AV Bridgwood is a poet based in London.

Their debut pamphlet Snack is published by ignitionpress; the title poem was highly commended in the 2025 Forward Prizes. Their work has been published in journals such as Oxford Poetry, fourteen poems, The Rialto, and Magma. They won the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize and were commended in the National Poetry Competition 2023. AV is a former Foyle Young Poet and graduated with distinction from UEA's MA in Creative Writing.

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

Snack - ignition press 2025
‘clean your plate’ - Forward Book of Poetry 2026
’3 reasons i love Jennifer’s Body - Magma 93
‘carrier’ - Oxford Poetry 99
’clean your plate’ - Oxford Poetry 98
’housing crisis’ - fourteen poems, Issue 16
’extinction submission’ - The Rialto, Issue 102
’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)