This year, the Arts & Public Engagement Award recognizes a project rather than individual achievement, reflecting our belief that public-facing Romantic work is often collaborative, experimental, and collective.

Refuge from the Ravens is a twenty-first-century reimagining of Lyrical Ballads, remixing Wordsworth and Coleridge through poetry, film, and sound to engage directly with housing insecurity, recovery, and social inequality today. Developed through creative workshops with people affected by homelessness and marginalization, the project centers voice, dignity, and artistic making as forms of renewal.

The project reached more than twenty thousand visitors across the UK, including at the Houses of Parliament, and many more online, demonstrating how Romantic texts can still generate empathy and public conversation. We’re delighted to honor Refuge from the Ravens with the 2025 K-SAA Arts & Public Engagement Award!