Alan Peat is a UK based poet, author and educationalist. His work has featured in Frogpond; Mayfly; Heliosparrow; The Heron’s Nest; Presence; Hedgerow, Blithe Spirit et al.

In 2021 he placed third in the International Golden Triangle Haiku contest; second in the New Zealand International Haiku contest, and placed both first and second (with Sherry Grant, and Pris Campbell) in the Otoroshi Rengay contest.

In 2022 he was runner up in the British Haiku Society, Ken and Norah Jones Haibun Award; honourable mention in the Haiku Poets of North California International Haibun contest; second in the Sandford Goldstein international tanka contest; second in the Heliosparrow semagram contest, and joint third place in the 2022 Time Haiku ekphrastic haibun contest.

In addition to short form poetry Alan has had two collections of longer free verse published and also numerous art history books, most notably a Catalogue Raisonné of the surreal artist John Tunnard, co-written with Professor Brian Whitton, University of Durham (Scolar Press 1997).

He has run the educational consultancy and publishing company Alan Peat Ltd for 20 years and has provided literacy training for schools and colleges internationally.

He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.) and the Historical Association (F.H.A.)