The Theme for the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Poetry Competition is ‘Treasures of Nature’.

Entrants can enter poems from any country in the world, but they must be written in English.

Poems can be written in any format – haiku, sonnet, blank verse etc. Poems must be original work of the writer. Your poem(s) must be no more than 30 lines long.

Prizes:

• All shortlisted poems are printed in a pamphlet
• 18 & Over – £300
• 12 to 17 – £100
• 11 & Under – £50

Judge: multi award-winning poet, author and editor Wendy Pratt

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.