Trystan Lewis

Since the 2022 Morecambe Poetry Festival Trystan has headlined spoken word nights across the North West, including events in Kendal, Lancaster, Bolton, Manchester and Leeds.

Trystan won the 2024 Plough Poetry Prize (judged by Roger McGough) and back-to-back local prizes at the Morecambe Poetry Festival, judged by Donna Ashworth and John Hegley. After winning a 2025 I Am Loud slam heat, he performed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival grand slam final. He was recently longlisted for the 2026 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Performed. 

Trystan attempts to write unpretentious, accessible verse that delivers genuine emotional weight