Beverly Rycroft's poetry collection missing won the 2012 Ingrid Jonker award for a debut poetry collection. In 2011 she was awarded second prize in the Sol Plaatje European union poetry competition, and in 2004 she was shortlisted for the Real writers short story awards. In 2000 she was joint winner of the Femina/Sensa features competition. She is a graduate of UCT and Wits. A qualified teacher, she has written articles for both local and international magazines. Her poems have appeared in Carapace, New Coin, Scrutiny2, New contrast and the anthology Difficult to explain, as well as in school textbooks. For the past few years she has assisted in organising the poetry section of the Franschhoek literary festival. She lives in Cape Town with her family.
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