Helen Clare's work was featured in Faber’s First Pressings anthology in 1998, which heralded a new generation of British poets. Her poems have since won a number of national prizes and commendations, including First Prize in the London Writers Competition 2002, First Prize in the Yorkshire Open 1999, a Joint Winner in the Lancaster Litfest Competition and Runner Up in the Daily Telegraphy/Arvon Competition 2000. Her poems have also appeared in numerous magazines including Rialto, North, Ambit, Smoke, Brando’s Hat and Manhattan Review. Having graduated from Lancaster University's Creative Writing Programme with distinction, she now teaches Creative Writing for the University. She also works as a project manager and facilitator specialising in Creative Science Teaching.

Also available, Helen Clare reading 'Six Departures' from Hyphen, an anthology of short stories by poets:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.

Helen's debut poetry collection is Mollusc
Her prose also appears in Hyphen
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