Claire Walker’s poetry has been widely published in journals and anthologies including Poetry Wales, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, The Four Faced Liar, Dust , Finished Creatures, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Anthology 2025, and Ten Poems about Daughters (Candlestick Press). Her work has been nominated for the Forward Prizes, shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2024, and has won a runner-up prize in the Pre-Raphaelite Society Poetry Prize 2023, as well as being nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Her most recent solo publication is How to Shape Our Mouths, published by Black Cat Poetry Press in July 2026. Previous pamphlets include Collision (Against the Grain Poetry Press, 2019), and Somewhere Between Rose and Black (V. Press, 2017), which was shortlisted for Best Poetry Pamphlet in the 2018 Saboteur Awards.
Claire has collaborated with Charley Barnes on two co-authored poetry pamphlets: Myth | Woman (The Black Light Engine Room Press, 2021) and Hierarchy of Needs: A Retelling (V. Press, 2020).
Working alongside Holly Magill, Claire is co-editor of Atrium poetry webzine, and has also edited print publications for Black Pear Press and Three Drops Press.
Claire is currently studying for a Creative Writing MA at the University of Birmingham. She is a qualified teacher and an experienced workshop tutor who offers mentoring packages and manuscript feedback.
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Claire Walker - Poet and Editor 