Wells Festival of Literature is accepting entries for its 2018 competitions, which include a new category: Young Poets. The competitions are:
• Short Story, for fiction between 1,000 and 2,000 words. The prizes are £750, £300, £200 and the Wyvern Short Story prize of £100 for the best short story by a local author. Include the title and word count on the first page. The entry fee per story is £6.
• Poetry, for poems up to forty lines. The prizes are £750 £300, £200 and the £100 Hilly Cansdale Prize for Poetry for the best poem by a local author. The entry fee per poem is £6.