Jacqui Rowe’s poems have appeared in Mslexia, The Interpreter’s House, Smith’’s Knoll, Poetry Review, Reactions 2 and 3 and many other publications. She has been successful in competitions, most recently as a prize winner in the prestigious The New Writer poetry awards. Her new collection, Blue, is published by Flarestack. She also writes fiction for young people and adults. Her story “Maxwell Demon and the Butterfly’s Wing” which appears in Shazkaz and Other Stories (The English and Media Centre) is widely read in schools. “Razor” a story for adults is due to appear shortly in Crowning Glory, edited by Mandy Ross. Jacqui has recently begun writing for the screen, 
having beaten strong competition for a place on the Big Screen Visions Programme, run by Script and Red Room Films. Jacqui is very active in performing and promoting live literature at spoken word events. She hosts and programmes Poetry Bites, a regular event featuring readings by leading poets at MAC, Birmingham, where she also teaches the Making Poetry evening course for adults and runs other workshops.
"An excellent teacher and a fine poet" - Mario Petrucci