Jane Bryant FRSA

Independent Chair/South Coast Music Partnership; Chair/Winchester Poetry Festival; Trustee/Nordoff-Robbins. MA (Distinction) - 2025 @UCL @IOE_London.

[Jane Bryant FRSA @JaneVBryant]

So much transformative work in the @policysouth area. Thank you @ArtsworkLtd @zoielogic @In_Focuset @ChichesterFT @WinPoetryFest @southampton2025 @Mayflower400SC @PlayToTheCrowd @ace_southwest @ace_southeast and so many others.

[Southern Policy Centre @policysouth]

@JaneVBryant has written the first of an occasional series of articles about some of the challenges our communities face in the South and how they’re being tackled. Jane's fascintating blog focuses on the value of the arts and culture https://t.co/VwuaoQJplQ

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

A poetry event, just announced, for 18+ in #Southampton courtesy of @wirewoolevents

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

📣 #HampshirePoet June blog is here!

✊🏾 It explores Black Poetry + is written by #performancepoet + #Southampton-based storyteller Pab Low

Pab says: "... black poetry, quite rightly does, has and will always, categorically refuse, to be categorised."

👀 https://t.co/ZNCYzGfRzE

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

We love @WinchesterHods and will be celebrating the @heritageopenday theme this year with...

📝Everyday Histories: poetry wordshop + sharing session with #HampshirePoet
📌Pilgrims’ Hall @PilgrimsSchool
📆 Sat 19 Sept | 10:30am-12pm

🎟️https://t.co/cIm5Utf7NZ

All welcome!

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

Open globally, and accepting poems for the next 10 weeks.

Learn more: https://t.co/DNZubXsPj0

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

Winchester Poetry Prize is *open* until 31st July!
Thank you @ThatsHampshire for this piece.

[Jane Bryant FRSA @JaneVBryant]

Dear @ace_national - is your #grantium system down at the moment?. Was using this on Friday but couldn’t access over the weekend or today. Live chat not accessible either. Please let me know. Many thanks…..

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

Thank you @hantschronicle for sharing the details of our competition to inspire young people to write poetry!

https://t.co/glJSZPRhkw

[Jane Bryant FRSA @JaneVBryant]

Lovely to see @Bookwells Poetry Desk with its drawers of ideas to inspire children and young people to send in their poems about food! Just a few weeks left to enter Hants Young Poets comp @WinPoetryFest and @ Hants Cult Trust.

[Jane Bryant FRSA @JaneVBryant]

Lovely to see @Bookwells Poetry Desk with its drawers of ideas to inspire children and young people to send in their poems about food! Just a few weeks left to enter Hants Young Poets comp @WinPoetryFest and @ Hants Cult Trust.
https://t.co/An7qvSASLM

[Jane Bryant FRSA @JaneVBryant]

The Prior’s Gate Winchester today with its wonderful display of Wisteria.

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

✂️If you took part in the @BmthWritingFest Community Zine last weekend, it's now up on AJ's website!

Thanks to all who came through Poetry Marquee and contributed to this fabulous project!
https://t.co/0mRaC6Zjf7

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

Delighted, and somewhat surprised, to see us mentioned in brilliant gaming magazine @edgeonline!

If you missed our poetry video games collab with @UoS_Engagement Games Design @unisoton_wsa at WPF25... we're bringing some of the poetry videogames to @BmthWritingFest this weekend!

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

If you've not visited the Poetry Desk for Hampshire. Young Poets competition at @Bookwells yet, here's a sneak peak!

With huge thanks to @ThatsHampshire for the coverage

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

Just 2 weeks until we're at @BmthWritingFest with poetry galore!

Details, including full programme, and how to submit poems in advance: https://t.co/WOYHilMvzH

See you there?

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

This talk from our friends @BHwritinglegacy looks fabulous - and it's online, for all to enjoy!

[wire wool @wirewoolevents]

Our friends @BHwritinglegacy have 2 fascinating online talks coming up.

The first is a deepdive into AI and the implications for writers.

The second is about decolonizing narratives, ecology and pleasure!

Get involved
🎫 https://t.co/tv7prDcVYO

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

📰 It's always thrilling to be featured in printed press - so a huge thank you to @hantschronicle for covering the appointment of our new Artistic Director - Erica Hesketh - AND Damian Kelly-Basher's extended tenure as #HampshirePoet.

A delight to see this, this long weekend!

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

🌟If you're @PoetrySociety member, you'll know Winchester Poetry Prize is open!

No better time to read + write poetry, than Easter!

❤️‍🔥Judge @JuliaCopus
🌟Prizes: £1k, £500, £250 + Kathryn Bevis Prize
⌛Close: Fri 31 July

https://t.co/DNZubXsPj0

@ParisSmithLLP | @Writing5chool

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

🗞️ Read all about it! It's #HampshirePoet Damian's first blog of his extended tenure.

April heralds @napowrimo2026 - that's National Poetry Writing Month - and Damian invites *you* to get involved!

👀 Take a look, and let us know if you decide to try it: https://t.co/ZNCYzGfRzE

[Winchester Poetry @WinPoetryFest]

🤗 Huge thanks to @ChrisFielden for including Winchester Poetry Prize in his comprehensive writing resources and listings.

Do take a look at his jam-packed website, and of course enter Winchester Poetry Prize! https://t.co/lrdSpXgOR2