Jane Lovell wins The Gingko Prize

We’re delighted that ATG poet (among a number of presses!), Jane Lovell, won this year’s Gingko Prize which was announced earlier this month. Jane’s ATG pamphlet, Metastatic, was published in 2018 and launched at The Poetry Cafe.

The Ginkgo Prize is a major international award for ecopoetry, funded by the Edward Goldsmith Foundation and organised by the Poetry School. Every year, the competition awards £5,000 in prize money, provides writers’ residencies for the winners, and supports the development of ecopoetry through a programme of free workshops, and a series of incisive essays by leading ecological writers.

Jane’s winning poem, Ming, was selected by Simon Armitage and Jade Cuttle. Simon Armitage said the judges had found it “very touching and very moving”. 

Read Jane’s poem and others in the anthology HERE.

Watch the finalists read….

Louisa Campbell reviews Maternal Impression by Cheryl Moskowitz

Over at Louisa Campbell‘s website you can read the latest review of Maternal Impression. Louisa is the author of three books, the most recent, BEAUTIFUL NOWHERE | Boatwhistle.

Here’s a little part of the opening, please note the trigger warnings…

**Content warning: non-graphic mention of childhood trauma**

I want to tell you about Maternal Impression, one of Against the Grain Press’s most recently published pamphlets. The poet is Cheryl Moskowitz, who (the blurb on the back cover tells us) has a background in theatre (both acting and writing) as well as psychodynamic counselling and drama therapy, and has also taught on Sussex University’s Creative Writing and Personal Development MA. Unsurprisingly, her poems have been placed in well-known competitions, and Moskowitz has two other poetry collections as well as a novel under her very interesting belt.

Click HERE to continue reading….