Buzzwords Open Poetry Competition

There's still time to enter this year's Buzzwords Open Poetry Competition, which closes on August 17th. The judge this year is Carcanet poet David Morley, and as with last year, he will read all the entries.

There's a £600 prize for the winner, £300 for the runner-up, and £50 each for five Commended entries, while as always there's an additional prize of £200 for Gloucestershire residents only (this year it includes South Gloucestershire.

All the proceeds of the competition will help fund Buzzwords' regular poetry gatherings in Cheltenham.

More information on how to enter, plus previous year's winners, can be found at here.