Tessa Biddington, is a British poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

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Life

Biddington works as a freelance trainer, raising awareness about domestic violence

Domestic violence

Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...

. She began writing in 1996. Her poetry has appeared in The New Welsh Review

New Welsh Review

-History:Founded in 1988 as successor to The Welsh Review , Dock Leaves, and The Anglo-Welsh Review , New Welsh Review is Wales’s foremost literary magazine in English...

. In 2002, FAW! commissioned local poets Tessa Biddington and Keith Morgan; this work was featured on Forest of Dean Community Radio and performed at the Cheltenham Literature Festival

Cheltenham Literature Festival

The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, a large-scale international festival of literature in the Spa town of Cheltenham, and part of Cheltenham Festivals: also responsible for the Jazz, Music and Science Festivals that run every year....

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Awards

• 2000 Forward Poetry Prize
  Forward Poetry Prize
  The Forward Poetry Prizes were created in 1991. The aim of the prizes is to extend the audience for contemporary poetry. Until the T.S. Eliot Prize remuneration was increased to £15,000 plus £1000 to each of nine runners-up, the Forward was the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry...
  
   for the best single poem The Death of Descartes

• Lantern Show, Scott Base, 2001 Ottakar's
  Ottakar's
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  Faber National Poetry Competition

Work

• The Weight of Water, Like Starlings, Tess Biddington and Adam Burbage

Anthologies

• The Forward book of poetry 2001 (Forward Publishing), Forward Publishing, 2000