Sam Szanto

Sam Szanto is a poet and short story writer from Durham, England. Almost 70 of her stories and poems have been published or listed for prizes. She won the Charroux Poetry Prize in 2020 and the First Writer International Poetry Prize. Sam’s poems are published in journals around the world, including The North. Her story collection, ‘If No One Speaks’ was published in 2022 by Alien Buddha Press. Her collaborative poetry pamphlet, ‘Splashing Pink’, will be published by Hedgehog Press in 2023. She is in the final year of an MA in Writing Poetry with the Poetry School London/Newcastle University.