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 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. Their debut pamphlet will be published in 2025 by ignitionpress.
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Awards
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
‘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)