the poetry business
One of the most vital and vitalising literature organisations in the country
Welcome to The Poetry Business We publish books, pamphlets, audio and eBooks
under the smith|doorstop imprint; edit a literary magazine, The North; and run
Writing Days, masterclasses, residential courses, and a Writing School for
published poets. We also run the annual Book & Pamphlet Competition. Our poets
have won or been shortlisted for almost every major poetry prize, including the
Forward Prize on 11 occasions and 10 Poetry Book Society awards, and
smith|doorstop Books was awarded Michael Marks Publishers Award in both 2012 and
2017. The Poetry Business is a publisher and writer development agency with a
strong reputation for discovering, developing and publishing outstanding new
poets. One of the most vital and vitalising literature organisations in the
country Andrew Motion Our poets have won, been shortlisted for or highly
commended in almost every major poetry prize, including the Forward Prize, the
T.S. Eliot Prize, the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, the National
Poetry Competition, and in both 2012 and 2017 The Poetry Business won the
Michael Marks Award for Pamphlet Publishers. The publisher isn’t just churning
out exciting pamphlets, it’s also consolidating its role as a major support
network for poets from all over the country…and is developing its stellar work
to bring poetry to more people online, via energetic blogging, audio downloads,
live Q&As and so on. Judge’s comments from the 2017 Michael Marks Awards Over
the last three decades we have nurtured the writing and developed the careers of
hundreds of poets. Our teaching, mentoring and editorial work is widely regarded
as the benchmark in writer development provision.
