Helen Ivory

Helen Ivory (born 1969) is an English poet, artist, tutor, and editor.

Co-judge Moniza Alvi says of her work: "Helen Ivory, a highly individualistic poet and visual artist, conjures a world that is both magical and sharply real."

Ivory edits the webzine Ink Sweat and Tears and teaches online for National Centre for Writing In 2020 she became a Versopolis poet and has work translated into Ukrainian, Polish, Spanish, Croatian and Greek.

A collection of collage/mixed-media poems entitled Hear What the Moon Told Me was published in 2016 by Knives Forks and Spoons Press.

In early 2019, SurVison published a chapbook of predominantly surrealist poems titled Maps of the Abandoned City.