Peter Devonald
POET and SCREENWRITER in Heaton Moor, Manchester, UK
Peter Devonald is a multi-award-winning scriptwriter and poet based in Manchester.
Winner Broken Spine Readers’ Choice Award 2025, Loft Books Best Poem 2025, Waltham Forest 2022, Heart Of Heatons 2023 & 2021, joint winner FofHCS, runner-up Shelley Memorial and N2tS 2024. Finalist Tickled Pink ekphrastic, commended Bermondsey and Beyond 2025, Hippocrates and Passionfruit Review, Saveas & Allingham 2023. Poet in Residence Haus-a-Rest.
Pblished in hundreds of journals including six Broken Spine anthologies, Broken Sleep, Abridged, Alchemy Spoon, Door Is A Jar, Dreichand London Grip.
Nominated for a Forward Prize, two Best Of The Net awards. 50+ film awards, former senior judge/ mentor Peter Ustinov Awards (iemmys) and Children’s Bafta nominated.
Instagram: @peterdevonald