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In October each year

The programme for the 19th Festival, which will be in Wells between Friday 8th October and Friday 15th October, 2010, will be uploaded here in August 2010.

Entries are invited now for the 2010 Poetry and Short Story Competitions. Click on the links at left for details and entry forms

LECTURES WILL GIVEN BY PRINCIPAL AUTHORS, POETS, JOURNALISTS, BROADCASTERS AND OTHERS

IN THE BISHOP'S PALACE AND OTHER VENUES IN

THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

Details of winners and those short listed in the 2009 competitions can be read by clicking onto the links at left; these will also lead you to the texts of the winning poems and stories.

The programme for the last, 2009 Festival , can be seen by clicking on the link at left.

Competitions

We run annual international poetry and short story competitions with up to £500 cash prizes.

This year the poet Libby Houston and the author Sarah Duncan will judge the short-listed poems and short stories.

Libby Houston and Sarah Duncan

The Festival is run by a small committee of volunteers. It is a charity whose purpose is to encourage literature amongst school-children Any financial surplus goes towards this purpose. Many events have been arranged for them over the years including talks by the children’s laureate.

If you wish to contact the Chairman please email him on:

petercrossley@mbzonline.net