Georgia Francis

Georgia Francis is an award-winning spoken word poet, artist, and writer from Scotland. She holds a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from the Open University. Francis’ debut poetry collection, Fainting Girl, depicts her experiences with adolescence, chronic illness, disability, love, and sexuality. Fainting Girl won the Silver Award for Poetry in The 2025 Reader Views Literary Awards. Francis was longlisted for Black Cat Poetry Press’ Turning Points Competition and published in the competition anthology. Her work has been included in Wishbone Words, Fried Egg Press, Coin Operated Press, Trans & Disabled Love Anthology, The Poetry’s Dead Anthology Volume 2, and The SpecBook 2024. Francis collaborated with singer-songwriter Erin Hephzibah to write original song ‘Raggedy Ann’, adapted from Francis’ poetry. ‘Raggedy Ann’ features on Hephzibah’s debut EP, Harebrained, and has been played on BBC Radio Scotland. In 2026, Francis competed in Loud Poets Paisley Slam Heat as part of the Paisley Book Festival, where she placed in the Final 3. Francis is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of publishing press and creative arts magazine StoryTree.