and now, here are..... the ‘Bests’ of 2011 Best U.K. Small Press Poetry Magazines of the Year (last year’s place in brackets)   1. Southlight no.8 (4)   2. Sarasvati no.16 (3)   3. Cake no.2   4. The Lantern Review 6   5. Carillon no.29 (16=)   6. Carillon no.30   7.= Reach Poetry 151 (7)   7.= Hearing Voices 3   9. Urban Landscapes 2 (13) 10.= Earth Love 37 10.= The Interpreter’s House 45 12.= Sarasvati 14 12.= Reach 152 14.= Reach 147 and 156 16. 4^th Dimension 25 17. Global Tapestry 32 18. Hearing Voices vol.2 19. Krax 47 (12) 20. The Seventh Quarry 13 U.K. Best Small Press Poets of the Year   1. Geoffrey Winch   2. Norman Bissett (14)   3. Carol Coiffait   4. Neil Leadbeater   5. John Robinson   6. Michael Newman (5)   7. David Mac (20=)   8. Kate Edwards (4)   9. Rab Wilson 10. Jane Holiday 11. Gordon Scapens 12.= i Drew 12.= Terry Quinn (6) 14. Martin Cooke (11) 15.= Lesley Carty 15.= Paul Tanner 17. Eileen Carney Hulme (12) 18. Laura Jane Friedlander (17) 19.= Ed Blundell, Melanie Graham, Greg Freeman 19.= Wendy Webb, Frank Redpath, and Jenna Plewes Best Overseas Poetry Magazines of the Year   1. SPC Tule Review Winter 2011 (USA)   2. The Moon Vol.9 Issue 5. (USA)   3. The Moon Vol.8 Issue 12.   4. Labour of Love 33 (Canada)   5. Chiron Review 93 (USA)   6. The Moon Vol.9 Issue 6.   7. The Lab 7 (South Korea)   8. Litspeak 25 (Germany)   9. Chimera 8 (France) 10. Glimpse 31 (Canada) Best Overseas Small Press Poet of the Year   1. Michael Lee Johnson   2. R.K.Avery (2)   3. Jane Hollander   4. Lyn Lifshin (1)   5. Louisa Hyojin Koo   6. Norman Christofali   7. Robert Hrdina   8. Cassie McDaniel   9. T. Kilgore Splake (4) 10.= Marie Reynolds and Michael Estabrook Best Individual Collections of the Year   1. Dole Anthems by Tanner (Self-published)   2. The Thousand Natural Shocks by Char March (Indigo Dreams)   3. The Poetry Morning by Kate Edwards (Indigo Dreams)   4. Brushed by Natalie Scott (Mudfog Press)   5. History Talks by Tom Kelly (Red Squirrel Press)   6. Decelerations by Martin Domleo(Lapwing Publications)   7. A Heron in Buenos Aires by Luis Benitez (Ravenna Press, U.S.A.)   8. The Border by Miles Cain ( Valley Press)   9. Temporary Safety by Rose Drew (Fighting Cock Press) 10. Citizeness by Pat Jourdan (Motet Press) 11. Rats Live On No Evil Star by Robert Cole (Ninth Arrondissment Press) 12. Liberettos For The Black Madonna by Neil Leadbeater(White Adder Press) 13. Dreckley by Les Merton (Palores Publications) 14. Digging For Toys by Bobby Parker (Indigo Dreams) 15. One of Many Knots by Kate Metcalfe (Mudfog Press) 16. The Maggots of Selfish Time by Brian Blackwell (Indigo Dreams) 17. The Show Must Go On by A.D.Winans (Glass Eye Books, U.S.A.) 18. The Life of Edmond Genet by Sy M. Khan (Minotaur) 19. Far From Gwynned by Geoff Williams (Protimluv) 20= Gringo On The Chickenbus by Tim Ellis (Stairwell Books) 20= Something And Nothing by Lynn Woolacott (Indigo Dreams) Best Poetry Anthologies of 2011  1. The Hull Connection (published by The Slab)  2. Swansea International Poetry Festival Anthology  3. Mermaids Off Cromer Pier (Wendy Webb Books)  4.= Waves (Society of Civil Service and Public Workersetc.)  4.= By Grand Central Station (Red Squirrel Press)  6. Porkies (Earlyworks Press)   Thanks for visiting.