Meet the judges

Camille Ralphs is a poet and critic, and an editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Her first collection of poems, After You Were, I Am, was published by Faber and Faber in March. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, including the New York Review of Books, The Poetry Review and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Read Camille's poem After George Herbert here.

Lemn Sissay is a poet, playwright, memoirist and broadcaster. His latest book “Let The Light Pour In” is a Sunday Times Best Seller. He has performed throughout the world from The Library of Congress in The United States to the national Theatre of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa to London Palladium in England.  His television documentaries have been nominated for Grierson BAFTA and RTS awards. His work in radio has been nominated for Sony and Palm D’Ors.

Read Lemn Sissay's poem Anthem of the North here.

Image credit: Ivan Weiss.