Ware Poets – Imogen Wade

Doors 7:45pm.

Imogen Wade is a poet from Essex. She won the National Poetry Competition 2023 for her poem ‘The Time I Was Mugged in New York City’. Her work has been acknowledged by competitions such as the Ware Poets Prize (which she won in 2023), the New Poets Prize, the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, and the Montreal International Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Poetry Review, PN Review, Basket Magazine and The London Magazine, amongst others. She has been featured on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and BBC Radio Essex. She balances her time between writing and working in the mental health sector. She can be found on Instagram @imogen_wade_poetry

Her debut poetry collection Girl, Swooning will be published by Corsair in March 2026 and we’re delighted to be celebrating it in Ware.

The first half of this event will be open mic, so please feel free to bring and read a poem in a friendly and welcoming space.

Tickets should be bought in advance but there will also be availability on the door.

Southern Maltings is the trading name of Ware Arts Centre Limited and is a registered charity (Registered charity no. 276998).

All events are run by volunteers and proceeds go towards developing the Southern Maltings into an amazing creative arts centre which will enable us to put on a wider and more frequent range of events and activities for the whole community.