Kathryn Simmonds (born 1972) is a British poet and short story writer.

Life

She was born in

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and graduated from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

with an MA in Creative Writing. She has also experimented with playwriting, and her first radio play Poetry for Beginners, a comic drama set on a creative writing residential course, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008. She lives in

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, England, and teaches creative writing at the Poetry School and

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Awards

* 2002

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by United Kingdom poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winne ...

, from the Society of Authors * 2004 Poetry Business competition * 2006 Poetry London competition * 2007 Asham Award shortlisted for "Pentecost" * 2008

Forward Poetry Prize The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...

Best First Collection * 2008

Guardian First Book Award The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspa ...

, longlisted * 2008

Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in United Kingdom, UK and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first ...

, nominated Poetry category

Works

Poetry collections

* Snug, Smith/Doorstop 2004 * Sunday at the Skin Launderette, Seren 2008 * The Visitations, Seren 2013

Novels

* Love and Fallout, Seren 2014

References

External links

Profile and poems at ''The Poetry Archive'', 2009

Seren Books profile

University of East Anglia profile

Simmonds poems featured in ''The Guardian'', 29 August 2008

''Wigtown Poetry Prize''. Simmonds profile

Short stories

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