John Foggin has been a teacher, lecturer and LEA English/Drama Adviser. He lives in West Yorkshire where he jointly organises Puzzle Poets Live in Calderdale, and writes a weekly poetry blog, the great fogginzo’s cobweb. His work has appeared in The North, The New Writer, Prole, and The interpreters house, among others.
His poems have won first prizes in competitions including The Plough [2013,2014], and The Mclellan [2015]. He has authored four pamphlets and his latest is Outlaws and fallen Angels [Calder valley Poetry 2016]