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Apr 2024
The search has begun for entries from people of all ages for the seventh Ripon Poetry Festival competition.
This year's event runs from September 19 to September 22 and the closing date for entries is July 31.
Advising would-be entrants, festival curator Andy Croft (pictured) said that the poems "can be serious or funny, solemn or silly. And they can be on any subject you like".
He added:
The best of the entries will be collected in three books published during the festival. Everyone who has a poem in one of the books will be invited to read at the launches on Saturday 21 September, where they will receive a free copy.
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