solo exhibition BIG CRUSH was supported by the Arts Council Agility Award 2022 & Kilkenny Arts Festival.

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 months

a brilliant launch @WaterstonesCrk for @VKennefick ’s amazing new collection egg / shell loved the conversation with Thomas McCarthy as well congrats Victoria on this huge achievement 🥚✨

Waterstones Cork

@WaterstonesCrk

3 months

Join us on Weds 21st at 6.30pm when Thomas McCarthy will launch Egg/Shell, the new collection from award winning poet @VKennefick . Not to be missed. @Carcanet @UCC @EnglishUCC @echolivecork @conortallon @corkcitylibrary @BooksellingI #poetry #cork #Waterstones

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Hi @hibahshabkhez have a wonderful #TopTweetTuesday with @blackboughpoems thank you in advance for reading my poem ‘Catastrophising’ which was recently published in @AcropolisJourn 🌙 I hope you enjoy your day ✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

My oldest childhood friend (& a fellow Pisces) sent this beautiful Colette Bryce poem to me this morning. Sharing words that resonate is such an amazing way of staying connected when you can’t spend time together this is why I love poetry 🦀

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 month

My poem is also in this issue. Delighted to feature in a journal I respect so much. Looking forward to reading work by @JoeCarrickVarty @mollytwomey1 @LeggettBohan @daithitoms @Manuela_Moser @BevisKathryn & many more! Thanks to editors Laura, @eimear_ryan & @JessicaTraynor6 🙏

Banshee Press

@bansheelit

1 month

Issue 17 features poetry from @bhailis_de Jessamine O'Connor, Mai Ishikawa @timrelf @VivianaFiorenti Winifred McNulty @BevisKathryn @TrevorFJoyce @JamieF128 @ChiiOganihu (4/4)

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

7 months

Received my copy of @TheWaxedLemon Issue 6 🙌 looking forward to reading my poem ‘On Realising Chipirones are Baby Squid and Eating Them Anyway’ for the launch @TheBookCentres on Friday 27th Oct as part of @Wwritersweekend @WaterfordArts thank you @josieannarua & @DerekFlynn03 🙏

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Taking a spare minute to update list of mags my poems have appeared in for my website which is nearly finished 👀 - thankful to all these amazing journals, both print and online, for featuring my work ✨ @TNOlitmag @_Re_side_ @CBroadsheet @hecatemag @MagazinePuca @liminal_review

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

9 months

Great to see @HowlWriting & @the4facedliar - two Cork-based journals with UCC MA creative writing alumni involvement - in the @EnglishUCC offices alongside the always brilliant @bansheelit 🔥

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

Was reminded of this haunting poem by @maggiesmithpoet again when I rounded the corner today and went ‘Ah look! A rainbow’ to the dogs 🌈 #corkcity #poetrycommunity

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

7 months

hihi cheers guys #staysafe 🖤 #erasure #rejection

brittany

@britomatic

7 months

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

A nice little poetry acceptance from @Atrium_Poetry to brighten the week thanks Claire and Holly I’m so excited to feature. New poem coming in December 🌟

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

1 year

My poem from the beautiful Spring 2023 issue of @poetrywales can be found here & here it is on the page. Thanks to @edepaor for the help & to @ZoeBrigley for being the most wonderful editor.

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

3 years

For #TopTweetTuesday presided over by the amazing @wordsmithpraise I am sharing Still Life by @GBClarkson because it’s a masterpiece condensed into eight lines and I wish I could say as much with such carefully chosen words. Thanks to @blackboughpoems and @PoetryBrum

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

5 months

This year I was proud to have work in @berlinlit @ThePigsBack1 @PN_Review @TheLondonMag @AnnieJournal @bansheelit @IndelibleLit @brokensleep @theinterpreter6 @poetrywales @MunLitCentre @anthro_poetry & @JanusLiterary thanks to all the editors and readers 🙏✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

4 months

Two super exciting poetry acceptances so far this year from poet-editors I really admire. I’m looking forward to sharing new work soon ✨

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

2 years

Beautiful Bantry ☀️ Well worth the 1.5 hour drive down and back…Meet your heroes! Go hear them read. Especially when they are Zadie Smith and Nick Laird and are as awesome as you had hoped🤩

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Lucy Holme - Roberts

@lucy_holme

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A truly brilliant issue of @bansheelit ! So happy to have new work in there thanks to Eimear, Laura & poetry editor @JessicaTraynor6 for taking my poem & thanks also to my (imaginary) twin 🌟

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