Dear Reader, 

This month Halloween will be celebrated on Monday 31st October. To mark this occasion we have a new competition A Clock Strikes 13. We would love to hear about all your petrifying, ghostly stories. We would also like to thank all poets that had entered our Poetry Day and Literacy Day prize draws. We had a fantastic response to both of these. Check out are dedication pages for details on the winners.

A Clock Strikes 13  To celebrate Halloween on the 31st October we are running a new exciting competition. Why not send us your poetry on all that is petrifying. Your poem could be about ghosts and ghouls and the supernatural or the more earthly, but no less terrifying, horrors in human form. Chosen poets will have the opportunity to be published in a special anthology and also have the chance to win £25! Read more...

The Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival On the 4th - 6th November The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival is taking place all weekend with 52 events, 14 free to join in with, including craft talks, lectures and readings. Also you have the chance to meet poets from the UK and beyond. Read more...

How to Write a Diamante Poem The diamante, or diamond poem, is a style of poetry made up of 6 lines, using only 13 words and forms the shape of a diamond. The poem starts with one subject and evolves into a different subject, the exact opposite of the starting subject. Read more...