Simon Maddrell is a poet, editor and educator whose work appears in AMBIT, Gutter, Magma, MODRON, Poetry Wales, SAND Journal, Southword, Stand, The Gay & Lesbian Review, The Moth, The Rialto, Under the Radar. Simon’s pamphlets include Throatbone, UnCollected Press; Queerfella, which jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition; Isle of Sin, Polari Press; The Whole Island, Valley Press; a finger in derek jarman's mouth, Polari Press; Patient L1, Polari Press; Jo & Ni Go Cruising, Septum Press. Out-Spoken Press will publish Simon's debut collection in Feb 2026.