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EMERGING POET AWARD WINNER “Both Gloves”
Katie O'Pray is a poet based in Bedfordshire, UK, currently working towards a degree in Linguistics & Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire. They use their poetry as a vessel to explore their overlapping and corroborating identities, as a queer person, a trauma survivor, a disabled person, an addict. Their poem "Both gloves" explores a pivotal time in Katie's recovery, alongside their relationship with a depleted health system, as a person with complex needs.