Carmen is one of our judges for the 2023 Oldham Heart & Soul Poetry Competition

Carmen Walton is a freelance writer and workshop facilitator from the North West, living in Oldham. Her decades of work have included play writing, articles, course content, advertising copy and fiction. She has been published and broadcast in the U.K. and abroad and occasionally blessed with prizes.

Her current projects are a workbook for creative writers and a short story collection.

As a creative writing tutor she has worked with developing writers and performers, people in rehabilitation, English language students and storytellers.

Her varied experiences in the world of writing have been a source of joy and continuing inspiration.