Peter Devonald

Award-winning poet/screenwriter, two BoN, Forward Prize & Children's Bafta noms

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Competitions/ Awards

Winner Broken Spine Reader's Choice Award 2025
Winner Broken Spine Reader's Choice Award 2025
Winner Best Poem Loft Books Issue VI 2024
Winner Best Poem Loft Books Issue VI 2024
Winner Waltham Forest Poetry Competition 2022
Winner Waltham Forest Poetry Competition 2022
Second Prize Shelley Memorial Project 2024
Second Prize Shelley Memorial Project 2024
Highly commended The Passionfruit Review 2024
Highly commended The Passionfruit Review 2024
Finalist Tickled Pink Contest 2024
Finalist Tickled Pink Contest 2024
Special Mention Whispering Wisdom Poetry Competition 2025
Special Mention Whispering Wisdom Poetry Competition 2025
Commended 3rd Flash Fiction Wildfire Words/Frosted Fire 2025
Shortlisted Perpendicular Poetry Prize 2025
Shortlisted Perpendicular Poetry Prize 2025
Shortlisted Saveas Writer's International Writing Competition - All In the Mind 2023
Shortlisted Saveas Writer's International Writing Competition - All In the Mind 2023
Shortlisted Allingham Festival 2023
Shortlisted Allingham Festival 2023
Shortlisted Hammond House International 2024
Shortlisted Hammond House International 2024
HAUS-A-REST — Poet In Residence
HAUS-A-REST — Poet In Residence

Selected Anthologies

Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession and the Gilded Age
Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession and the Gilded Age
 
The Alchemy Spoon Issue 15
The Alchemy Spoon Issue 15
Abridged: Umbra Sumus - June 2025
Abridged: Umbra Sumus - June 2025
Culture Matters: The White Envelope Book
Culture Matters: The White Envelope Book

Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope: Amazon.co.uk: Tomey-Zonneveld, Lisa, Johns, Zaneta V, Johns, Zaneta V: 9781962374491: Books

DREICH 100th issue
DREICH 100th issue
Glow: City at Night Poetry: 4 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
Glow: City at Night Poetry: 4 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
 
High-Rise: Brutalist Poetry: 3 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
High-Rise: Brutalist Poetry: 3 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
 
Last Light: Apocalypse Poetry: 2 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
Last Light: Apocalypse Poetry: 2 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
 
Reels: Cinematic Poetry (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
Reels: Cinematic Poetry (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
 
Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace Anthology
Sunflowers Rising: Poems For Peace Anthology
 
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Dragon Dreams (Muses of Mythology Anthology)
Dragon Dreams (Muses of Mythology Anthology)
 
Bards Across The Pond: US & UK Poetry Anthology
Bards Across The Pond: US & UK Poetry Anthology
 
Buzzin Bards 2024: Manchester UK Poetry Anthology
Buzzin Bards 2024: Manchester UK Poetry Anthology
 
Kaleidoscope: Rare Disease Stories (Kaleidoscope Stories)
Kaleidoscope: Rare Disease Stories (Kaleidoscope Stories)
 
Lost at 27: Musicians, Artists, Mortals
Lost at 27: Musicians, Artists, Mortals
 

Selected Published Poems

Morning Star Weekend 28/29 June 2025
Morning Star Weekend 28/29 June 2025
Ukraine: Wildfire Words
Ukraine: Wildfire Words
Blue Water Serenade
Blue Water Serenade
Culture Matters
Culture Matters
London Grip New Poetry – Spring 2023
London Grip New Poetry – Spring 2023
Post Newspapers: I run a Monthly Poetry Corner
Post Newspapers: I run a Monthly Poetry Corner
Twenty-One Grams - Visual Verse
Twenty-One Grams - Visual Verse
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
ISSUE 7 — Forget Me Not Press
ISSUE 7 — Forget Me Not Press
Ranger magazine
Ranger magazine
The Fig Tree - Coal Mining Issue 2
The Fig Tree - Coal Mining Issue 2
The Lazy Sunbathers - Coffee & Conversations
The Lazy Sunbathers - Coffee & Conversations
SHINE series ~ PETER DEVONALD
SHINE series ~ PETER DEVONALD

interviews

The Cut with Peter Devonald Broken Spine
The Cut with Peter Devonald Broken Spine
New2theScene Blog/ Origins / Peter Devonald
New2theScene Blog/ Origins / Peter Devonald
Q&A with Author, Peter Devonald - Draco Amethystus
Q&A with Author, Peter Devonald - Draco Amethystus
Interview with Peter Devonald - Unconventional Courier
Interview with Peter Devonald - Unconventional Courier
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