Luke Allan · writer, editor & book designer



☞  POETRY
Poems in the TLS, The Poetry Review,» Poetry London,» The White Review,» the Literary Review, New Poetries VII,» and elsewhere.

A new chapbook of poems, Sweet Dreams, the Sea, is forthcoming from the Poetry Society of America in 2024.

I have an mst in Creative Writing from Oxford, an mfa in Books Arts from the University of Iowa, and am currently doing doctoral research on poetry and typography at Cambridge.

*  Shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize (2023)»
*  Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship (2023)»
*  The aawp/Westerly Life Writing Prize (2023)»
*  The Mairtín Crawford Award for Poetry (2021)»
*  Second place, the Bridport Poetry Prize (2020)»
*  Finalist, the National Poetry Competition (2020)»
*  The Charles Causley International Poetry Prize (2019)»
*  The Northern Promise Award for Poetry (2011)»

Featured poem: Something to Show for It.
An interview on writing poetry.



☞  EDITING & PUBLISHING
Editor, Oxford Poetry.» Poetry editor at Partus Press.» Co-editor of the literary journal Pain.» Former managing editor at Carcanet Press» and deputy editor of PN Review.» Former studio manager at Studio Alec Finlay.» Co-founder of the poetry journal Butcher’s Dog.» Founder of the small press sine wave peak.»


Co-judge of the 2017 PN Review Prize, the 2015 Singapore Literature Prize, and the 2018 & 2020 Hollingworth Prizes.


Lectures and seminars for the Universities of Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford, Leeds, and Edinburgh, and Ledbury Poetry Festival. Poetry readings at Enemies (London), Ceasura (Edinburgh), The Other Room (Manchester), Suttungur Poetry Festival (Reykjavík), Durham Book Festival, and elsewhere.



☞  DESIGN
I design books as Studio Lamont.»