scarlett ward
Ethnicity: White British
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: Midlands
About scarlett
Scarlett Ward is a Midlands Poet, Workshop facilitator, Copywriter and Publisher living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Her debut collection was released by Verve Press in 2019 and she went on to be shortlisted for The Women Poet's Prize and has been featured on The BBC.
Scarlett headlined Verve Poetry Festival in 2020, 2022 and 2023, at The Birmingham Hippodrome and also performed at Wolverhampton Literature Festival, Lichfield Festival, and Derby poetry festival in both 2022 and 2023.
She set up indie and award-winning poetry press, Fawn Press in 2021 with a vision of helping to bring beautiful poetry anthologies, pamphlets, and collections into the world.
Scarlett is a white woman in her early 30s with a long dark bob styled with lighter, copper sections at the front. She is stood next to and pointing at an event pull up banner that reads ‘BBC. Contains strong language. Poetry and Performance’. She’s wearing a long striped dress.
Recent Work
Poet - published by Verve Press
Workshop Facilitator - Writing West Midlands’ ‘Spark Young Writers’ group from 2019-2020,
Publisher, Founder, Editor in Chief - Fawn Press
Copywriter
Graphic Designer (CV on file)