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IAN McMILLAN — ‘THAT’S NOT A FISHING BOAT, IT’S A GIRAFFE: RESPONSES TO AUSTERITY’
GERRY MURPHY — ‘KISSING MAURA O’KEEFFE’
GRACE WILENTZ — ‘HOLDING DISTANCE’
ANITA PATI — ‘DODO PROVOCATEUR
JOANNA INGHAM — ‘NAMING BONES’ (2 OPOIs)
JO YOUNG — ‘FIRING PINS’ (2 OPOIs)
RAMONA HERDMAN — ‘A WARM AND SNOUTING THING’ (5 OPOIs)
IGOR KLIKOVAC — ‘STOCKHOLM SYNDROME’
EMMA JEREMY — ‘SAFETY BEHAVIOUR’
JENNA CLAKE — ‘CLAKE / INTERVIEW FOR’
GAIL McCONNELL — ‘FOTHERMATHER’ (2 OPOIs)
MARIO PETRUCCI (trans) — ‘ISHA UPANISHAD’
ANNA CATHENKA — ‘THEY ARE REALLY MOLLUSCS’
CHLOE BALCOMB — ‘THE WANEY EDGE’
PB HUGHES — ‘GIRL, FALLING’
MARTHA KAPOS — ‘SMILE VARIATIONS’ [2 OPOI]
NATALIE LINH BOLDERSTON — ‘THE PROTECTION OF GHOSTS’
MARJORIE LOTFI GILL — ‘REFUGE’
ANTONIA JADE KING — ‘SHE TOO IS A SAILOR’
EDWIN STOCKDALE — ‘THE GLOWER OF THE SUN’
COLIN DARDIS — ‘THE DOGS OF HUMANITY’
OZ HARDWICK — ‘LEARNING TO HAVE LOST’
JEAN TAYLOR — ‘DELIBERATE SUNLIGHT’
THOMAS STEWART — 'EMPIRE OF DIRT'
SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR — 'THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU'
VICKI HUSBAND — 'SYKKEL SAGA'
SAM WESELOWSKI — ‘I LOVE MY JOB’
JAMES ROOME — ‘BULL’ (2 OPOIs)
DIANA ANPHIMIADI — ‘BEGINNING TO SPEAK’
GARETH WRITER-DAVIES — ‘THE END’ (2 OPOIs)
JANE LOVELL — ‘THIS TILTING EARTH’
FINOLA SCOTT — ‘MUCH LEFT UNSAID’
‘THESE NIGHTS AT HOME’ — ALEX REED
SARAH SHAPIRO — ‘THE BULLSHIT COSMOS’
KATHERINE TOWERS — ‘THE VIOLIN FOREST’ (3 OPOIs)
MICHAEL LONGLEY — ‘A STREAM’S TATTLE’ (3 OPOIs)
KATHY GEE — ‘CHECKOUT’
JOCK STEIN — ‘SWIFT’
CHRISTOPHER NORTH — ‘THE TOPIARY OF PASSCHENDAELE’
DEREK PARKES — ‘CHERRY BLOSSOM’ (2 OPOIs)
LOUISE WARREN — 'JOHN DUST'
MICHAEL GRIEVE — ‘LUCK’ (4 OPOIs)
VARIOUS AUTHORS — ‘DUST’
JAKE WILD HALL — ‘BLANK’
KATIE HALE — ‘ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS’
BEN NORRIS — ‘SOME ENDING’
TRISTRAM FANE SAUNDERS — ‘WOODSONG’
CALUM RODGER — ‘PORTS’
KATRINA NAOMI — ‘TYPHOON ETIQUETTE’
BECKY VARLEY-WINTER — ‘HEROINES ON THE BLUE PENINSULA’
GRAHAM CLIFFORD — ‘WELL’
ANNE GILL — ‘RAFT’
WARDA YASSIN — ‘TEA WITH CARDAMOM’
EMILY COTTERILL — ‘THE DAY OF THE FLYING ANTS
MICHELLE DIAZ — ‘THE DANCING BOY’
CLAIRE TRÉVIEN —‘BRAIN FUGUE’
RACHEL PIERCEY — ‘DISAPPOINTING ALICE’ (4 OPOIs)
EMILIA WEBER — ‘FAMILIARS’
ROSE COOK — ‘SIGHTINGS’
LINDA GOULDEN — ‘SPEAKING PARTS’
MARIA ISAKOVA BENNETT — ‘…AN ACHE IN EACH WELCOMING KISS’ (2 OPOIs)
HELEN CLARE — ‘ENTOMOLOGY’
JASMINE SIMMS — ‘LIKE HORSES’
RUSSELL JONES — ‘DARK MATTERS’
HOLLY MAGILL — ‘THE BECOMING OF LADY FLAMBÉ’
BREDA SPAIGHT — ‘THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF MY MOTHER’S HENS’
JOHN PATFIELD — ‘POETRY INCIDENTS’
ROSS McCLEARY — ‘ENDORSE ME, YOU COWARDS!’
CONOR CLEARY — ‘PRICED OUT’
KEVIN REID — ‘BURDLIFE’
MIKE BARLOW — ‘SOME KIND OF GHOST’
JOE CARRICK-VARTY — ‘SOMEWHERE FAR’
MAITREYABANDHU — ‘A CÉZANNE HAIBUN’
DAWN WATSON — THE STACK OF OWLS IS GETTING HIGHER
GAIL MCCONNELL — FOURTEEN
FAITH LAWRENCE — ‘SLEEPING THROUGH’ (2 OPOI)
LIZ BERRY — ‘THE REPUBLIC OF MOTHERHOOD’
DAVID VAN-CAUTER — ‘MIRROR LAKE’
VICTORIA GATEHOUSE — ‘THE MECHANICS OF LOVE’
CLAIRE CROWTHER — ‘KNITHOARD’ (2 OPOIs)
GERRY MURPHY — ‘MY LIFE AS A STALINIST’
SAMPSON LOW — ‘ROGUES AND ROSES’
ANNE BALLARD — ‘FAMILY DIVISION’
KAY SYRAD — ‘T/HERE’
JOHN FITZGERALD — ‘FIRST CUT’
SAMUEL TONGUE — STITCH
DEREK HARPER — ‘A COMMUNION OF BREATH’
PAMELA MANCHÉ PEARCE — ‘WIDOWLAND’
CHARLOTTE WETTON, ‘I REFUSE TO TURN INTO A HATSTAND’
PENNY SHARMAN — ‘FAIR GROUND’
JONATHAN TOTMAN — ‘EXPLOSIVES LICENCE’
MAGGIE MACKAY — ‘THE HEART OF THE RUN’
JANE CLARKE — ‘ALL THE WAY HOME’
MARA ADAMITZ SCRUPE — ‘MAGNALIA’ (2 OPOIs)
LUCY A. EVANS — ‘SUBLINGUAL’
ANNE LAURE COXAM — ‘TOOLBOX THERAPY’
PAUL MCMAHON — ‘BOURDON’
GAIA HOLMES and WINSTON PLOWES — ‘TALES FROM THE TACHOGRAPH’
STEWART SANDERSON – ‘AN OFFERING’ (2 OPOIs)
JEFFERY SUGARMAN — ‘DEAR FRIEND(S)’
MAGGIE SAWKINS — ‘MANY SKIES HAVE FALLEN’
LOUISE G. COLE — ‘SOFT TOUCH’
SARAH STEWART — ‘GLISK’
ANTHONY CHRISTIE — ‘THE ARCHAEOLOGIST’S DAUGHTER’
SEÁN HEWITT — ‘LANTERN’ (2 OPOIs)
REBECCA BILKAU — ‘CHOOSING NEW OMENS’
KATHY PIMLOTT – ‘ELASTIC GLUE’ (2 OPOIs)
R.K. — ‘KILLING THE COP IN YOUR HEAD’
ELEY WILLIAMS — ‘FRIT’
HANNAH BROCKBANK — ‘BLOODLINES’
ANNA-MAY LAUGHER — ‘BLOW THIS’ (2 OPOIs)
IAN HARROW — ‘THE QUIET LIFE’
GILL HORITZ — 'ALL THE DIFFERENT DARKNESSES'
GEMMA REID — ‘MY BLACK GLOVE’
PATRICK WILLIAMSON — ‘GIFTED’
LAUREN POPE — ‘ANNOUNCE THIS’
BELINDA BRADLEY — ‘I WANT TO BE A DOG LIKE MY SISTER’
PATRICK WRIGHT — ‘NULLABY’
ALEXANDRA PAYNE – ‘HOTEL BRAVO’
LYDIA KENNAWAY — ‘A HISTORY OF WALKING’
HUGO WILLIAMS — ‘TARA BROWNE (1945-1966)’
NICHOLAS MURRAY — ‘THE MUSEUM OF TRUTH’
GINA WILSON — ‘IT WAS AND IT WASN’T’
M. R. PEACOCKE — ‘HONEYCOMB’ (4 OPOIs)
MADELEINE WURZBURGER — ‘SLEEVE CATCHING FIRE AT DAWN’
PAULINE PRIOR-PITT — ‘WRITTEN ON THE SHORE’
KHARIIS UBIARO — ‘MY MIND’S DARK PARTIES’
TOM SHARP — ‘NAOMI’S POEM’
L. KIEW — ‘THE UNQUIET’ (2 OPOIs)
ASTRA PAPACHRISTODOULOU — 'CLOCKWORK'
JAMES MCGONIGAL —‘TURNING OVER IN A STRANGE BED’
RALF ANDTBACKA, MARKO HAUTALA, CARITA NYSTRÖM – ‘KOLME/TRE’
YVONNE REDDICK – ‘SPIKENARD’ (2 OPOIs)
GREG GILBERT — LOVE MAKES A MESS OF DYING
ELIZABETH HARE — ‘TESTIMONY’
JENNIFER COPLEY — ‘BEING HAUNTED’
REBECCA CULLEN — MAJID SITS IN A TREE AND SINGS
NIGEL PANTLING — HIP HIND HOOK
TOM CLEARY — ‘DISPATCHING A HORSE’
PAUL STEPHENSON — ‘SELFIE WITH WATERLILIES’
JAN OWEN — ‘THE WICKED FLOWERS OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE’
WILLIAM GILSON — ‘MONKEY PUZZLE’
CAROL RUMENS — ‘BEZDELKI’
MARILYN LONGSTAFF – ‘THE MUSEUM OF SPARE PARTS’
SALLY FESTING — ‘MY DARLING DERRY’ (3 OPOIs)
JOAN URE—THE TINY TALENT
BRIAN JOHNSTONE — JUKE BOX JEOPARDY
HELEN NICHOLSON — ‘BRIAR MOUTH’ (3 OPOIs)
WAYLEAVE ANTHOLOGY — ‘A BOAT OF MANY COLOURS’
MAYA CATHERINE POPA — ‘THE BEES HAVE BEEN CANCELED’
WES LEE — ‘BODY, REMEMBER’
DAVID CONSTANTINE — ‘FOR THE LOVE OF IT’
D A PRINCE — ‘BOOKMARKS’ (2 OPOIs)
RAINE GEOGHEGAN – ‘APPLE WATER : POVEL PANNI’
ALAN BAKER – ‘LETTERS FROM THE UNDERWORLD’
GEORGE BEDDOW – ‘THE BITTER LEMONS OF NERVAL’
TOM SHARP – ‘THE MYSTERIES’
NAOMI JAFFA – ‘DRIVER’ (two OPOIs)
ANN GRAY — I WISH I HAD MORE MOTHERS
CHARLOTTE EICHLER — THEIR LUNAR LANGUAGE
JAMES O’LEARY — ‘THERE ARE MONSTERS IN THIS HOUSE’ (2 OPOIs)

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