Modron Magazine
| Editor |
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|---|---|
| Staff writers | Sarah Bitter |
| Categories | Poetry |
| Founder |
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| First issue | October 2022 |
| Country | Wales |
| Language | English Welsh |
| Website | modronmagazine |
Modron (stylised as MODRON) is a Wales-based online literary magazine which published its first issue in 2022. It received particular focus when Abeer Ameer's poem "At least", first published in the magazine, was shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written.[1]
About
Modron was founded by Kristian Evans and Zoë Brigley, who also edits Poetry Wales, and has received support from the Books Council of Wales as Wales's first online environmentally-themed magazine.[2] Both Brigley and Evans serve as editors alongside Taz Rahman, Siân Melangell Dafydd, and Glyn F. Edwards, and staff writer Sarah Bitter.[3] The magazine publishes work in both English and Welsh, with Dafydd serving as the Welsh-language editor.[4]
Modron publishes nature poems "that explore the more-than-human",[5] and writers including Pascale Petit, Jayant Kashyap, Deryn Rees-Jones, and Penelope Shuttle have appeared in its issues.[4]
They also worked with the Poetry School to present their Earth Day 2024 feature.[6]
The Forward Prize
In 2025, it was announced that Abeer Ameer's poem "At least", first published in Modron, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in written form alongside four other poems.[7][8] The poem, which was praised for its "devastating" meditation on loss and for exposing the media's approach to news through "duplicity of language", went on to win in the said category.[9][10][11][12]
References
- ^ "Modron Magazine Celebrates Forward Prize Shortlist for Poem by Welsh Poet Abeer Ameer". MODRON Magazine. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ^ "On inception of the smaller poetry journals: 1". Jayant Kashyap. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "The Team". MODRON Magazine. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ a b "MODRON: Poems on refuge in new magazine". Forward Arts Foundation. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "MODRON is Open for Submissions: Writing on Nature and the Ecological Crisis". Zoë Brigley. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Earth Day 2024". MODRON Magazine. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ Anderson, Porter (17 July 2025). "The United Kingdom's Forward Prize Names Its 2025 Shortlists". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Congrats to Abeer Ameer and Modron Magazine!". Josephine Corcoran. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ Loffhagen, Emma (26 October 2025). "Forward prize names poets Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie its first joint winners". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Forward Prizes for Poetry announce 2025 winners, shortlists". The Poetry Society. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ Uwisike, Blessing (31 October 2025). "Isabelle Baafi and Griot Gabriel Win at the 2025 Forward Prizes for Poetry". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ Brown, Lauren (26 October 2025). "Forward Prize jointly awards Best Collection for first time in award's history". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
External links
- Ameer, Abeer (2024). "At least". MODRON Magazine / Forward Arts Foundation. Accessed 10 February 2026.