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Day 13 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Derek Chan (@Derek_Chan4), whose work appeared in wildness (@wildnessjournal). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.
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Beautiful poem by Derek Chan on this Rothko painting. Published in ‘Brooklyn Rail.’
Katherine Everitt 💥@katherineverittJul 8
Rothko painted his Black on Grey series before his suicide. To me, they always seem to evince hope. You just don’t know what will fall down to earth from the abyss. Chance, in all its unexpectedness, is painted here. Untitled. Rothko (1969-70)
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“I am carrying your absence like a wet briefcase. I am running under stars who know nothing about the light they are no longer.” From “Future-Perfect” by Derek Chan in ISSUE 24! buff.ly/40bMu1J
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Twenty of the best poets writing and performing today, all in one night! Watch Forward Prizes Ceremony in-person at @GalaDurham, or tune-in via live stream, and discover the perfect mix-tape of what’s happening in the poetry scene. Tickets: newwritingnorth.com/event/an…
Faces of the twenty poets shortlisted in The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025

ALT Faces of the twenty poets shortlisted in The Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025

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Read Derek Chan’s poem 'A Craft Talk on the Praxis of an August Evening' in The Forward Book of Poetry 2025. Derek’s poem, first published by @oxfordpoetry, is shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Written. forwardartsfoundation.org/bo…
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‘We should honor the central importance of doubt and unknowingness both on and off the page, for without it there can be no true discoveries to be made—only the empty recognition of what is already known and familiar.’ - Derek Chan @OxfordPoetry forwardartsfoundation.org/in…
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We are thrilled that Derek Chan's poem from issue 96 of Oxford Poetry has been shortlisted for the 2024 Forward Prize for best single poem – written.
Forward Prizes@ForwardPrizes17 Jul 2024
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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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