Poetry Wales
Poetry Wales is a triannual poetry magazine published in Bridgend, Wales. Founded by Meic Stephens and now published by Seren, it is currently edited by Jonathan Edwards. Since its first publication in 1965, the magazine has built an international reputation for excellent poems, features and reviews from Wales and beyond. The magazine is published in print and online.
History
Poetry Wales was founded by Meic Stephens in 1965, and has since been edited by Sam Adams, John Powell Ward, Cary Archard, Mike Jenkins, Richard Poole, Robert Minhinnick, Zoë Skoulding, and Nia Davies. The magazine is now edited by Jonathan Edwards.Former guest editors of individual issues include Deryn Rees-Jones, Stephen Knight, Gwyneth Lewis, Paul Henry and Duncan Bush.
Former editor Cary Archard also founded Poetry Wales Press, which now trades under the name Seren Books.
Poetry Wales is supported by Swansea University and has a Creative Partnership with Aberystwyth University's Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts. Along with two other literary magazines in Wales, New Welsh Review and Planet, Poetry Wales receives funding from the Welsh Books Council.
Recent Issues
Poetry Wales has published 212 issues and counting of its magazine. The magazine is published in yearly volumes, previously over 4 seasonal issues, and now over 3 issues published in Winter, Spring and Summer.| Issue | Publication Date | Editor | Contributors |
| 55.2 | January 2020 | Jonathan Edwards | TBC |
| 55.1 | Summer 2019 | Nia Davies | Features: James Goodwin; Catrin Menai and Rhys Trimble; Rhea Seren Phillips, Alonso Quesda translated and introduced by Daniel Eltringham; Paul Kaye, Wioletta Greg and Antonia Lloyd-Jones; From the Archive: Meirion Pennar Reviews: Siofra McSherry, Jonathan Edwards, Jazmine Linklater, Gareth Prior, Ellen Bell, Rhys Trimble Poems: Gloria Dawson, Verity Spott, Lucy Mercer, Harry Josephine Giles, Stephen Emmerson, Virna Teixeira trans. Shelley Bhoil, David Asherford, Paul Stephenson, Catrin Menai, Charles Wilkinson, Tara Skurtu, Efe Duyan trans. Neil Doherty & Tara Skurtu, Wioletta Greg trans. Paul Kaye, Ghazal Mosadeq, Meirion Pennar trans. Rhys Trimble |
| 54.3 | Spring 2019 | Nia Davies | Features: Sarah Hudis, So Mayer, Dai George, Gareth Leaman Reviews: Gareth Leaman, Maryam Hessavi, Rhys Trimble, Rhian Barfoot, Maggie Harries, Jade Cuttle Poems: Azad Ashim Sharma, Maria Jastrzębska, Hanan Issa, Lee Duggan, Iris Colomb, Alison Gibb, Sarah Kelly, James Byrne, Huw Lawrence, Prue Chamberlayne, Rhian Elizabeth, John McCullough, Andrew Wells, Jonathan Edwards, Peter Hughes, Michael Farrell |
| 54.2 | Autumn 2018 | Nia Davies | Features: Nerys Williams, Anna Reckin, Richard Gwyn, Marianna Burton, Robert Minhinnick Reviews: Gareth Farmer, Daryl Leeworthy, Ellen Bell, Maryam Hessavi, Jazmine Linklater, Elz’bieta Wójcik-Leese. Poems: Sascha Aurora Ahktar, Jazmine Linklater, Stewart Sanderson, Ifor Ap Glyn, Chloe Garner, Sian Melangell Dafydd, Simon Mundy, Sarah Marina, Andrew Spragg, Joe Dunthorne, Rose Knapp, Mike Jenkins, John White, Rosemary Corlett, David O’Hanlon, Eleanor Rees, Maitreyabandhu, Dan O’Brien, Fiona Cameron, Owen Lewis, Nerys Williams, James Stradner, Robert Sheppard. |