Simon Maddrell was born in the Isle of Man in 1965 and raised in Bolton. After twenty years in London, he moved to Brighton & Hove in 2020.
He has been published in various anthologies and diverse publications including AMBIT, Butcher’s Dog, Stand, The New European, Morning Star, Brittle Star and The Dawntreader.
In 2020, Simon was first runner-up in the Frogmore Poetry Prize, longlisted for The Rialto Nature and Place Competition and Poetry London Mentoring Scheme.
Also, in 2020, Simon’s debut pamphlet, Throatbone, was published by UnCollected Press, USA and Queerfella jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition.
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