The Judge of the 2014 poetry competition, Ian McMillan, is well-known to Radio 3 audiences as presenter of The Verb.

He is also poet-in-residence for English National Opera, The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. He’s a regular on

Coast, Pick of the Week, You & Yours, Last Word and The Arts Show. Ian’s latest books are This Lake Used to be

Frozen: Lamps (Smith / Doorstop Books) plus 101 Uses For A Flat Cap (Dalesman) with cartoonist Tony Husband.

He will be appearing at Ledbury Poetry Festival in 2014.

Maximum poem length: 40 lines

Prizes:

Adults: £1000 cash and a course at Ty Newydd, The National Writers’ Centre for Wales. www.tynewydd.org

Young People: 12 – 17: First Prize: £100 Second Prize: £50 Third Prize : £25

Children: (11 and under): First Prize: £25 book token Second Prize: £15 book token Third Prize: £10 book token

All winners get a chance to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in 2015.

First poem free to enter for children and young people. Adults £5 for first poem and then £3.50

For full rules and submission forms visit: www.poetry-festival.co.uk/ledbury-poetry-competition