About Emma Lee

My full-length collection, “Yellow Torchlight and the Blues” has been published by Original Plus, watch a book trailer for “Yellow Torchlight and the Blues” here.  My poems have been nominated for the Forward Best Poem Prize, broadcast on BBC Radio, prize-winners in competitions and widely published in anthologies, magazines and webzines.  My novel “Bitter Fame” has its own website here. My short stories are also widely published.  I write regular reviews for The Journal, Sphinx and Assent as well as ad hoc reviews for other publications such as poetrymonthly.com.  I’m a member of Leicester Writers’ Club.  I’ve adjudicated poetry and short story competitions.

Recent publications/acceptances include Haven Books accepting two poems, “Self-portrait as a Chip and Pin Card” and “Still Life with a static Matrix Screensaver” for an anthology called “Not a Muse“ published in March 2009.  The Interpreter’s House has accepted “Why the Family Solicitor changed speciality” and poetrymonthly.com has accepted and published ”Select Your Ending”.  The New Writer has accepted “An Amber Time Machine”, Indigo Dreams have taken “Painting the Bedroom” and “Roses and Rugburns” for a forthcoming anthology.  “Father Ghost” has been published in Orbis poetry magazine.  My poem “Hope in tones of monochrome” was shortlisted in the PoetCasting competition, Moodswing took “Push the Button” and “Crumpled Engines”, “Katrina Goes to New York” has been taken by Borderlines and “Missing: a Motive” sequence will be published by Staple.

I’ve read at Polyverse Poetry Festival at Loughborough University, which was held over 24 – 26 July 2009.  I appeared at “Tales from the Crypt” at Short Fuse, Y Theatre Leicester on 20 October 2009 and read my story, “Lizzie’s Baby“.

My website’s here, I’m on myspace and I can be found on Facebook.  I can be emailed at teamlee@ntlworld.com.  Occasionally I twitter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellow Torchlight and the Blues