The annual competition, which was launched in September, is open to poets worldwide and last year attracted more than 2000 poems. The 2023 closing date is 15 January.

Award-winning Scottish poet Jackie Kay has agreed to judge the competition organised in conjunction with the Guernsey Literary Festival.

Entries must be no longer than 14 lines and must fit on a single A4 page.

First Prizes range from £1,000 for the open competition class, and £250 apiece for the Channel Islands and Young Poet competition.

There will be prizes for first, second and third in each class and these poems and another 12 will be part of the ‘Poems on the Move’ display at Guernsey Airport and other island locations.

The competition is this year sponsored by Specsavers and supported by Guernsey Arts.

Further details and entry forms can be found HERE.

Pictured (top): Jackie Kay: Credit: Mary McCartney.

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