Overwhelmed by the response to the inaugural competition in 2004, the organisers have decided to extend the competition to include short stories this time.
Last year’s winner, Jacqueline Mezec, earned the opportunity to read her work at the Barbican Centre in London at a Writers Inc function, and the 21 other poems singled out for commendation by judge Linda Rose Parks were published in an anthology.
They were also published on Island buses thanks to sponsors MyBus, who once again have pledged support for the competition.
There is a £1,000 prize fund for the 2005 competition.
Linda Rose Parks will judge the poetry section and English teacher Edward Tully will judge the short stories.
