The Red Shed Poetry Competition is now open for submissions.

The competition is open to poets aged 16 and over. Participants are welcome to submit previously unpublished poems of up to 50 lines written in English

The first prize winner will receive a cash prize of £100, and a runner-up will receive a cash prize of £50. Shortlisted poems will receive a cash prize of £20, and participants who live in a Wakefield postcode will receive a cash prize of £25.

Adjudicator: Carole Baldock, Editor of Orbis magazine