Sophie Dumont is a poet, editor, copywriter and a marketeer for ASDAN – an education charity. She was born in Romford, grew up in Bath and am based in Bristol.
Her poems have been published in Mslexia, The Rialto, The Moth, Magma, Anthropocene, Ink Sweat and Tears, Banshee, Steel Jackdaw, The Interpreter’s House, Neon, Propel Magazine, Under the Radar and on BBC Radio Bristol.
She has been poet-in-residence on Bristol Harbourside with Boat Poets and in 2022 she was appointed writer-in-residence at Exeter Custom House by Literature Works. She is an alumna of the Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers Programme and have written three immersive productions for Leeds-based theatre company, Riptide.
She was awarded the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize for Best Single Poem and her poems were awarded second place in the Gloucestershire Poetry Society and Black Eyes Publishing UK Competition and third place in the Magma Poetry Competition. She has been shortlisted three times for the Bridport Prize.
She has a first-class BA in English from the University of Exeter and was awarded a distinction for her MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa.
Published book:
Sculling – 2025
Oak Lawn Library Friends 