Rommi Smith

Rommi Smith is a writer, broadcaster and academic. Winner of the Northern Writers Prize for Poetry, Rommi has been awarded prestigious fellowships, residencies and commissions, from organisations and institutions ranging from the BBC to the British Council. Rommi is the inaugural British Parliamentary Writer in Residence, and is currently Writer in Residence for Harewood House. Rommi is a librettist and collaborates with the composer Roderick Williams. Their works include Cusp (premiered at The Southbank Centre), The Blacke Songs (premiered at The Tower of London) and Three Dimensions (commissioned by St Paul’s Cathedral). Awarded a doctorate in English, Rommi’s academic work is published by Routledge and New York University Press. Rommi wrote and presented Full Moon on Progress St, a five-part BBC Radio 3 essay series based on her academic research. She is currently writing series two, to be broadcast in February 2026. Rommi is a judge for the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025, alongside former Edinburgh Makar, Hannah Lavery. www.rommi-smith.co.uk