AV Bridgwood is a poet based in London.

Their work has been published in journals such as Oxford Poetry, fourteen poems, Propel, and Magma. They were highly commended in the 2025 Forward Prizes and won the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize. AV is a former Foyle Young Poet and graduated with distinction from UEA's MA in Creative Writing. Their debut pamphlet will be published in 2025 by ignitionpress.

Awards

Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2025 - Highly Commended
Oxford Poetry Prize 2024 - Winner
National Poetry Competition 2023 - Highly Commended
The Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition 2024 - Second prize
Guernsey International Poetry Competition - Winner

Publications

‘clean your plate’ - Forward Book of Poetry 2026
‘carrier’ - Oxford Poetry 99
’clean your plate’ - Oxford Poetry 98
’housing crisis’ - fourteen poems, Issue 16
’adult braces’ - Anthropocene
’greedy’ - Perverse
’self-portrait as Agatha Christie novel’ - Propel Issue 14 and The Propel Anthology
’You have eaten the patriarchy’ - The Poetry Society
’bridesmaid’ - The Interpreter’s House
’Imaginary Prose Poems’ - Magma (Performance Issue)