Vanessa Lampert is a widely published poet, teacher, editor and acupuncturist. Since 2019 she has won the Café Writers, Edward Thomas and Sentinel prizes and the Ver Poetry prize twice and come second in the Fish, Yeovil, Oxford Brookes, Ware and Kent & Sussex prizes. She has been placed in many other competitions including achieving commendations in the Bridport, Troubadour, Alpine Fellowship and Daily Telegraph prizes. She was commended in the National Poetry Competition 2020 and listed in 2021. Her first pamphlet 'On Long Loan' was published by Live Canon in 2020.