About Aoife Lyall

Collections

 

Mother, Nature (Bloodaxe Books, 2021) 

The Day Before (Bloodaxe Books, 2024) 

 

Competitions

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·   Bridport Poetry Prize 2023: Shortlisted

· Saltire First Book Award 2021: Shortlisted 

·       Emerging Scottish Writer Award, Cove Park, 2020

·       Wells Festival of Literature Open Poetry Competition 2019: Shortlisted

·       Rebecca Swift Women Poets’ Prize 2018: Longlisted

·       Hennessy New Irish Writing Award 2018: Poetry: Shortlisted

·       National Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2017: Shortlisted

·       The Patrician Press Short Story and Poetry Competition 2016: Shortlisted

·       Hennessy Literary Awards 2016: Poetry: Shortlisted

·       International Welsh Poetry Competition 2015: Longlisted

·       Neil Gunn Writing Competition 2015: Poetry: Commendation

 

Anthologies

· Windfall (Hatchette, 2023)

· Romance Options (Dedalus Press, 2022) 

·  New Writing Scotland (ASLS, 2022)

·  Other Worlds: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poems (Polygon, 2022)  

· Best Scottish Poems, (Scottish Poetry Library) 2022

·       Staying Human: new poems for Staying Alive (Bloodaxe Books, 2020)

·       New Writing Scotland, (ASLS, 2020)

·       Chaos (Patrician Press, 2020) 

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Individual Publications

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2022: Skylight 47, Banshee Lit,  London Magazine, Butcher's Dog, Poetry London, Magma (Commission), Stony Thursday

2021: Poetry Ireland Review, The Rialto, Stand

• 2020: Banshee Lit, Finished Creatures, Staying Human, New writing Scotland 

• 2019: Poetry Ireland Review, Magma, Butcher’s Dog, Coast to Coast to Coast, Gutter, Under the Radar, Acumen

• 2018: The Interpreter’s house, Northwords Now, Banshee Lit, Magma 

• 2017: Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Scores, Northwords Now, AndOtherPoems, Raum, The Poets’ Republic, the Patrician Press Anthology of Refugees and Peacekeepers, The Irish Times

• 2015: One, The Irish Times 

 

 

Editing

 

· Magma Poetry Reviews Editor 

· Butcher’s Dog 

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Projects

· Filmpoem "Torch" with Luke and Jake Morgan

·      Corbenic Poetry Path, 2022 

·   Co-editing Butcher’s Dog (see above)

·       Guest Curator at Scottish Poetry Library

·   Mentor, Scottish Poetry Library, 2022

·       Contributor the Cateran Ecomuseum 100 poems project, 2020

·     Contributor for Poems from the Backroom poetry project 2020

·       Collaboration between Magma. myself, and the University of Edinburgh to turn 'The Wanderers' into a filmpoem 

 

 

Teaching/ Workshops

 

I have worked as an English teacher for 7 years so have significant experience in teaching large and small groups. This translates to the workshops I have done, both in person and online.

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• Moniack Mhor, individual mentoring, August - October  2023

• Moniack Mhor, workshop facilitator HUG/Spirit Advocacy Group, June 2022

• Scottish Poetry Library, Next Generation Youth Makar, Mentor, May 2022, 2023

• Scottish Year of Stories, Workshop facilitator, Seaforth House, Golspie May 2022

• Into Poetry, 4-weeks online poetry course, Creator and Facilitator, March 2022

• Write Enough- Connecting Carers Writing Mentor 2022

• BOP Youth Theatre: Poetry Mentor September- December 2021

• Spelt, Workshop Facilitator, 2021

• SAHF, Workshop Facilitator with Victoria Kennefick 2021

• Highland Lit Salon, Review workshop, February 2021

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Reviews 

 

• Poetry Ireland Review

• PN Review

• Poetry London

• The Interpreter's House

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• This website