Literature Works is the regional writing development organisation serving the South West. Their team has generously offered organisational time and guidance with creating and delivering the festival.

We are incredibly grateful to Plymouth City Council for offering grant funding for the festival this year. Special thanks goes to Councillor Jemima Laing for her support and insight.

Plymouth Poetry Festival this year was also made possible thanks to a grant from POP's collectives fund. Thanks to POP for supporting so many wonderful grassroots initiatives throughout Plymouth, and to all those who voted for the festival to receive funding.

Mimi Jones is a Plymouth-based poet, exploring the reality of life as a multiply disabled trans person navigating a world not designed for them.

They were Plymouths Young City Laureate from 2023-24 and Bio Page short story winner. They also run Queer Out Loud CIC where they support other queer people in simply being. Their debut poetry pamphlet, 'Sitting On The Ocean Watching You Fight Off Seagulls To Save Our Chips' was published by Jawbone Press in 2024.

Poppy-Jayne Jones is a songstress and performance poet based in South Devon. She has been crafting poetry from the early age of nine.

Poppy has facilitated poetry workshops for the Poetry Society, Pyre Events and a local Red Tent. She's performed at Primadonna Festival, Theatre Royal, South Hams Literary Festival and many grassroots venues with a focus on encouraging others to write.

Poppy also runs the online network Plymouth Poetry Events, using social media to connect poets and poetry organisers in Plymouth and the surrounding areas. Her debut poetry pamphlet 'Between Reeds' was published by Jawbone Press in 2023.

Hailing from West Dorset, Jonah Corren is a songwriter-poet. They write poems and songs about conceptions of time and place, the lines between cities and countryside, and what people mean to each other.

Jonah's poems have been published by Arachne Press, Nine Arches Press, and various others. They are an alumnus of Apples & Snakes Future Voices (2024), an Exeter City Slam champion (2023), and have facilitated poetry workshops for children as part of The Poetry Society’s ‘Bog Talk’ project. 

In 2024, Jonah was the recipient of a 'Record and Release' grant for independent artists from Help Musicians. The resulting project, alt-folk EP The Trees Apart, was released in June 2025.