Helen Mort

Cambridge based poetess

'Helen was born in Sheffield in 1985. She lives in Cambridge, where she teaches creative writing for the Open University. Five times winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year competition, Helen’s work has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies including Tower Poetry, The Rialto and Poetry London. Her pamphlet, the shape of every box, was published by Tall-Lighthouse in 2007; the same year she received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors. Helen has performed her work at the Ledbury Festival, at StAnza in Scotland, at the Oxford Literary Festival and in Buckingham Palace.'