by Nick Stone | May 10, 2019 | News
We are very pleased to announce Richard Scott’s Shortlist for our The Rialto Pamphlet Prize. The Shortlisted titles are, in no particular order, My Mother’s Extraordinary Hair The Butterfly Factory Nude Against A Rock Naming Boats Dodo Provocateur Letters to ex...
by Nick Stone | Sep 14, 2018 | News
THE RIALTO READING at the NATIONAL CENTRE FOR WRITING We invite you to a Poetry Reading to be held in the Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich on Thursday October 11th., from 7 until 9 p.m. Doors open at 7, join us for a glass of juice or wine, buy our books, settle down...
by Nick Stone | May 1, 2018 | Competitions, News
RESULTS Our eminent judge Michael Longley has made his decisions and The Winners are….. 1st Prize £1000 Rae Howells for ‘The Winter-King’ 2nd Prize £500 Mark Roper for ‘Owl’ 3rd Prize Ty Newydd Course Jane Wheeler for ‘Lark’s Song for a Deserted Farmhouse’ Additional...
by Nick Stone | Nov 2, 2017 | News
November to November – this has been a difficult year. There have been deaths, illnesses, ruptures of relationships, losses, that have affected me strongly. And I decided to add in, a few months back, the decision to sell my house and move to a smaller one,...
by Nick Stone | Apr 27, 2017 | News
We have now received the results of the Nature and Place Poetry Competition back from Kathleen Jamie and are delighted to announce that the winners are: 1st Prize of £1000 – ‘Marsh thistle’ by Jemma Borg 2nd Prize of £500 – ‘Harold Wilson Rows Towards Bishop Rock’ by...
by Nick Stone | Feb 18, 2017 | News
January, though it might be a month for resolute and joyous new beginnings is also, for self- employed persons like myself, the month when the Inland Revenue threatens punishment if you don’t submit your Tax Return. It’s possibly this shadow that makes the...
by Nick Stone | Jan 27, 2017 | Blogs, Competitions, News
We are delighted to announce that Sean Wai Keung has won The Rialto’s first Open Pamphlet Competition. Hannah Lowe, our judge, says: “I loved these poems for their simultaneous sense of puzzlement and wisdom about the world, and specifically the things Sean Wai Keung...
by Fiona | Nov 18, 2016 | News
We’re delighted to announce the next two assistant editors who will be taking part in our Editor Development Programme: Will Harris and Joanna Thompson. They will be working with Michael and me (Fiona) on the next issue of The Rialto for early 2017 and will have...
by Nick Stone | Apr 26, 2016 | News
I thought that as it’s April I’d put a photo of primroses at the head of this Newsletter. So I went up to the coast to the place I thought I’d get a good picture, along the cliffs east of Cromer (yes, contrary to the famous Noel Coward quote, there...
by Fiona | Dec 16, 2015 | News
We can now announce our two new Assistant Editors: Edward Doegar and Degna Stone. We are delighted to have them, and they say they are thrilled and excited to be joining us. Here they are: Edward Doegar grew up in Hull and now lives in London. His poems, reviews and...
by Fiona | Oct 29, 2015 | News
***STOP PRESS*** 3 November. Helen Macdonald is now taking part in the Rialto-sponsored discussion ‘Language & Nature’ on Friday evening. A chance to remember that she’s not only the award-winning author of H is for Hawk but also a powerful and...
by Nick Stone | Sep 29, 2015 | News
The Rialto Editor Development Programme – Jan-Sept, 2016 Closing deadline: Friday 20th November 2015 Do you really enjoy reading poetry? Are you interested in running a poetry magazine? Running from Jan – Sept 2016, applications are open now for the EDP; a chance to...