Poems of up to 30 lines are eligible. No restrictions on theme or form.

First prize: £600
Second prize: £300
Third prize: £100

This year's judge is Jacqueline Saphra. Jacqueline is a playwright, librettist and poet. Her second collection All My Mad Mothers (Nine Arches Press) was shortlisted for the 2017 TS Eliot prize. In the same year A Bargain with the Light: Poems after Lee Miller was published by Hercules Editions. Her latest collection is Dad, Remember You Are Dead from Nine Arches Press. She teaches and mentors for The Poetry School.