Strix magazine

Ian co-founded Strix magazine with poet and typographer Andrew Lambeth in 2017.

In 2018, writer SJ Bradley joined the team as Fiction Editor.

Strix is a print-only magazine, coming out three times a year. Work is chosen by open call during the months of January, May, and September.

You can find out more about Strix by visiting strixleeds.com

a brief biography…

Ian Harker is a poet and editor, co-founder of Strix magazine and an organiser of Leeds Lit Fest. He won the Templar Book & Pamphlet competition in 2015, which led to the publication of ‘The End of the Sky’ that same year, and ‘Rules of Survival’ in 2017. He has been shortlisted for the Troubadour and Bridport prizes, and a runner-up in the BBC Proms Poetry Competition. He was also poet in residence at the Henry Moore Institute. His next pamphlet, ‘A - Z of Superstitions’, is forthcoming from Yaffle Press.