🎉 Congratulations to Ismael Mansoor, our 2024-2025 Deaf BSL Poet Laureate!

Your creativity and expressive BSL poetry captivated the judges.

Celebrate #NationalBSLDay by enjoying Ismael's winning video!

#BSLPoetLaureate

Can you help us find the UK's first-ever #BSLPoetLaureate to mark the anniversary of the recognition of #BritishSignLanguage ? 👋👋

Join the British Deaf Association's search for the 2024 BSL Poet Laureate!

🌟 18+ Win £500 & perform at Glastonbury's DeafZone. Passion for BSL?

Apply by 15 Mar: bda.org.uk/poet-laureate

Under 18s, stay tuned for your chance soon!

#BSLPoetLaureate

🎉 BSL Poet Laureate update! Ismael Mansoor is 2024's Deaf BSL Poet Laureate! Congrats to runners-up Sandra Duguid 🥈 & Sahera Khan 🥉

BSL News Release: bit.ly/4aSMer9.

More details: bda.org.uk/2024-bsl-poet-…

Thanks to all who participated! #BSLPoetLaureate

Calling all Deaf poets! Don't miss your chance to become the UK's first-ever BSL Poet Laureate! 🏆 Thanks to DeafZone's sponsorship, there's £800 in prizes to be won! Submit your 2-min BSL video on the topic of BSL to [email protected] by tomorrow, National BSL Day! #BSLPoetLaureate

🌟 Deadline extended for 2024 BSL Poet Laureate to March 22!

Win £500, perform at Glastonbury, & showcase your BSL poetry nationwide.

Submit your 2-min BSL video by the new deadline at bda.org.uk/poet-laureate.

Can't wait to see your creations! ✨

#BSLPoetLaureate

🌟 Attention! 2024 BSL Poet Laureate submissions extended to 24 Mar! Win £500, perform at Glastonbury & share your BSL poetry across the UK. Send your 2-min video by the new deadline.

Details: bda.org.uk/poet-laureate

#BSLPoetLaureate #BSLinourHands

Watch this- message loud & clear. Incredible & deservedly won. Loudly displays the resilience & highlights the importance of inclusivity & cultural appreciation. Look forward to seeing more from Ismael #BSLPoetLaureate

Congratulations to Kabir for winning top prize as #BSLPoetLaureate and a huge well done to Zoë and Michael for their poems.

Congratulations Ismael 👋🏻👋🏻

Wonderful to have a #BSLPoetLaureate for the second year running!

Look what the Deaf community can do with #BSLinourhands 🙌🏻

#poetry #poetlaureate #britishsignlanguage

Happy #NationalBSLDay Huge congratulations Ismael on becoming this years #BSLPoetLaureate 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

#BSLPoetLaureate #NationalBSLDay #Deaf #WritingCommunity

The long wait to discover the winning poems from our #BSL PoetLaureate competition is over!

We hope you enjoy the beautiful #BSL poetry of:

🏆 Kabir Kapoor
🥈 Zoë McWhinney
🥉 Michael Watkinson

Huge thanks to our sponsor Deaf Zone 🙏🏻

bda.org.uk/bsl-poet-laure…

🎉 Announcing UK's 1st Deaf BSL Poet Laureate: Kabir Kapoor! 🏆

🥈 Zoë McWhinney, 🥉 Michael Watkinson

Congrats to all winners! 📖 Thanks to judges & Deaf Zone Happy #DeafAwarenessWeek ! 💕

More info at: bda.org.uk/bsl-poet-laure…

#BSLPoetLaureate

So cool to see the first ever #Deaf #BSLPoetLaureate at #Glastonbury Festival! ✌🏻✌🏻

Lovely seeing your smiling face on this episode of @SeeHear, Mr Will Grint! 🤗🤩 William Grint Miss you! x .... and WELL DONE, Kabir!!! 😎 #SeeHear #Deaf #Poetry #BSLPoetLaureate

Incredibly proud to have been part of making the #BSLPoetLaureate award a reality. Congratulations, Kabir! 👋🏻👋🏻

The world needs more #Deaf poets to create their own original work.

Signed #poetry expresses the human experience in a way that spoken languages simply can’t match.

#TakingBSLForward #BritishSignLanguage #BSLPoetLaureate

Congrats to Kabir on the win! Also well done to both Zoë and Michael.

#BSLPoetLaureate

Amazing to see the enthusiasm from the #Deaf community for our #BSL PoetLaureate competition!

To enter, send us a 2-minute clip of a new #BSL poem you have created by Fri 28 April.

Deaf poets of all ages & abilities welcome to apply! (Children under 18 require parental consent.)