The competition is part of the Ledbury Poetry Festival that takes place each July in Ledbury, England. The competition is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.

The competition is for original, unpublished poems up to 40 lines.

The judge this year will be Maya C. Popa.

All applications must be submitted online.

The first prize for the competition is £1,000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.