Great to see the recent successes of two DWC members celebrated in the latest GWN – GLOUCESTERSHIRE WRITERS’ NETWORK newsletter.
Here’s what it said and congrats to both!
Val Ormrod has been selected as the overall winner of the 2025 Happiful Poetry Competition with her poem ‘Breathing Free’ which will be published in issue 96 of Happiful magazine to be released on 1st March, 2025.
Karlostheunhappy is delighted to be chosen to scrape the rawness and bite the concrete in High Rise, published by the Broken Spine press (from Broken Spine Arts). Oblivion: 200 Seasons of Pain & Magic by Karlostheunhappy from Gloomy for Pleasure. Flowers of the Litter (poetry of and for people living on the streets) with Mimi German; Karlostheunhappy as co-editor, contributor and curator of Walt Whitman passages. After Hours: a slimline collection from the bar, edited by Alan Parry featuring Karlostheunhappy from Broken Spine press. Amazon and all good bookstores. His essay/article/interview piece on the Horovitz family, in particular Michael and the British Beat connections, is now with Adam Horovitz for answering an e-interview. A new piece ‘Humanity at Night’ with the Broken Spine Arts’ forthcoming ‘Glow: City at Night Poetry’, will be released 28 April. Coming soon. Flux: the turning leaves by Karlostheunhappy from Gloomy for Pleasure. Beat Surreal: annual no.1 edited by Karlostheunhappy from Gloomy for Pleasure. Beat in Big Sur / Beat in BerlinBeat travelogues by Karlostheunhappy. Seasoned: collected poems by Ivor Daniel from Gloomy for Pleasure