Bio:
Sam Bartle is based in East Yorkshire, and has been published in various magazines and journals, including Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Dreich, Green Ink Poetry, and Poetry Lab Shanghai. He is ‘Best Of The Net’ and ‘Forward Prize’ nominated and performs regularly at open mic events in the Hull and York region, also at The High Wolds Poetry Festival and Driffield Literary Festival, and on local radio. A suite of nine space poems entitled ‘The Planetary Ennead’, was published in March 2023 (available on Amazon), and Sam’s poetry has recently expanded into visual arts with commissioned interpretations for the Bath Fringe Festival, Pocklington Arts Centre, Hull Minster, Picturehouse York, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trusts, and East Riding Festival Of Words (see Exhibitions and Trails ).
His debut collection, ‘Emergent Dreams’ was published in 2024 by Alien Buddha Press and is available now on Amazon .
In his work life he holds a Distinguished Service in Archives Award from the Archives Records Association (UK & Ireland) and is a shortlisted content creator in the Digital Culture Awards from Arts Council England.
Publication history:
- Underbelly Press (‘Turmoil’)
- Sage Cigarettes Magazine (‘Out There’, ‘Magnetar’)
- Pen To Print (‘Ascendancy’)
- Green Ink Poetry (‘Jupiter’)
- Dreich (‘Foolish Dream’, ‘Aftertaste’)
- Amphora (‘The Door’)
- Lothlorien Poetry Journal (‘Broken Sleep’, ‘Heart Of Power’, ‘The Door’)
- Poetry Lab Shanghai (‘Heart Of Power’)
- Pomona Valley Review (‘The Passing Year’, ‘Heart Of Power’)
- Duck Duck Mongoose (‘Springtide Bright’, ‘The Mortal Ash’)
- Blue River Review (‘Springtide Bright’)
- The Writer’s Club (‘The Shadow Of Mortality’)
- Wildfire Words (‘Everyone’)
Poet in Verse 