The National Poetry Competition, run annually by The Poetry Society since 1978, is one of the most prestigious poetry competitions for a single unpublished poem. Open to all poets worldwide aged 18 or over. With a top prize of £5000, this year’s judges include Neil Astley, Karen McCarthy Woolf and Jonathan Edwards. Enter online by midnight on 31 October 2020 at poetrysociety.org.uk/npc.
As part of this year’s National Poetry Competition, there is a series of free writing guides by Pascale Petit, Eric Berlin, Ella Frears, Jane Yeh and Matthew Caley to help spark creativity and get people writing their own poems. There are also Q&As from this year’s judges. All this and more can be found on the National Poetry Competition webpage.
Yes
It could happen any time,
tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It
could happen.
Or sunshine, love,
salvation.
It could, you know. That’s
why we wake
and look out – no
guarantees
in this life.
But some bonuses, like
morning,
like right now, like noon,
like evening.
ways with words in the city of Wells 
Very nice thought through poem & inspiring.