Index

Artists and lead writers published by Visual Verse between 1 November 2013 – 1 October 2023, organised by Volume (one Volume = 12 issues/12 months) and Chapter (one Chapter = one issue/one month). For alphabetical name listings see Artists and Writers.

Volume 1
1 November, 2013 – 1 October, 2014

Vol 1, Ch.1
Image: Marc Schlossman
Leads: Andrew Motion, Aki Schilz, Hedley Twiddle

Vol. 1, Ch.2
Image: Mark Garry
Leads: Sandeep Parmar, Chloe Stoppa-Hunt, Declan Ryan, Hermione Pakenham, Urvashi Bahuguna

Vol. 1, Ch.3
Image: June Glasson
Leads: Adam Roberts, Maximillian Hildebrand, Leda Mellou, Emma Laura Filtness, Susan Gray

Vol. 1, Ch.4
Image: Erin Quinn
Leads: Eliza Granville, Sarah Howe, William Searle, Liz Bahs

Vol. 1, Ch.5
Image: Denise Nestor
Leads: Adam Marek, Kristen Kreider, Olivia Dawson

Vol. 1, Ch.6
Image: Marcus Bastel
Leads: Adam Foulds, Carey Marcus, Rod Mengham, Uche Okonkwo

Vol. 1, Ch.7
Image: Alice Connew
Leads: Stella Duffy, Maya Dawson, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Victoria Gosling

Vol. 1, Ch.8
Image: Jenni Fagan
Leads: George Szirtes, Annamika Sarod, Doug Cowie, Karen McCarthy Woolf

Vol. 1, Ch.9
Image: Nick Simpson
Leads: Anthony Ezekiel (Vahni) Capildeo, Jim Hilton, Mohan Rana, Holly Corfield Carr

Vol. 1, Ch.10
Image: Katherine Fawsett
Leads: Edan Lepucki, Paolo Torres, Steven J Fowler, Jennifer Wong

Vol.1, Ch.11
Image: Sally Fear
Leads: Tania Hershman, Benji Skaer, Arja Salafranca, Susan Gray

Vol.1, Ch.12
Image: Rhona Bryne
Leads: Deborah Levy, Shaindel Beers, Chris McCabe, Annabelle Carvell

Volume 2
1 November 1, 2014 – 1 October, 2015

Vol. 2, Ch.1
Image: Rupert Jessop
Leads: Ali Smith, Nate Fear, A.J Ashworth, Eley Williams, Kiran Milwood Hargrave

Vol. 2, Ch.2
Image: Brendan Hoffman
Leads: David Rain, Lois Leveen, John Hamilton May, Matthew Miller

Vol. 2, Ch.3
Image: Marc Schlossman
Leads: Andrew Motion, Beatrice Garland, Janani Ambikapathy

Vol. 2, Ch.4
Image: Jean Gill
Leads: Heidi Kingstone, Mary James, Graham Foust, Carrie Etter, Redell Olsen

Vol. 2, Ch.5
Image: Dominic Goodman
Leads: Sara Baume, Claire-Louise Bennet, Daniel Gray, Roisin Agnew, Eva O’Connor

Vol. 2, Ch.6
Image: Georgina Cope
Leads: Avalina Kreska, Jennifer Harvey, Susan Gray, Luciana Francis, Susanna Crossman

Vol. 2, Ch.7
Image: Megan Archer
Leads: Simon Blackburn, Fariyal Wallez, Richard Kerney

Vol. 2, Ch.8
Image: Sigrid Calon
Artists: Kit Lovelace, Alan Trotter, Mary O’Donoghue

Vol. 2, Ch.9
Image: Jordan McQueen
Leads: Nikesh Shukla, Janet H. Swinney, Sean Hewitt

Vol. 2, Ch.10
Image: Kimberley Richards
Leads: Paul McVeigh, Helen Tookey, Joanna Walsh

Vol. 2, Ch.11
Image: Vestry House Museum
Leads: Linda Mannheim, Bren Gosling, Ruth Goldsmith

Vol 2. Ch. 12
Image: Molly Baber
Leads: Susana Moreira Marques, Dimitra Xidous, Cathy Galvin

Volume 3
1 November, 2015 – 1 October, 2016

Vol. 3, Ch.1
Image: Coralie Bickford-Smith
Leads: Ivan Vladislavić, Rishi Dastidar, Helen Mort

Vol. 3, Ch.2
Image: NASA
Leads: Sophia Blackwell, Sophie McCook, North Morgan, Bobby Nayar

Vol. 3, Ch.3
Image: Vielle Mettinen
Leads: Alex Pheby, Patience Kyenge, Robert Peake

Vol. 3, Ch.4
Image: Grant Wood
Leads: John McCullough, Helen McClory, Helen Ivory, Prudence Chamberlain, Wendy Choi

Vol. 3, Ch.5
Image: Alejandra Coral
Leads: Zata Banks, Kate Potts, Annabel Banks

Vol. 3, Ch.6
Image: Micheal Salu
Leads: Anna Geary-Meyer, Francesco Fano, Lucy Locket

Vol. 3, Ch.7
Image: Alain Manesson Mallet
Leads: Mahesh Rao, Jag, Ryn Crowcroft

Vol. 3, Ch.8
Image: Jean Cooke
Leads: Mike McCormack, Caleb Parkin, M.NourbeSe Philip

Vol. 3, Ch.9
Image: Oscar Keys
Leads: Irenosen Okojie, Shaista Tayabali, Theodoros Chiotis

Vol. 3, Ch.10
Image: Megan Archer
Leads: Sampurna Chattarji, Laila Sumpton, Colin Herd

Vol. 3, Ch.11
Image: Bruce Connew
Leads: Harry Parker, Erik Kennedy, Rachel Long

Vol. 3, Ch.12
Image: Werner Stuerenburg
Leads: Wyl Menmuir, Phoebe Tsang, Cat Woodward

Volume 4
1 November, 2016 – 1 October, 2017

Vol. 4, Ch.1
Image: Hernan Bas
Leads: Maureen Freely, Cecilia Rossi, Saskia Vogel

Vol. 4, Ch.2
Image: Julian Menier
Leads: Adam Biles, Louisa Adjoa Parker, Khairani Barokka, Amrou Al-Kadhi

Vol. 4, Ch.3
Image: Manon Bellet
Leads: Emmanuelle Pagano, trans. Jennifer Higgins and Sophie Lewis, Rachel Plummer, Agri Ismail

Vol. 4, Ch.4
Image: National Museum of Denmark
Leads: Hannah Silva, Sohini Basak, Haider Shabaz

Vol. 4, Ch.5
Image: Tertia Van Rensburg
Leads: Eley Williams, Charlie Fox, Mahtem Shiferraw

Vol. 4, Ch.6
Image: Oliver Burston
Leads: Emily Midorikawa, Emma Claire Sweeney, Amanthi Harris, James Clammer

Vol. 4, Ch.7
Image: Alejandro Alvarez,
Leads: Anthony Anaxagorou, Jera Sulamari, Chris Townsend

Vol. 4, Ch.8
Image: Bodleian libraries
Leads: Inua Ellams, Kathleen Heil, Erin O’Loughlin

Vol. 4, Ch.9 – Guest Editor: George Spender
Image: Rupert Jessop
Leads: Glyn Maxwell, Rita Kalnejais, Reginald Edmund, Caitlin McEwan

Vol. 4, Ch.10
Image: Kassiel Gerrits
Leads: Preti Taneja, Livia Franchini, Phil Porter, Peter Doggett

Vol. 4, Ch.11
Image: Alberto Garduño
Leads: David Quantick, Martha Sprackland, Dan O’Brien,

Vol. 4, Ch.12
Image: Leio McLaren
Leads: Cynan Jones, Gonzalo Garcia, Dolores Walshe

Volume 5
1 November 2017 – 1 October 2018

Vol. 5, Ch.1
Image: Alicia Bock/Stocksy
Leads: Neil Griffiths, Susanna Crossman  Drew Milne, Rishi Dastidar, Hazel Mason, Claire Archibald, Elizabeth Gibson

Vol. 5, Ch.2
Image: Samuel Zeller
Leads: Jane Flett, Sharon Mertins, Lucie Stevens, Dan Ayres, Isha Ro, Olivia Parkes

Vol. 5, Ch.3
Image: Candice Seplow
Leads: Niven Govinden, Tomoé Hill, Divya Ghelani

Vol. 5, Ch.4
Image: Daniel Frost
Leads: Megan Hunter, Maisie Chan, Melissa Fu

Vol. 5, Ch.5
Image: Lewis Glucksman Gallery
Leads: Enda Walsh, Emer Martin, Isabel Waidner, Kusi Okamura

Vol. 5, Ch.6
Image: Anthony Intraversato
Leads: Jeffrey Boakye, Abeer Y. Hoque, Delaina Haslam

Vol. 5, Ch.7
Image: Mary Cassatt
Leads: Inara Verzemnieks, Will Harris, Scherezade Siobhan, Rakshan Rizwan

Vol. 5, Ch.8
Image: Sharon McCutcheon
Leads: Julia Webb, Liz Young, Michael Caines

Vol. 5, Ch.9
Image: Namroud Gorguis
Leads: Richard Georges (Guest Editor), Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Arturo Desimone, Chris Astwood, Erika Jeffers

Vol. 5, Ch.10
Image: Jon Tyson
Leads: Sam Guglani, Samuel Fisher, Sarvat Hasin

Vol. 5, Ch.11
Image: Penny Byrne
Leads: Carmen Marcus (Guest Editor), Kathy Hoyle, Iain Rowan, Lisette Auton, Douglas Bruton, Astra Bloom

Vol. 5, Ch.12, Guest Editor: So Mayer
Image: Mark Basarab
Leads: Jason Barker, Sarah Crewe, Sachiko Murakami, Anna Coatman, Jules Koostachin.

Volume 6
1 November 2018 – 1 October 2019

Vol. 6, Ch.1
Image: Hannah Coulson
Leads: Renee Fisher, Christopher John Eggett, Suzanne Ushie

Vol. 6, Ch.2
Image: Dong Chensheng
Leads: Carlee Dee, Q.Lei, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Lavinia Abbot

Vol. 6, Ch.3
Image: Matt Boyce
Leads: Kavita A. Jindal, Reshma Ruia, Mona Dash, Radhika Kapur, Deblina Chakrabarty, Nadia Kabir Barb

Vol. 6, Ch.4
Image: Norbu Gyachung
Leads: Daniel Trilling, Ariel Francisco, Tom Bolton, Naomi Paxton

Vol. 6, Ch.5
Image: NASA
Leads: Writing Together: HMP Whitemoor and Cambridge University, Class of 2018-19

Vol. 6, Ch.6
Image: Martin Reisch
Leads: Amy Sackville, Haroun Khan, Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Vol. 6, Ch.7
Image: R. Coad
Leads: Rebecca Tamás, Christodolous Makris, David Hayden

Vol. 6, Ch.8 (the children’s literature issue)
Image: Craig Carry
Leads: Sita Brahmachari, Jasmine Richards, Louie Stowell, Juliette Saumande

Vol. 6, Ch.9
Image: Franck V.
Leads: Phil Harris, Zoe Jellico, Coutney Byrne, Frank Lassak

Vol. 6, Ch.10
Image: Jakob Owens
Leads: Michael Donkor, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Jess Thayil, Lucy Jones

Vol. 6, Ch.11
Image: Joelle Chmiel
Leads: Carol McMahon, Jen Schneider, Michelle Brooks

Vol. 6, Ch.12
Image: Valérie Mannaerts/M Museum Leuven/Alexandra Colmenares
Leads: Sabeena Akhtar, Holly Singlehurst, Stuart Evers, Eileen McNulty Holmes

Volume 7
1 November, 2019 – 1 October, 2020

Vol. 7, Ch.1
Image: Rude Ltd
Leads: Chika Unigwe, Linda Mannheim, Glen James Brown, Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Vol. 7, Ch.2
Image: Mae Mu
Leads: Paul Ewen, Shobha Rao, Rosamund Taylor, Tom Denbigh

Vol. 7, Ch.3
Image: Charles Dana Gibson / British Library
Leads: Mary Jean Chan, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Susanna Crossman

Vol. 7, Ch.4
Image: Omid Armin
Leads: Ursula Brunetti, Christian Wingrove-Rogers, Dani Owens, Leonard Harrison

Vol. 7, Ch.5 – Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize shortlist, 2019
Image: Ryan McGuire
Leads: Isha Karki, Vijay Khurana, Susanna Gendall

Vol. 7, Ch.6 – Guest Editor: Prototype Press
Image: Henry Co
Leads: Jen Calleja, Caleb Klaecs, Astrid Alben

Vol. 7, Ch.7 (translator issue)
Image: Unknown Artist / Getty Open Content Program
Leads: Kate Briggs, Jennifer Croft, Marilyn Booth

Vol. 7, Ch.8
Image: Unknown Artist (circa 1880) / Getty Open Content Program
Leads: Audrey Molloy, Vanessa O’Neill, Lyn Yeowart

Vol. 7, Ch.9 (Black Lives Matter solidarity special edition)
Image: Khadija Saye
Leads: Kadija Sesay, Maame Blue, Karthika Naïr, Ruby Cowling

Vol. 7, Ch.10
Image: Andi Sapey and Other.Dance.Art
Leads: Otis Mensah, Maria Fusco, Heidi James, Arji Manuelpillai

Vol. 7, Ch.11
Image: Helen Marten
Leads: Helen Marten, April Yee, Yasmin Seale

Vol. 7, Ch.12
Image: Jemima Muir
Leads: Sharon Duggal, Craig Jordan Baker, Alinah Azadeh

Volume 8
1 November 20202 – 1 October 2021

Vol. 8 Ch. 1
Image: John Samuel Pughe/Library of Congress
Leads: Stu Hennigan, Lindsay Parnell, Damyanti Biswas

Vol. 8 Ch. 2
Image: Oscar Ukonu
Leads: Jasmine Richards, Jaya Avendel, Jennifer Celestin

Vol. 8 Ch. 3
Image: Michael Easterling
Leads: Christine Piper, Toby Fitch, Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Vol. 8 Ch. 4 (LGBTQI special edition)
Image: Tom or Judy Moore
Leads: Elizabeth Chakrabarty, Sy Brand, Siobhán Carroll

Vol. 8 Ch. 5 (Guest editor: Comma Press)
Image: Stefan Keller
Leads: Gaia Holmes, Sarah Schofield, Karline Smith, Gregory Norminton

Vol. 8 Ch. 6
Image: Cris Martín
Leads: Tam Eastly, Misky Brandeholm, John Solloway

Vol. 8 Ch. 7
Image: Unknown Artist / Wellcome Collection
Leads: Victoria Gosling, Alice Ash, Rachel Belward

Vol. 8 Ch.8 (Guest Editor: Master House Publishing)
Image: Tanya Layko (Таня Лайко)
Leads: Lisa O’Hare, Jay Délise, Linda Done, Zahra Pourmohseni

Vol. 8 Ch.9
Image: Maria Victoria Rodriguez
Leads: Carl Burkitt, Megha Sood, Kerfe Roig

Vol. 8 Ch.10 (Guest Editor: Divya Ghelani)
Image: Veronica Lissandrini
Leads: Amy Stewart, Avrina Prabala-Joslin, Alaya Mays

Vol. 8 Ch.11
Image: Vika Wendish
Leads: Farhana Shaikh, Michelle Davey, Wes Viola

Vol. 8 Ch.12 (Visual Verse Open Competition winners)
Image: Nickhil Jain
Leads: K Roberts, Clio Velentza, Mitra Visveswaran, Benedict Welch

Volume 9
1 November, 2021 – 1 October, 2022

Vol. 9 Ch.1
Image: Frederick Cayley Robinson
Leads: Emily Cataneo, Onjuli Datta, Mikaella Clements, Arshia Simkin, Michelle Jana Chan

Vol. 9 Ch.2
Image: Monica Silva
Leads: Anna Jacobson, Hannah Bent, Alastair Hesp, Shehnaz Sutterwalla

Vol. 9 Ch.3
Image: Dee Mulroney
Leads: Allie Coker, Yen Ooi, Simon Costello

Vol. 9 Ch.4
Image: Yasin Aribuga
Leads: K Hartless, Hannah Allies, Stephen Kingsnorth, John Gray

Vol. 9 Ch.5
Image: Susan Fenimore Cooper
Leads: Nina Hynes, Ionna Mavrou, Ceinwen Hayden, Lizze Ballagher

Vol. 9 Ch.6
Image: Vonzy Razom
Leads: Daneila Suleymanova, Emmanuella Dekonor, Najwa Ahmed

Vol. 9 Ch.7
Image: Miikka Luotio
Leads: Paul Scraton, Divya Ghelani, Victoria Gosling

Vol. 9 Ch.8
Image: Reed Geiger
Leads: Giovanna MacKenna, Christina Thatcher

Vol. 9 Ch.9
Image: Students at Wangari Maathi International School
Leads: No leads open competition

Vol. 9 Ch.10
Image: John Crozier
Leads: Eliose Grills, Luís Costa, Mitra Visveswaran

Vol. 9 Ch.11
Image: Omar Musa
Leads: Zaynab Bobi, Sahana Mira S, Ashish Kumar Singh, James Gale, Coutenay Schembri Gray

Vol. 9 Ch.12 – Autumn Writing Prize winners
Image: ETTA/Girl With Red Hat
Leads: Ankh Spice, Mims Sully, Robin Houghton, Osahan Oka

Volume 10
1 November, 2022 – 1 October, 2023

Vol 10, Ch.1 – inc. Wasafiri Writing Prize winners, 2022
Image: Kitty Harrison
Leads: Sandeep Parmar, Nadine Monem, Sylee Gore, Hasti Crowther

Vol 10, Ch.2
Image: Kabiur Rahman Riyad
Leads: AJ Wilson, Shujaat Mirza, Colin Dardis, Pearl Lorentzen

Vol 10, Ch.3
Image: Unknown Artist (circa 1560) / Getty Open Content Program
Leads: Tan Kelly, Joan Leotta, Oisín Breen

Vol 10, Ch.4
Image: Olga Naida
Leads: Nasia Sarwar-Skuse, Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig

Vol 10, Ch.5
Image: Adriaen van Utrecht/Rijksmuseum
Leads: Chat GPT

Vol 10, Ch.6
Image: Sarah-Jane Crowson
Leads: Lorelei Bacht, Erica Viola

Vol 10, Ch.7
Image: John Everett Millais/Birmingham Museums Trust
Leads: Rani Selvarajah, Ekaterina Crawford, Sahana Ahmed

Vol 10, Ch.8
Image: Erica Marsland Huynh
Leads: Cáit O’Neill McCullagh, Andrew Stickland, Kate Coghlan

Vol 10, Ch.9
Image: Jim Pickerell/ Documerica
Leads: Lynn White, Tamanna Abdul-Karim, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Sam Buchan-Watts

Vol 10, Ch.10
Image: Marie-Michèle Bouchard
Leads: Stephanie Ellis, Lui Sit, Ruby Nolan

Vol 10, Ch.11
Image: Kitty Harrison x Dylan Sauerwein
Leads: Rishi Dastidar, Angi Holden, Lee Evans and Myfanwy (Vanni) Cook

Vol 10, Ch.12
Image: Marc Schlossman
Leads: Preti Taneja, Isabel Brooks, Ashish Kumar Singh, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi