Ahead of the return of Wolverhampton Literature Festival early next year, the festival poetry competition is once again open for entries.

As always, the competition has a 1st-place prize of £400, a 2nd-place prize of £150, and three 3rd-place prizes of £25, and there is an additional prize of £50 for the best poem by someone living in a WV postcode.

Applicants can send poems, on any subject, up until midnight on December 31, 2024. Poet Holly Magill will judge the main competition, while the WV postcode prize will be chosen by Dave Pitt, Associate Artist at Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre.

The 2025 Literature Festival will take place over the weekend of 31 January - 2 February. Full details of the events will soon be available on the festival website. 

The fee for entering a poem to the competition is £4, or you can send in three poems for £10. For more information, visit wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/competition.