top of page
Sat_CoseyFanniTuttibyNikkiPrice.png

Wordsmithery:
Celebrating over 10 years of making community literary projects in Medway 

Click here to see some images from our first ten years

NEWS:
The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize in now open!
Connor Sansby in front of banner for Medway River Lit and Daughters of the Nile, Rocheste Librry, 2024.

We are delighted to announce that the Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize which has a top prize of £600 plus an original piece of artwork by Rosemary McLeish is open now for poems by UK-based poets on the topic of 'river' or 'rivers'. 

​

The prize which is awarded every two years, takes an ecological theme. In 2024 it was won by Connor Sansby for his poem 'Marine Snow'. (Connor pictured above, at the award ceremony in Rochester Library, 2024.)

​

Find out more and enter here.

​

FESTIVALS!

We have created and curated new literary festivals for local organisations and Councils. 

We are the Festival Directors for Medway River Lit. 

(Main photo of Cosey Fanni Tutti at Medway River Lit 2023 by Nikki Price Photography)

EVENTS!

We have produced many community literary events and projects, such as: An Assemblance of Judicious Heretics lit-art exhibition series, our Dickens themed poetry walk, The Empty Chair and writer development programme, Confluence: Plant; Grow; Nurture.

BOOKS!

We have an amazing back catalogue of poetry collections and anthologies that we have published. 

We also curate The Rosemary McLeish Poetry Prize.  

Wordsmithery logo

Medway-based literary arts organisation literature development, publishing and projects
Making literature events and literary projects for the community

Wordsmithery / wordsmithery.info(at)gmail.com / © 2013-2026 All Rights Reserved

bottom of page