Michelle Penn’s pamphlet, Self-portrait as a diviner, failing, won the 2018 Paper Swans Prize. Her work has appeared in numerous journals worldwide, including The Rialto, Poetry Birmingham, Nimrod, B O D Y, and Shearsman. Michelle co-hosts innovative performance evenings in London as part of the collective, Corrupted Poetry, which has recently guest-edited Finished Creatures, issue 4. She’s also a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen.

Michelle Penn's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises one contribution of poetry.