Brian Evans-Jones is a poet and teacher from Britain, now living in Sharon, NH. He was Poet Laureate of Hampshire, England, before moving to America in 2014 to do his MFA at UNH, where his thesis adviser was Charles Simic. He won the Maureen Egan award from Poets & Writers in 2017, and his poems have been published in journals and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Inflectionist Review, The Café Review, Eunoia Review, Stoneboat Literary Journal, and Last Stanza Magazine, as well as being shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in the UK. He has been an associate editor for three journals, and he hosts a monthly poetry open mic in Temple, NH.

Brian has taught poetry since 2005, including for three colleges, in schools as a visiting Teaching Artist, and on many poetry workshops and courses in local communities. He has taught in libraries, bookshops, prisons, community centers, writers groups, a nature conservation center, and several historic houses, including the Jane Austen House, UK, and Gillette Castle, CT. Currently his main work is teaching poetry to adults online through his website, The Poetry Place, where e you can read over 50 free articles on Form & Technique, Creativity, and Drafting Skills.