Welcome to the home page of the Back Room Poets, a group for Oxfordshire-based writers.
We encourage a variety of styles and genres, aim to develop our own work, bring poetry to a wider audience and support established and less experienced poets. Members benefit from: twice-monthly workshops in the City Centre, and once a month in North and South Oxford; Open Mic evenings; occasionally guest readings from nationally acclaimed poets; and opportunities to take part in local and regional literary festivals.
For more information, and to join, contact the secretary here or here
Back Room Poets at the Faringdon poetry competition 2008
David Burridge won Best Poem by a Local Author
He also had two poems in the Local Highly Commended category (Alhambra and Tripping up Montsegur) and two in the Local Commended category).
David Burns was Runner-Up in the Open Category with Barn Owl.
K.V. Skene's The Cruellest Month was among the Commended poems in the Open Category.
Find the shortlisted poems here.
