Nicky Phillips
Nicky has enjoyed a lifelong interest in poetry and language. She wrote her first poem as a child, after her guinea pig died, but it is only since her own children have left home that she has called herself a poet.
Nicky’s poems have been published in magazines, including the following:
Brittle Star
South Bank Poetry
SOUTH Poetry Magazine
The Cannon’s Mouth
and on the following webzines:
Alight Here
Every Day Poets
Ink, Sweat and Tears
Nutshells and Nuggets
The Lake
The Ranfurly Review.
In addition, poems and stories have been included in the following
books/anthologies:
Iskra: A Poetry Anthology
(EVB Press, 2015);
The Book of Love and Loss
(Belgrave Press, 2014);
‘Heart Shoots’, an Anthology in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
(Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2013);
The Best of Every Day Poets Two
(Every Day Publishing, 2012);
Health Matters (also Patient UK website)
(EMIS (Egton Medical Information Systems Ltd), 2008)
(five short stories, one micro story, one poem);
Wonderful World of Worders
(Guildhall Press, 2007)
(six 60 word stories).
Nicky is a member of Hertford Writers’ Circle, Ware Poets and Poetry ID, the North Herts Stanza of the Poetry Society. Through those writing groups, she has also had poems, 60 word stories, 100 word stories and a short story published in the following anthologies:
Encounters (Hertford Writers’ Circle anthology 2010);
Coming into Leaf (Poetry ID anthology 2015);
From Different Skies (Poetry ID anthology 2014);
Junction (Poetry ID anthology 2013).
Competition Placings
First Prize, Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition, December 2006.
Competition Listings Poetry
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2015.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2014.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2013.
Honourable Mention, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, 2013.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2012.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2011.
Commended, Mattia International Prize, 2008.
Highly Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2006.
Commended, Bank Street Writers Competition, 2005.
Competition Listings Fiction
Commended, 100 word story, Legend Writing Awards, 2010.
Shortlisted, Short Story, Rape and Abuse Line Competition, 2008.
Nicky’s poems have been published in magazines, including the following:
Brittle Star
South Bank Poetry
SOUTH Poetry Magazine
The Cannon’s Mouth
and on the following webzines:
Alight Here
Every Day Poets
Ink, Sweat and Tears
Nutshells and Nuggets
The Lake
The Ranfurly Review.
In addition, poems and stories have been included in the following
books/anthologies:
Iskra: A Poetry Anthology
(EVB Press, 2015);
The Book of Love and Loss
(Belgrave Press, 2014);
‘Heart Shoots’, an Anthology in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
(Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2013);
The Best of Every Day Poets Two
(Every Day Publishing, 2012);
Health Matters (also Patient UK website)
(EMIS (Egton Medical Information Systems Ltd), 2008)
(five short stories, one micro story, one poem);
Wonderful World of Worders
(Guildhall Press, 2007)
(six 60 word stories).
Nicky is a member of Hertford Writers’ Circle, Ware Poets and Poetry ID, the North Herts Stanza of the Poetry Society. Through those writing groups, she has also had poems, 60 word stories, 100 word stories and a short story published in the following anthologies:
Encounters (Hertford Writers’ Circle anthology 2010);
Coming into Leaf (Poetry ID anthology 2015);
From Different Skies (Poetry ID anthology 2014);
Junction (Poetry ID anthology 2013).
Competition Placings
First Prize, Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition, December 2006.
Competition Listings Poetry
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2015.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2014.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2013.
Honourable Mention, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, 2013.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2012.
Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2011.
Commended, Mattia International Prize, 2008.
Highly Commended, Cannon Poets Competition, 2006.
Commended, Bank Street Writers Competition, 2005.
Competition Listings Fiction
Commended, 100 word story, Legend Writing Awards, 2010.
Shortlisted, Short Story, Rape and Abuse Line Competition, 2008.