
Young people aged between 12 and 18 living in the East Riding could win a £100 prize in a free-to-enter poetry competition run by East Riding Library Service, which will be judged this year by one of the UK’s leading poets, Jackie Kay. The East Riding Young Poet’s Prize is one of several poetry prizes supported by the service, as well as The Larkin and East Riding Poetry Competition, also being judged by Jackie Kay, and is open to anyone in the UK with an additional prize for a poem written by someone who lives or works in the East Riding. The Larkin and East Riding Poetry Prize also enjoys the support of The Philip Larkin Society. The closing date for entries is Monday, 15 April, with competition leaflets and application forms available at local libraries. All prize winners will be invited to a presentation at Bridlington Poetry Festival on Saturday, 15 June, where they will be able to meet Jackie Kay and read their poem in the company of some of the UK’s finest poets. Dorcas Taylor, director of Wordquake, East Riding Library Service’s acclaimed project that organises two major literary festivals, Beverley Literature Festival and Bridlington Poetry Festival,…





